Join us in Fessenden Hall this Sunday, July 5 for our monthly pancake breakfast. Breakfast will be served from 9:00 – 10:30 AM. Adults $10, Children $5. This month’s featured flavor is blueberry!
July Special Collection: ACLU Immigration Rights Project
Our July special collection will support the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project protects the civil liberties and due process rights of non-citizens in the U.S. Through impact litigation, advocacy, and community outreach, the project challenges unconstitutional detentions, discriminatory profiling, family separation, and unlawful enforcement tactics at the federal, state, and local levels.
CLICK HERE to learn more.
Sunday, July 19, 2026 O Frabjous Day! Nurturing the Spirit of Play, Inviting the Gift of Joy
One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.
When was the last time you got to do something that made your heart happy? Play is creative, generative, and healthy for people of all ages. Join us for this fun service exploring the power of play in our lives!
Sunday Morning Schedule:
10:00 AM
Religious Education for Children and Youth
Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults
Location: Fessenden Hall
This Week’s Wondering Questions:
11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom
Led by Rev. Kristina Church.
CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.
11:00 AM Zoom Information:
For those joining via Zoom, our meeting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start of the service (at 10:45 AM) for weekly announcements. We request that everyone joining the service please display your first and last name. Thank you!
https://zoom.us/j/97464785626
Meeting ID: 974 6478 5626
Dial by your location: 1 646 558 8656 (New York)
Meeting ID: 974 6478 5626
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acCRYGAK
July 5, 2026 My America Is…
America is 250, and we’re at a crossroads. So much beautiful, and so much ugly. Holding the many contradictions together feels weighty. In all of this: what is America now? What have we lost? What is it becoming? Please join us on this auspicious day as we explore, through music and personal storytelling, national identity in our precarious moment.
Sunday Morning Schedule:
10:00 AM
Religious Education for Children and Youth
Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults
Location: Fessenden Hall
This Week’s Wondering Questions:
- How did you come to learn about the United States?
- What about the United States makes you feel proud? What about it makes you feel ashamed?
- Polarization, or the deepening of political differences, has never been higher in our lifetimes. Are there still themes or values that connect or resonate across these differences?
11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom
Led by Chris Hook and Henri Stevens and Worship Associate Heidi Sumser
CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.
11:00 AM Zoom Information:
For those joining via Zoom, our meeting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start of the service (at 10:45 AM) for weekly announcements. We request that everyone joining the service please display your first and last name. Thank you!
https://zoom.us/j/97464785626
Meeting ID: 974 6478 5626
Dial by your location: 1 646 558 8656 (New York)
Meeting ID: 974 6478 5626
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acCRYGAK
Sunday Slides – Seeking New Team Members!
Sunday, July 12, 2026 – Feel Something, Make Something
One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.
Feel Something, Make Something explores how we can turn to art, creativity, and one another when we feel helpless and overwhelmed by the state of the world. We’ll look at how the creative process helps us release tension from our bodies, make sense of our roles in the community, and express the deep truths that words often fail to capture.
Sunday Morning Schedule:
10:00 AM
Religious Education for Children and Youth
Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults
Location: Fessenden Hall
This Week’s Wondering Questions:
This week we are going to have an opportunity to create a Haiku and then reflect together on the process:
Haiku prompt options:
- What in nature brings you joy?
- How has a friend helped you?
- What gives you a sense of meaning?
- What is your happy place?
- Anything you would want to describe that is meaningful.
Share the poem, then how the process of writing it made you feel.
What are other art forms that help you process feelings?
11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom
Led by Kate Starks, Malachi Stevens, Susan Herrera and friends
CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.
11:00 AM Zoom Information:
For those joining via Zoom, our meeting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start of the service (at 10:45 AM) for weekly announcements. We request that everyone joining the service please display your first and last name. Thank you!
https://zoom.us/j/97464785626
Meeting ID: 974 6478 5626
Dial by your location: 1 646 558 8656 (New York)
Meeting ID: 974 6478 5626
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acCRYGAK
Smash the Patriarchy with Pride Karaoke: June 26, 2026
You are cordially invited!
Come join the fun and feel free to bring a friend/ally.
Together, let’s support our LGBTQ+ members and friends.
RSVP requested — please CLICK HERE TO REPLY.
Dinner & Inspiration
CLICK HERE to sign-up to attend!
Register for General Assembly ($350 until April 30, $450 afterward)
Sunday, June 28, 2026 The Power of Shared Ministry
One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.
