2023 UUA General Assembly Live Streamed Sunday Worship Service 10:00am

Join us at 10:00 am CT for the largest annual gathering of UUs worshiping together. Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti, Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will lead the Sunday Worship service, along with worship team members Stella Anderson, Janice Marie Johnson, Rev. Danielle Di Bona, Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, and the GA Choir. We will live stream the service from the sanctuary at 10:00 am. You may live stream from home, but clicking HERE.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, June 18th at 10:00 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Deborah’s Place.

Juneteenth: Celebrating Liberation and Resilience

On June 19th, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally got word that they were free. In this era of information overload and calculated misinformation, when obfuscation and lies continue to be used to maintain oppressive systems, how are we called to speak truth to power and to advance liberation for all?

Rev. Eileen Wiviott leads the service with Annette Wallace as Worship Associate.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, June 18th at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Deborah’s Place.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, June 18th at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Deborah’s Place.

Delighting in Our Gifts

We celebrate 100th Anniversary of the annual tradition of the flower ceremony, a cherished and uniquely Unitarian Universalist ritual, created by Unitarian Minister and founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia, Nobert Capek (1870-1942), to lift up joy in the midst of despair. Please bring flowers, whether from your garden or purchased, to add to our collective bouquet. If you worship online, please email a picture of a flower for your yard or wayside to agough@ucevanston.org by Friday of that week! Together we will take delight in the gifts we bring to one another.

This is also our annual picnic, so please bring a dish to share for after the worship service.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, June 4th at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Deborah’s Place.

Weaving Together Again

This all-ages worship we welcome back Rev. Eileen and explore what we can learn from the sabbatical time in the coming months as we weave ourselves back together again.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, May 28th at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Neurodiversity Foundation.

Calling Ourselves In

On Annual Meeting Sunday, we reflect on the ways that what we do as a congregation is less important than how we do it. As a covenanting community, we put primacy on relationships over rules.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, May 21st at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Neurodiversity Foundation.

Our Children and Youth are Our Future

In our faith tradition, we dedicate our community to the spiritual care and faith formation of our children and youth. From their arrival into our community until they move into young adulthood, we covenant to care for and support them. This Sunday, we will be marking the life transitions of many of our young people with a child dedication ceremony, an OWL recognition, and a bridging ceremony. Bring your love of our future!

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, May 14th at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Neurodiversity Foundation.

Thriving on Creativity

art by Charles George Esperanza

Unitarian Universalist theology relies on creativity for the ongoing evolution of our living tradition. This Sunday we explore how we can thrive through creative approaches the inner life.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, May 7th at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Neurodiversity Foundation.

Welcoming the Neurodiverse Universe

Our faith calls us to be gentle with one another as we gather our wide diversity into Beloved Community. Our youth will help us widen our lens of inclusion by considering challenges neurodiverse folks have in negotiating our gatherings designed by our neurotypical dominant culture.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, April 30th at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Community Renewal Society.

Cosmic Connections

Join the UCE Choir and guest musicians for Music Sunday! We will continue our celebration of Earth Day with music reflecting our connections with the Earth and the cosmos, along with renewing our connections with each other as we welcome new members into our community.

We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, April 23rd at 10:30 am.

Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is the Community Renewal Society.