Tarnished Brass Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 3:00pm.

Enjoy an afternoon of jazzy Christmas tunes in the Church Sanctuary, with festive Christmas cookies and refreshments at intermission.

Along with the brass quintet there will be a few pieces by musical guests including the UUCK Peace Choir.

The Tarnished Brass is Jennifer May and Christie Anderson on trumpet, Don Easterling on French horn, Dave Watt on trombone, and Randy Ruchotzke on tuba.

$20…

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enUUs: December 4, 2024

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Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from Rev. Kristina

‘Rev’ Time

Board News

Town Hall with the Board – December 15, 2024

Community Within 

Connections Team Potluck – December 6, 2024

Tarnished Brass Christmas Concert – December 22, 2024

Shared Ministry Council Meeting – February 23, 2025

Now Hiring:  Campus Use Manager

Volunteers Needed for Hayma…

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enUUs: November 27, 2024

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Topics included:

e-nUUs InformationMessages from Rev. Kristina ‘Rev’ Time Board News Town Hall with the Board – December 15, 2024Community Within  Thanksgiving Dinner – November 28, 2024 Connections Team Potluck – December 6, 2024 Tarnished Brass Christmas Concert – December 22, 2024 Thank You Katie Kuras Now Hiring:  Campus Use Manager Volunteers Needed for Haymaker Farmers’ Market Indoor …

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Sunday, December 8, 2024 To Bring Us Light in Winter's Gloom

The “most wonderful time of the year” can also be the most difficult, the most depressing, or the most overwhelming time. What if we’re not filled with jolly good spirits during the month of December? What if our hearts are breaking– or we’re feeling sad and lonely– or we’re angry or despondent about the human-caused suffering in our world? How can we skip holiday hoopla that drains us, and seek our own true peace and comfort?

9:15 AM: …

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Sunday, December 1, 2024 The Blessing of the Chalices

The flaming chalice is the symbol of our Unitarian Universalist faith. Each Sunday all over the country and even in many other countries, we light the chalice at the beginning of our time of worship. How did this image of the chalice with a flame become our tradition? Join us this Sunday as we share the story of our flaming chalice and what it means to individual UU’s.

We invite you to bring your own chalice with you to church if you woul…

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enUUs: November 20, 2024

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Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from Rev. Kristina

‘Rev’ Time

Community Within

Viv is a Septuagenarian – November 23, 2024

Thanksgiving Dinner – November 28, 2024

Connections Team Potluck – December 6, 2024

Thank You Katie Kuras

Now Hiring:  Campus Use Manager

Volunteers Needed for Haymaker Farmers’ Market Indoor Season

Coffee Volunteers Needed …

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Sunday, November 24, 2024 The Honorable Harvest

Nearly everything we’ve been taught about the Thanksgiving origin story is embellished, exaggerated, or just plain made up to serve political ends. What, then, are we to do with this national holiday? What voices can we turn to to for reality-based wisdom, and gratitude based in historical truth?

9:15 AM: An in-person, all-ages service

Led by Rev. Kristina Church, Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele, and Music Director Emily…

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enUUs: November 13, 2024

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Topics Included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from Rev. Kristina

‘Rev’ Time

Community Within

New (and no so New) to UU – November 15, 2024

Project Terrabona Health – November 17, 2024

Viv is a Septuagenarian – November 23, 2024

Thanksgiving Dinner – November 28, 2024 

Volunteers Needed for Haymaker Farmers’ Market Indoor Season

Coffee Volunteers Needed to suppor…

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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Simple Gifts / What a Wonderful World

9:15 AM: Simple Gifts

An in-person, all-ages service led by Rev. Renee Ruchotzke and Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele.

In troubling times, it can be healing to reconnect to our gratitude for the simple gifts that life offers us,

10:00 AM Lifespan Religious Exploration

Religious exploration for our children and youth in classrooms.

Facilitated small reflection groups for ad…

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enUUs: November 6, 2024

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Topics included:

e-nUUs Information

Messages from Rev. Kristina

‘Rev’ Time

Community Within

New (and no so New) to UU – November 8, and 15, 2024

Retired or Retired Adjacent??  Learn the ABC’s of RMD’s & QCD’s – Postponed

Project Terrabona Health – November 17, 2024

Viv is a Septuagenarian – November 23, 2024

Volunteers Needed for Haymaker Farmers’ Market Indo…

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Visitors

Welcome visitors! We hope that you will find a spiritual home here and that you will be enriched in the liberal religious practice and heritage of Unitarian Universalism. The members of this church take pride in the fact that we embrace people of all races, ethnicities, ages, creeds, sexual orientations, and abilities. Unitarian Universalism is a religion that celebrates diversity of belief and is guided by seven principles and many sources of wisdom. Our congregation is where we come together in religious community to discern our values and live lives in alignment with them. Ours is a living tradition and we put our faith into action through social justice work in our communities and the wider world. In addition, we are a “Welcoming Congregation” which means we have taken part in a special program, designed by the UUA, for congregations that see a need to become more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people. The congregation is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Newcomers are always welcome to visit our congregation. There is no formal conversion process, so becoming a Unitarian Universalist is simply a matter of self-identification. Membership is voluntary and does not require renouncing other religious affiliations or practices.

We invite you to explore our website, visit our congregation, and discover Unitarian Universalism!

There are seven principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote:

  • The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
  • Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
  • Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
  • A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
  • The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
  • The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
  • Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

Unitarian Universalism (UU) draws from many sources:

  • Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life;
  • Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love;
  • Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life;
  • Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;
  • Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit;
  • Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.

These principles and sources of faith are the backbone of our religious community.

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