Fifty Years and Still Going Strong!
What an amazing thing to be so strong for so long! Join Don as we kickoff our celebration of QUUF’s 50th birthday! Click here to watch the service.
Archives: Services
Being Somebody’s Caregiver: Why Raising Children is a Spiritual Art
It takes dedication to raise another human being (or more). From biological to adoptive, blood kin to extended families, journeying with a child means following a path that is often hard to find. Click here to watch the service.
All You Need is Love?
Don’s preaching schedule is a little off for Valentine’s Day, so let’s talk about love a little early. Fun love, painful love, love for a world torn asunder by injustice and pain. Click here to watch the service.
Persistent, Emergent Love: An MLK Day Reflection
In this time that is so permeated by the forces of dehumanization and othering, what does it mean to live into the spiritual truths proclaimed by our Unitarian Universalist faith? How might we experience hope, when, as the song says, “hope is hard to find?” Our love for humanity and for all the complex life … Continue reading Persistent, Emergent Love: An MLK Day Reflection
Straight Up, How do We Want to be Remembered?
Finally! After three-and-a-half months, Don (Interim Minister) and Mary (spouse) will be with us for our first in-person service. The theme deals with new beginnings, but also how we’ll be remembered for this interim journey together. Come ready to sing, reflect. and celebrate! Click here to watch the service.
The Years Teach Much the Days Never Know
The years teach much which the days never know,” Emerson once wrote. I have taken his words as an invitation to look back on the year just past and to reflect on the bigger picture or deeper meaning of the events that occurred. What have the years taught us that will help us to understand … Continue reading The Years Teach Much the Days Never Know
Lamenting Our Way to Liberation
The writer adrienne maree brown says it beautifully: “a broken heart can cover more territory.” On this day, we will explore how grief and lament are interconnected with our human and UU stories of love and liberation. This will be a service with several invitations to sing (or listen) together! Click here to watch the … Continue reading Lamenting Our Way to Liberation
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
You are invited to come together in community for our traditional Christmas Eve candlelight service, led by two of QUUF’s former ministers. We will sing carols, hear stories, reflect on the season and the teachings of Christmas, and – of course – end with candle lighting and singing “Silent Night.” Please join us. Rev. Florence … Continue reading Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
QUUF Pageant Service
Join us for a service celebrating the birth of every child. Narrators read passages of the traditional Christmas Story as angels, shepherds, sheep (!), Mary, Joseph, and wisepeople create a tableau. Sing carols in community, and honor this special time of the year!
Winter Solstice Service
From the dark, the light is born. Join Katy Taylor to welcome the turning of the year as we honor the dark and welcome in the light. This service is participatory, including sharing of grief(s) and lighting candles of hope for the coming year. Katy will also lead us in song. Click here to listen to the … Continue reading Winter Solstice Service