Sermons
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Compassion for All Beings With gratitude for the lessons we learn from the creatures we share this planet with, and in honor of St. Francis Day, we bless the animals who bless our lives. Rev. [...]
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Compassion for All Beings With gratitude for the lessons we learn from the creatures we share this planet with, and in honor of St. Francis Day, we bless the animals who bless our lives. Bring [...]
Sunday, September 28, 2025
The Biochemistry of Belonging What if belonging isn’t something we have to earn or build, but something written into our very atoms — something inherent to our existence? We don’t just live beside one another; [...]
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Belonging Without Othering Drawing insights from the book by this title by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian, we explore the ways of building belonging within that is ever expansive beyond the borders of ‘us’ [...]
September 21, 2025
Belonging Without Othering Drawing insights from the book by this title by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian, we explore the ways of building belonging within that is ever expansive beyond the borders of ‘us’ [...]
September 14, 2025
Building Belonging through Interdependence and Engagement Inside the word belonging is longing. The human heart longs to be known and accepted in a community beyond oneself. At UCE we strive to usher one another into [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Working for Justice Collectively Our religious tradition includes a history of coalition building around social justice and service work in our local communities and around the world. As authoritarianism rises, what lessons do our ancestors [...]
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Claiming Our Identities, Claiming Our Joy As the summer fades and the throngs attending the various identity parades disburse, it is sometimes difficult to continue to claim our identities and claim our joy on our [...]
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Growing Curiosity Masks are required for this service. Cultivating curiosity, in a polarized and atomized world in which entrenched certainty is validated, is a revolutionary spiritual practice. Let’s explore the call of our values, visions, [...]
Sunday, August 10, 2025
The Journey of Discovering Love Without Limits Wendy Herman, UCE member and storyteller, shares her spiritual journey of discovering how to live a life of compassion. Rev. Eileen will be the worship associate. Gregory Shifrin [...]




