Podcast: Chalice Sermons

Restoring Wholeness

Services at 9:15 & 11:00

On this Easter Sunday, we will celebrate our traditional UU Flower Communion. Please bring a flower or two to share with the congregation. This service is a chance for us to find ways to restore our wholeness after times of brokenness, struggle, and pain. Join us for a festive day of music, beauty, and celebration.

Looking for Fools

Services at 9:15 & 11:00

This service, based on Lynn Ungar’s poem “Looking for Fools” takes a Lectio Divina approach to discerning spiritual lessons. She invites us to “journey in a cloud of laughter” and keep “incompatible ideas simultaneously aloft” as we search for our wholeness by embracing the fool within all of us. Join us to celebrate the delightful gifts of fun, frivolity and laughter together.

Being Whole, not Perfect

Services at 9:15 & 11:00 

What if instead of aiming to achieve perfection we could accept that we are actually perfectly imperfect? Join us to explore how to be whole human beings by embracing our imperfections and struggles. Uncover the rich spiritual lessons and sense of wholeness that come with accepting ourselves and others just the way we are.

Chalice Players

CVUUF us designated as a Welcoming Congregation which supports the LGBTQ community. This original Chalice Players presentation is the story of James Stoll, the first gay Unitarian Universalist minister, as told by his friend, Reverend Leland Bond-Upson. The iconic music of the 1960’s will take us back to that revolutionary time.

The Great Wound

Services at 9:15 & 11:00
Slavery inflicted a wound on America that has never healed. The poison it drips into the bloodstream of this nation is called white supremacy and racism. Trying to cure white supremacy without addressing its foundation in slavery is like trying to treat TB with cough drops.

Joy of the Journey

Services at 9:15 & 11:00
Everyone goes through a journey in their life, but often people put more emphasis on the goal rather than the path they are on. When you reach that goal, what do you remember of how you got there? Please join the teens from YRUU to learn of their own adventures and what it means to enjoy the process before reaching your final destination.

Many Spiritual Journeys, One Humanity

Services at 9:15 & 11:00
Recently, Reverend Nica attended the Parliament of World Religions and found that our many different religious journeys had so much in common. Join us to hear stories from diverse spiritual traditions that point us all to our common humanity and the search for a more loving and just world.

Coming to America

Services at 9:15 & 11:00
In his book “A Nation of Immigrants” John F Kennedy described the waves of immigrants that came to America in the first three centuries of our country’s history. They were sturdy and adventurous folk, looking for a better life for their families. But they also suffered from discrimination just as our current immigrants are experiencing. Immigration in the US is fraught with complexity and stories of colonization, courage and perseverance. This morning we will draw from history to provide a new perspective on the current immigration challenges.

Trusting Each Other

Services at 9:15 & 11:00
Our society can lead us to be very suspicious of one another. Yet, our faith calls us to be in Beloved Community with one another. Our Covenant of Good Relations asks us to assume good intentions and lays out a clear way for us to be in community together. Explore with us what it might look like to practice trust in each other and community.

Trusting Yourself

Services at 9:15 & 11:00

Brené Brown says “Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” Learning to trust yourself is one of the great kindnesses you can give yourself. It engenders deep knowing and confidence. Sharing your real self builds intimacy, kindness, and deep abiding love. It is the ultimate offering of trust to present yourself wholly real and vulnerable to another. Trusting yourself is the first step in learning to trust others.