Past Events

A Guiding Purpose – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

We don’t want to be the church that has to ask our selves “what might have been?” What have we been made for in this moment? How will we answer the call to fuel the flame of love and justice here at UUCSS?

Chaos or Community – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

Join us this week for a service honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by focusing on how we can organize our power right here at UUCSS to build a better community. This is a service for all ages and while the nursery will be open for babies and toddlers up to age 5,…

Listening for Revolutionary Love – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

In her book, See No Stranger, lawyer and activist Valerie Kaur provides tools for healing the world while keeping love at our center. This week in worship we explore how listening can be a practice for revolutionary love.

Making Room for the New – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

Let go of the old and make room for the new at this first Sunday service of 2025! Guided by a wisdom story from the Zen Buddhist tradition, we will consider what we need to let go of in order to make room for the new ahead of us. Toward the end of the service…

Festival of Lights – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

All are welcome to this service for all ages featuring the lighting of the Hanukkah menorah, The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming story, and UUCSS’s brand new Labyrinth!

The Weary Word Rejoices – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

Through readings, prayer, carols, music by the UUCSS Sanctuary Singers, and candlelight we sink into the the Christmas story, ever ancient and familiar, ever wondrously new. This service is geared toward teenagers, adults, and all seeking a more contemplative Christmas Eve worship experience.

Hope in a Holy Night Family Service – Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg

This night may not be so silent, but it will certainly be holy when we gather together to recall the Christmas story. This participatory service will include carols, a no-rehearsal pageant, candle-lighting, and is geared toward children, families, and all young at heart. If you would like to learn one or two easy songs and…

When the Stars Begin to Fall – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

Today we lean into Advent, the season of waiting for hope, peace, joy, and love to come to birth in our weary world. This is a service for all ages and there are no Religious Education classes for children but the Nursery will be open for young children ages 6+ months to 5 years.

Honoring Darkness and the Wisdom of Owls: Winter Solstice Sunday – Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg

We are heading into a scary pale time in our history- what can we learn from this time of holy winter darkness ? Join us for an all ages service of story, song, readings, and ritual inviting us to honor the dark, the rhythms of the earth, and the wheel of the year. This service…

Raging for Revolutionary Love – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

When we think of the upcoming winter holidays, cozy images of presents under decorated trees and dancing dreidels often come to mind. And yet the stories these holidays emerged from are about times of great fear and injustice. Simply put, there was a lot in the ancient world to be angry about! This Sunday, we…