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The monthly theme for November is Covenant – Peace is keeping promises.
Sunday, November 15, 10am | Join us on Zoom
Un-Making Our Covenants Well
Rev. Annie Gonzalez
As UUs love to quote, Martin Buber said we humans are “promise-making, promise-keeping, promise-breaking, promise-renewing creatures.” Sometimes when we break covenant it is time to repair and come back together, but what do we do when we can’t or do not want to keep a covenant we agreed to? How do we break covenant well?
Sunday, November 22, 10am | Join us on Zoom
Thanksgiving Service: All-Ages Service
Worship Team
Join us for a fun and interactive all-ages service celebrating the themes of the Thanksgiving season, featuring the youth choir!
Sunday, November 29, 10am | Join us on Zoom
Livin’ on a Prayer
Teresa English
On this first Sunday of Advent, we’ll examine the life sustaining practice of prayer. Teresa will make a case for adopting or expanding your prayer practice to live fully into our values during these challenging times. This is her first Sunday service as Ministerial Intern.
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Past Services
2026–2027: The overarching theme for this worship year is “Peace.”
October 2026
“Living the Question”
- Sun. Oct. 18: On AI (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Oct. 11: Voice Still and Small (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
- Sun. Oct. 4: There is a field. I’ll meet you there. (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
September 2026
“Interdependence”
- Sun. Sept 27: If There Is to Be Peace in the Nation… (On Polarization) (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Sept. 20: Arriving, Belonging, and Becoming: A Three-Year Retrospective (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Sept. 13: Ingathering (Worship Team)
2025–2026: The overarching theme for this worship year is “Hope.”
June 2026
“Hope is found in celebrating the beauty all around us.”
- Sun. June 14: Flower Celebration: All Ages Service (Worship Team)
- Sun. June 7: Choosing to Be Queer (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
May 2026
“Hope is up to all of us.”
- Sun. May 31: Celebrating Our Multigenerational Connections (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
- Sun. May 24: Symptoms and Causes (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. May 17: Coming of Age: Strong Roots (First Parish Youth)
- Sun. May 10: Follow the Goosebumps (Rev. Ali Jablonsky)
- Sun. May 3: Music Sunday: All Ages Service (A Tribute to the Artistic Diversity of the United States)
April 2026
“Hope is freedom.”
- Sun. April 26: Let the Storm Rage On (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
- Sun. April 19 (Earth Day Service): Freedom and Interdependence (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger and the Environmental Justice Committee)
- Sun. April 12: I Call That Mind Free (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. April 5 (Easter Services): Traditional (9am), All Ages (11am)
- Fri. April 3: Tenebrae (Good Friday) Service (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
March 2026
“Hope is a verb!”
- Sun. Mar. 29: On Loneliness (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Mar. 22: It Matters What We Do: All Ages Service (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
- Sun. Mar. 15: Tea Parties and Mud Ball: Stewardship Sunday Service (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Mar. 8 (International Women’s Day Service): Hope Is Not a Lottery Ticket (Eileen Campbell, International Justice Mission)
- Sun. Mar. 1: Call and Response: Process Theology, Hope, and One Tiny Barking Dog (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
February 2026
“Hope is about winning the imagination battle.”
- Sun. Feb. 22: Awe and Everyday Wonder (Rev. Jo Murphy, Executive Director, UU Mass Action)
- Sun. Feb. 15: Minneapolis, Part Two (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Feb. 8: Making Our Dreams a Reality: All Ages Service (Worship Team)
- Sun. Feb. 1: Give Them Not Hell, But Hope (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
January 2026
“Hope is a leap into the unknown.”
- Sun. Jan. 25: On Lowering the Temperature (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Jan. 18: To the Light of Human Conscience (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
- Sun. Jan. 11: My Phone, My Frenemy (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Jan. 4: A Vision for the New Year (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
December 2025
“Hope is a gift.”
- Sun. Dec. 28: Make Space for Hope – Burning Bowl (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Wed. Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve Services): Family (3:30pm), Traditional (8:00pm)
- Sun. Dec. 21: As We Await the Dawn (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Dec. 14: Regifting Hope (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Dec. 7: A Mixed Bag (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
November 2025
“Hope looks like not giving up.”
- Sun. Nov. 30: On Heritage Americans (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Nov. 23: Wonderful World: All Ages Service (Worship Team)
- Sun. Nov. 16: Try Everything (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
- Sun. Nov. 9: One Last Sermon (Rev. Bill Schulz)
- Sun. Nov. 2: We Shall Not Be Moved (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
October 2025
“Hope is knowing you are enough.”
- Sun. Oct. 26: Ancestors Memorial Service: All Ages Service (Worship Team)
- Sun. Oct. 19: What Is Too Much? (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
- Sun. Oct. 12: All That Can Be Saved (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Oct. 5: Enough and Never Enough (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
September 2025
“Hope is openness.”
- Sun. Sept. 28: Facing Ourselves, Open To Change (Rev. Annie Gonzalez)
- Sun. Sept. 21: Hope Looks Like Welcome (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Sept. 14: A Meditation on Hope (Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger)
- Sun. Sept. 7: Ingathering