Due to a growing number of Covid cases in the congregation, today’s service will be pre-recorded and shared on our YouTube channel. “Liberated In Faith” Rev. Joan Javier-Duval – Minister While many people living in the United States might think of Unitarian Universalism as a uniquely North American religion, it is in fact a living … Continue reading No In-Person Worship

Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer – Guest Minister Rev. Karen G. Johnston – Worship Associate It is important for our Unitarian Universalist congregations to discern what we hold in common and find ways to live our values in the world.  Pluralism is one of the values our Article II Study Commission has proposed for our collective … Continue reading “In Praise of Our Differences”

Rev. Karen G. Johnston, Senior Minister Judy Brook, Worship Associate Reflecting on the role of suffering in human lives, Rev. Karen will share the story of the time she had to walk through monkey muck. Our Earth Teacher this month is Mud & Muck, so it seems like great timing. Join us for worship at … Continue reading “Making the Most of Muck”

FUUSB Climate Justice Team Geoff Duke, Worship Associate During mud season, and with our Soul Matters theme of Interdependence, the Climate Justice Team invites you to celebrate Earth Day. They will be leading a worship service that invites you to reconsider your relationship with soil, with the ground beneath our bodies, with the source of … Continue reading “Our Soil, Our Selves: Our Common Ground”

Rev. Karen G. Johnston, Senior Minister Warren Baker, Worship Associate As the impacts of the climate crisis continue to make themselves known, both in distant places and right here at home, there are times we can be overwhelmed at what has already been lost and our sense of what the future holds. Introducing the work … Continue reading “Tending to Our Eco-Grief: The Work That Reconnects”

Matt Meyer, Guest Worship Leader Rev. Karen G. Johnston, Senior Minister Our solar system moves in rhythms and cycles that are predictable. But somehow, our lives can feel more complicated to plan for than a thousand celestial bodies flying through space. What does the eclipse remind us about the way we circle each other in … Continue reading “Mingle the Starlight with Your Lives”

Rev. Karen G. Johnston, Senior Minister Mary Beth McNulty, Worship Associate The story of Rabbity-ness returns to FUUSB, re-told to help us explore the questions that the Easter story raises: Does the empty tomb mean that Jesus has risen? Can we recognize what is right before our own eyes? Can we acknowledge that which cannot … Continue reading “All We Cannot See: A Multigenerational Easter Service”

Rev. Karen G. Johnston, Senior Minister Betsy Ferries, Worship Associate The rise of authoritarianism and fascism abroad and at home requires us, as people of faith and people of conscience, to access fierce forms of love. With another presidential election cycle at hand, what might skillful resistance look like? Rev. Karen is in the pulpit. … Continue reading “A Fierce Form of Love: Resisting Fascism”

Rev. Karen G. Johnston, Senior Minister Geoff Duke, Worship Associate It can be hard to explain what Unitarian Universalism is. Given our commitment to pluralism, our openness to and beyond a theistic explanation of reality, and our being non-dogmatic, there are those who would say that we aren’t even a religion. Rev. Karen throws out … Continue reading “A Compass, Not a Map”

James Stewart, Director of Music; Warren Baker, Worship Associate Have you ever been speechless? Have you ever gazed into the night sky, peered across a vast ocean or stood agape atop a mountain and found yourself overwhelmed by the beauty that surrounds and envelopes you? This Sunday, we’ll be sharing in a special service as … Continue reading “Expressions of Awe and Wonder”