What UUp 8/30/26?

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Children’s RE: Water Communion

  • Older kids (Fox Den class) will stay in the sanctuary.
  • Younger kids (Raccoon Room) will start in the sanctuary and then go
    to the last summer RE session with Ms. Loren.

HELP – Coffee Hour Hosts

We need help with coffee hour on Sundays after service from 11:50 to 12:45. If you are willing. Please help out once a month.  Please sign-up on our online form. Thanks for any help you can provide.

UU the Vote

We’re writing postcards to get out the vote for the November election. Come by the Social Hall after the service, or for more information, email.
The Nursery is open for babies and pre-k from 9:30am-12:15pm on Sundays. Please complete one registration form for each child you would like to participate in Religious Exploration in the coming year. This includes the nursery.
Adult RE: Click here for information about the class, activity, and childcare.
Four Engines for a Vibrant First U (Part 1): Multigenerational Engagement

Join Us Sunday at 11:00am
 

August 30
Water Communion Service
Minister: Rev. Liz Weber
We will celebrate our coming together in community. This uniquely Unitarian Universalist ritual is a feminist gift to our faith. You are invited to bring a little water from a place that is sacred to you or a place where you spent time over the summer.

  • Older kids (Fox Den class) will stay in the sanctuary.
  • Younger kids (Raccoon Room) will start in the sanctuary and then go to the last summer RE session with Ms. Loren.
 

For the zoom link, Click here. The Meeting ID is 4508929882 if you can’t attend in person.  You will not need a password. Contact the volunteer desk if you have trouble getting online.

The Order of Service (Bulletin)
Gathering Music             Ethan McCollum

Welcome          Matt Livers

Prelude               Ethan

Lighting the Chalice & the Black Lives Matter Candle    
Carol Edelen

Opening Words          Rev. Liz Weber

Hymn #360         Here We Have Gathered       Ethan
Words: Alicia S. Carpenter, music: Genevan psalter

Moment for All Ages           Rev. Liz

A Song for Our Children       Ethan
Go in love, our hearts go with you.
Go in joy, our hopes go too.
Learn in love and grow in wisdom.
Shine your light in all you do.

Introduction to the Water Ceremony           Rev. Liz

Our Mission and Covenant (unison)        Carol
We are a church of reason and spirit,
that witnesses for progressive faith,
nurtures our community and transforms our world.

Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its law.
This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace,
to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.

Joys and Sorrows       Rev. Liz

Musical Response                  Ethan
#1007    There’s A River Flowin’ in My Soul
Words and music: Rose Sanders, arr. Kenny Smith

Meditation and Common Prayer           Rev. Liz

Musical Response        I Brought My Spirit to the Sea    First U Choir
Words: Max Kapp, music: Alec Wyton

Invitation to Generosity              Rev. Liz

Offertory     Down to the River to Pray      First U Choir
Words and music: Traditional spiritual, arr. Ethan

Homily   One Drop of Water           Rev. Liz

Ritual         Mingling Our Waters

Hymn       River of My People               Ethan
Words: Pete Seeger
music: Stenka Razin, Russian Folk Song

Extinguishing the Chalice       Carol
We extinguish these flames,
but not the light of truth,                        
the warmth of community,
or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again

Closing Words             Rev. Liz

Postlude            Ethan

Invitations            Rev. Liz