Christmas Eve – 5:00 PM
Join us for our annual Christmas Eve service, where we celebrate the birth of hope in the darkness, revisit a familiar story from our Christian roots, and sing familiar songs.
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Join us for our annual Christmas Eve service, where we celebrate the birth of hope in the darkness, revisit a familiar story from our Christian roots, and sing familiar songs.
At this turning of the seasons, we examine our relationships with darkness and light and celebrate the return of the sun. What lessons have we learned from the darkness?
In a world where there’s so much regret about the past and so much anxiety about the future, how do we remain in the present? How do we seize joy, when we suddenly and unexpectedly come across it?
As the nights grow long and we enter an inward season, let’s take time to reflect on hope—and also on hopelessness. After all, sometimes, hope feels very hard to find.
Grace as a theological, relational, and personal practice for Unitarian Universalists. Pastor Emma Peterson is the minister at the Cedar Valley Unitarian Universalist association in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She earned her Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and worked as a hospital chaplain before finally accepting the call to parish ministry. Pastor Emma grew … Continue reading Getting What You Don’t Deserve
In this special multigenerational service, all ages can join in celebrating and reflecting on a holiday that encourages us to give thanks, be grateful, and remember what is truly important to us…while also making room for the many complicated stories that surround this time of year.
We welcome our new members with a special recognition ceremony—and reflect on the challenges and blessings of being a welcoming and inclusive faith.
Due to weather conditions, Sunday’s service will be on Zoom only. We’ll hear from some of the many Veterans in our congregation what they learned from their service and how that has informed their experience of Unitarian Universalism.
Samhain (pronounced Sau-ihn) is a thousand-year-old Gaelic holiday, also called the Celtic New Year. It is observed in many cultures and with a myriad of rituals. Samhain is a festival marking the end of the harvest and beginning of winter. It sometimes covers 3 days from October 31-November 2, and it may be related to … Continue reading Samhain
Have you ever struggled to articulate what Unitarian Universalism is all about? Hopefully, by the end of this service, you’ll have an “elevator pitch” that you can use to explain to people what Unitarian Universalism is all about. Hint: it’s not the faith where you can believe anything you want. It’s not that we don’t … Continue reading What Do UU’s Believe