New Service Schedule:
Alternative Service 10:00-10:40
Traditional Service 11:00-12:00
(children's RE classes held at this time)

Sermon Topics

January 1    ***11am ONLY***

“Remembering” 

 Worship Leader: Marilyn Junkins, Worship Associate: Robin Schantz-Mulford

A retrospective look back at 2011 and all the changes we’ve gone through at UUCE: Beloved members who’ve passed away, projects completed, events that took place. We will also have a lengthy opportunity for you to share your Joys, Concerns and Gratitudes for the year past and light candles in remembrance.

January 8   10am & 11am

“Coming Home”

Worship Leader: Rev. Alicia Forsey; Personal Reflection: Marina McIntire

When we think of going "home" what comes to mind? Is it a specific place where we feel we truly belong -- either real or something we have always longed for? Or, is it a place we seek to find within the depths of wisdom contained in our inner selves?

January 15   10am & 11am

“Laughter at the Heart of Things” 

Worship Leader: Rev. Alicia Forsey 

There are many kinds of laughter.  Sometimes laughter is simply a better option than getting upset.  Sometimes it is a spontaneous response to something that strikes us as funny, or silly, or slapstick.  Sometimes it is an aid to recovering from an illness.  And then there is the kind of laughter that is pure and free -- the kind that springs from the heart of things.  

January 22    10am & 11am

"Born This Way"

Worship Leader: Katy Siepert, Worship Associate: Anna Sontag

Celebrating the miracle of exactly who we are. Teen group to sing "Born this Way" by Lady Gaga at the 10:00 am service

January 29   10am & 11am

"The Ox Herding Pictures” 

Worship Leader: Rev. Alicia Forsey.,  Worship Associate, Jake Walsh.

The Ox herding Pictures depict stages of life that we pass through, beginning with emptiness and going through life's stages until emptiness is reached again.  These are ancient, and though they are traditionally from the Buddhist tradition, the message is universal.  What, if anything, has happened over time to make the various stages of life less clearly defined than what we find in these pictures?  Each depiction in the original pictures respected every stage of life as what was (at the time) appropriate and expected.  Do we have this kind of clarity and respect for each stage of life today?