Sermons

Exploring Our History to Find Our Center As part of our commitment to supporting reparations locally and nationally, a group of us have been exploring our congregation’s archives. We’ve been looking into the ways we’ve [...]

Looking Ahead to Find Our Center We begin the new year, centering ourselves in community, purpose, and commitment to our values enacted. It is the call of our faith to consider the possibilities ahead and [...]

Fire Communion   On Fire Communion Sunday, we will pause to reflect on the past year and look forward to the new year. In-person participants will be invited to burn flash paper as we set [...]

Christmas Returns Christmas Eve Service - 7:00pm “Christmas returns, as it always does, with its assurance that life is good,” writes theologian Howard Thurman. We come together, once again, on this night filled with wonder, [...]

Our Annual Christmas Pageant In honoring our Christian heritage, we celebrate the Christmas season by retelling the story of Jesus’ birth in an interactive and music-filled worship service. Kathy Underwood leads and Rev. Eileen will [...]

The Wonders of the Season A musical service for all ages featuring the UCE Choir, Gregory Shifrin and guest instrumentalists to get us into the spirit of this holiday season. After the service we’ll trim [...]

Sharing Our Histories History is not only the study of our past, but also the sharing of it. We each have a family history and a cultural history, which may involve the history of one [...]

Honoring Tradition and Embracing Change Traditions can be comforting or confining. In our progressive faith, we strive to hold traditions with a gentle touch, valuing the roots that hold us close while reaching with curiosity [...]

Knowing Our Purpose The Article II Commission’s latest draft claims boldly, as part of our purpose statement, that “we will transform the world by our liberating love.” What would it mean for us to claim [...]