When disaster strikes, how and where do we find sustenance? Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter and Tricia Garcia. Tech Maestro: Zack Gianotti

There are some inexplicable times and places that seem to drive people to share what’s on their minds, today we will make one of those spaces. In this service, we will reflect for a few minutes, and then you will be invited to share your hardship, your triumph, your joy, and your sorrow. Worship Team: … Continue reading Sharing Our Stories in Obscure Places

In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world. His victory did not just shatter a barrier in sports– it fundamentally challenged the assumption of Black subservience of the era. On his deathbed, it has been reported that he uttered these words “I risked everything for my pleasure.” What is … Continue reading Risking Everything for Pleasure

While so much of our dominant culture treats time as linear, uniform, and forward-moving, many of us experience time as far more complex and, well, weird. A certain place or smell will ‘bring us back’ to decades ago. We see patterns in people, families, and communities that repeat over the years or generations. What is … Continue reading The Weirdness of Time

We humans always need opportunities to begin again. What do you need to remember, what do you need to release, and what do you need to resolve to move forward? Sharon Arpoika will lead the congregation’s annual “burning off” ritual. Worship Leaders: Sharon Arpoika, Robbie Edge, and Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: John Lehman.

In this contemplative service, we will take up UU composer Shelley Denham’s invitation to sit in the soft and still of darkest winter and let its quiet calm surround us. Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Matte Black, and Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: Adlai Frederickson.

We are here to honor solstice with UUFSC and the earth-based spirituality group Sacred Ground. This service weaves together Earth-based and Unitarian Universalist traditions. Afterwards, please join us for cakes and ale and walking an indoor labyrinth. Worship Leaders: Bernadette Burns, Rev. Darcy Baxter, and Robbie Edge.

The Christian tradition teaches us to embody, to incarnate, the divine–so embody we will! Join us for our multigenerational, no-rehearsal pageant of Margaret Brown’s Christmas in the Barn. Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Tricia Garcia. and Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley.

What does it mean for Unitarian Universalists to listen to God? What could this phrase “listening to God” even mean for a community where maintaining a welcoming posture to different theological viewpoints is core to who we understand ourselves to be as a religious community? Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Zana Roberson, and Melynda Rodriguez. … Continue reading Listening to God

This service celebrates Queer LGBT resilience, ancestral wisdom, and the liberating power of Love. Through story, song, and blessing, we reclaim the sacredness of queer and trans bodies and our intersecting identities of race, gender, and sexuality. All are welcome to show up as your full, authentic selves. With Guest Preacher Rev. Kevin Mann, Worship … Continue reading Blessed Are The Queer: Answering the Call of Love