What do Unitarian Universalists mean when we talk about shared ministry? Leadership of a congregation is bigger than any one person or position– so how do the roles, tasks, and processes of a congregation get distributed? Join us for this exploration of what it means to work together in service of the whole, in a ministry that invites us to share our unique gifts with the world.
Sunday Morning Schedule:
10:00 AM
Religious Education for Children and Youth
Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults
Location: Fessenden Hall
This Week’s Wondering Questions:
- Do you have a wild idea– a new program or a group you’d like to share or create with our congregation? What would it take to make this new thing happen here?
- What do you need to do to regain your faith in a future where we will all flourish together?
11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom
Led by Rev. Kristina Church with Worship Associate CLM Kathy Kerns
CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.
Sunday, June 21, 2026 Meet the Moment: General Assembly Closing Worship with Rev. Jen Youngsun Ryu
One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.
Join us for a powerful communal experience – the largest annual gathering of UU’s in worship. This year we’ve been brought to tears by grief and rage, and been lifted by hope and joy. Sunday’s worship invites us to pause in the gap, one breath deep, between what we’ve shared and the faithful action ahead. At this threshold, we practice the spiritual discipline of Love.
Sunday Morning Schedule:
10:00 AM
Religious Education for Children and Youth
Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults
Location: Fessenden Hall
This Week’s Wondering Questions:
- Is there a way you practice taking a pause or a breath before responding to stressful situations? How can “pausing in the gap” help you respond from a centered place?
- Today’s worship highlights our sacred relationship with UUs all over the country– people we may never meet. Has your flourishing ever been made possible by a stranger? How has that knowledge changed the way you move through the world?
11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall‘
CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.
Our usual Zoom will not be available this morning. CLICK HERE to directly access the General Assembly Sunday Worship.
Midweek Midrash on Summer Hiatus
Tuesday, June 9 will be our last gathering at the Midweek Midrash for this church year. We will take a summer break June 10 – September 14, 2026.
We’ll resume our gatherings on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Enjoy your summer and we’ll see next September.
Blessings and gratitude,
Rev. Kristina
June Special Collection: Appalachian South Folklife Center
Our June special collection will support Appalachian South Folklife Center: The center assists families in need through the Service Work program. College, church and civic groups come to the Folklife Center to learn about Appalachia while performing volunteer work for folks in our area facing hard times. This program helps people with their home repair needs and provides other services to community non-profit and grassroots organizations. The program also allows volunteers to learn about Appalachian heritage and culture. They gain valuable teamwork and leadership skills while learning specific home repair skills at the same time..
Click here to learn more.
Rubber City Reuse Food Recycling Program: June 14
Sunday, June 14, 2026 Blossoming Forth: Flower Communion 2026
One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.
Join us for our annual end-of-year worship service and a century-old tradition known as the Flower Ceremony. Bring a flower from your garden, from the grocery store, or from the side of the road, as we celebrate the beauty and diversity of life together.
Sunday Morning Schedule:
10:00 AM
Religious Education for Children and Youth
Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults
Location: Fessenden Hall
This Week’s Wondering Questions:
- If you had a personal crest, what flower would be on it as an emblem of your life? What about it speaks to you: its appearance, life cycle, survival strategy, something else?
- The writer Anais Nin said of her life, “The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Is there something in your life that wants to blossom? What do you need in order to take the risk?
11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom
Led by Rev. Kristina Church with DRE Colleen Thoele.
CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.
Sunday, June 7, 2026 The Wrong Miracle
One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.
God was all over the place in the Old Testament, talking to people, creating miracles. . . It seemed that he was very involved in people’s everyday lives. Then, he seemed to go away. Where did he go? As UUs, do we even acknowledge God? If we do, how do we find him?
Sunday Morning Schedule:
10:00 AM
Religious Education for Children and Youth
Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults
Location: Fessenden Hall
This Week’s Wondering Questions:
- Have your beliefs around divinities (or any kinds of supernatural elements) changed over the course of your life? At this point in your journey, would you describe yourself as a theist (believer in a god or gods), a non-theist (don’t believe in a god or gods), or perhaps a mystical in-between (leaving space for the unknown or unknowable)?
- When you are in need of life’s wisdom, is there a place you go to seek it? (Could be a person, a text, nature, or a sacred practice)
11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom
Led by Mike Hovancsek with Worship Associate Heidi Sumser.
CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.