Past Services

Within Unitarian Universalism, there’s a longstanding tension between our conscious commitment to new ideas and change (a hallmark of liberal religion) and our often unconscious commitment to tradition (a hallmark of being human). Our mission of creating “a diverse, spirit-growing, justice-seeking, Beloved Community” calls us to develop different approaches for navigating this tension. What can help us find the right balance between newness and tradition?

Service to our nation. Service to our neighbors. Service to ourselves. We will take time for gratitude. But also to remember our privilege. And time to understand that we can best serve others when our own needs have been met.

Join us for this hybrid, ASL interpreted worship service with music from Rochelle Rice and the BAM Ensemble! Stay after service for coffee hour in Pierce Hall or on the same Zoom link for social hour.

The idea of justice can be hard edged, inviting a focus on separation of the good from the bad, as if any of us were pure. Can we imagine moving toward a vision that centers not on punishment but repair, not judgment but restoration?

Join us for this hybrid, ASL interpreted worship service with music from Jen Hayman and the All Souls Choir! Stay after service for coffee hour in Pierce Hall or on the same Zoom link for social hour.

In times of re-emergence we pause on the threshold of change to contemplate who we are called to become. This is profoundly communal work. At its heart lies the sacred trust we inherit from our Universalist tradition.

Join us for this ASL interpreted, hybrid service with guest Minister Rev. Dr. Sophia Betancourt and music from the Jubilee Singers and guest director John Del Cueto. After service, join us for social hour on the same Zoom link or in Pierce Hall for coffee hour!

Please join us in-person or online for our Vespers service this month!

Our Vespers worship service is modeled after the traditional Taizé worship service, which uses silence, scripture, prayer, and repetitive singing of short chants and rounds to quiet the mind and promote deep meditation. The Taizé Community promotes peace and justice through prayer and meditation. Our Vespers service mirrors Taizé-style attention to silence, holy words, prayer, and singing, but has also evolved to include other meditative traditions such as yogic singing and Buddhist chanting. Followed by a time for community gathering. Every second Wednesday of the month.

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Living asks us to cross threshold after threshold. Life is movement and as religious people, we are called to move with love. This is both a discipline and a choice. Imagination is required and faith enough to believe that love might just win.

Join us for this hybrid, ASL interpreted worship service! Then, come to Pierce Hall for coffee hour or stay on the same Zoom link for social hour.

Watch this service on YouTube.

For a variety of reasons, many of us occasionally–or even regularly!–find ourselves longing for simpler times. We’re not the first people or generations to do so, however. And we won’t be the last. How can we hold simplicity as a worthwhile dream or goal while also being honest about how hard it is to achieve?

Join us for this hybrid, ASL interpreted worship service! Join us for a luncheon in Pierce Hall, or on the same Zoom link for social hour.

Watch this service on YouTube or read a PDF of the text.

We are Nature, and human beings are destroying the natural interdependent web of life. Our systems have crossed a crucial threshold as our species adversely impacts our one Earth home. All contributions towards restoration matter, and we also need transformation of global consciousness, in order to thrive. At a time of intense human longing for healing on our planet, music can move us to new ways of being whole. 

Join us for this hybrid, ASL interpreted worship service with music from Rochelle Rice and the BAM Ensemble! After service, join us in Pierce Hall for coffee hour or stay on the same Zoom link for social hour.

Watch this service on YouTube.

Experts tell us that we are in liminal times and experiencing collective trauma that yearns to be healed.  What can we learn from the Sufi Islamic embodiment rituals practiced to bring more healing into our own lives and communities?  How can embracing embodied healing help heal and lead us to collective salvation, freedom, peace and love? 

Please join us as we welcome the Rev. Summer Albayati from the Pacific Western Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association and let us explore the answers in a spirit of love.

This hybrid, ASL interpreted service will also feature music from Jen Hayman and the All Souls Choir! After service, come to Pierce Hall for coffee hour or stay on the same Zoom link for social hour.

Watch this service on YouTube.

Please join us in-person or online for our Vespers service this month!

Our Vespers worship service is modeled after the traditional Taizé worship service, which uses silence, scripture, prayer, and repetitive singing of short chants and rounds to quiet the mind and promote deep meditation. The Taizé Community promotes peace and justice through prayer and meditation. Our Vespers service mirrors Taizé-style attention to silence, holy words, prayer, and singing, but has also evolved to include other meditative traditions such as yogic singing and Buddhist chanting. Followed by a time for community gathering. Every second Wednesday of the month.

Click here to log in to Zoom.
Dial in: 301.715.8592; meeting ID: 997 7201 2495; passcode: 927624

The followers of Jesus had embraced the hope of a confident coming of the Kingdom. His death shattered that vision and they had to live into a story of struggle in a world of empire and power, not so unlike our own. Our religious response is that rising is always possible, in every spring, and that, like the disciples, we already have what we need to find redemption.

Join us for this ASL interpreted Easter Service with music from the Jubilee Singers and guest director Dr. Carl Dupont! Stay on the same Zoom link after service for social hour or come to Pierce Hall for coffee hour.

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In the Gospel story, Jesus entered Jerusalem for the last time, knowing the fate that awaited him. In the Gospel story, he was called. On this day, we remember the palms that were strewn in his path by joyous people ready to welcome the liberation he promised. What are we called to enter into? What calls us to raise our voices in thanks and praise?

Join us for this ASL interpreted worship service with a Story of All Ages from Lara Profitt and music from Jen Hayman and the All Souls Choir! After service, stay on the same Zoom link for social hour or join us in Pierce Hall for coffee hour.

Watch this service on YouTube.