Past Events (Page 16)

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Emotional Resilience from the Inside Out – Deborah Thornton

The pandemic revealed the importance of emotional resilience in times of chaos and uncertainty. In this service, we’ll use the movie Inside Out to explore how honoring “the inherent worth and dignity of every human feeling” can help us develop that resilience and deepen our spiritual practice. July 25, 2021 Order of Service

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Adventures in Misunderstanding: Lessons from Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas – Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy and the Worship Staff of the Fox Valley UU Fellowship in Appleton, Wisconsin

This classic Tim Burton stop-motion animation movie tells the story of Halloween Town and one resident’s desire for something more in life. But ultimately. he discovers he needs to be true to himself and his community! Join us for an exploration of the themes of this family-friendly story of holidays, culture, communication, self-exploration, and striving…

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Representation Matters – Led by Charles Alexander

Charles Alexander will be exploring the importance of representation by sharing his story of watching Star Wars: A New Hope for the first time as a 6-year-old boy. Listen to how watching Star Wars opened his imaginations and empowered him to reach for the stars only to have dominant society set limits on his dreams.…

To Be Free or Free From – Rev. Jennifer Innis and Amy Popp, CRE, from the Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria, IL

President Franklin Roosevelt spoke of the Four Freedoms in 1941, including freedom of speech, freedom to worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Author Margot Lee Shetterly names these freedoms in her account of the Black women who advanced the effort to send people to space. We explore freedom from want as found in…

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General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship

This week we join congregations around the world for the largest annual gathering of UUs in worship. A UUCSS watch party will begin at 10:30 on Zoom, and at 11 AM we’ll log onto the General Assembly worship service from our own computers. More information will be posted here and via an All Church Email.…

Pride Service – Led by the UUCSS Rainbow Alliance

Have you ever wished you could go back to your younger self and tell them the life lessons you know now that you wished you had then? In this service, the Rainbow Alliance will be reading from a letter by a queer author doing just that, and taking from it lessons on identity and acceptance.…

Flower Communion – Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt

This week in worship we celebrate the challenge and blessing of being part of the bouquet of community. Watch your all-church email for a sign-up link and bring a flower to church on the Saturday, June 5th. You’ll receive seeds to take home and grow flowers to remind you of UUCSS all summer long. The…