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Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City
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Sundays at UUSIC
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Sunday Services
Visitors are welcome! |
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January 29 |
Kings, Queens, and
Other Heroes
Rev. Steven
Protzman
Unitarianism
flourished in
Transylvania for a
brief period in the
1600s under the rule
of King John
Sigismund. As we
celebrate the Festival
of the First Bread, we
will step back in time
to meet some of the
heroes of Unitarianism
in Eastern Europe as
we reflect on the
roots of our spiritual
heritage.
9:30 & 11:15 AM
Services in the
Sanctuary
10:30 AM Coffee and
Conversation in
Channing Hall
Board
Listening Post
in library,
10:30-11:15 AM
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February 5 |
You Are This
Universe
Sharon Wylie
The spiritual
teachings of
earth-centered
traditions celebrate
the sacred circle of
life and instruct us
to live in harmony
with the rhythms of
nature. We tend to
think of these
teachings as ancient,
but they also
intersect with and
inform many of our
modern ideas. Come,
let us consider the
many ways we connect
with each other and
with the Divine.
9:30 & 11:15 AM
Services in the
Sanctuary
10:30 AM Coffee &
Conversation, Channing
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February 12 |
Lovable
Beings of
Infinite
Worth
Rev.
Philip
Lund
Mega-church
pastor Rob Bell’s
book, Love Wins,
caused a stir last
year when he wrote
about topics our
forebears covered
centuries ago.
Whatever happened to
the Universalist
notion of God’s
infinite love in our
tradition? Is there
still a place for it
among us?
9:30
and 11:15 AM
Services in the
sanctuary
10:30 AM Coffee
and conversation, Channing
Hall
10:30 Visitor Q&A,
Fireside Room
4:00 PM Installation
Ceremony for
Rev. Steven Protzman,
Sanctuary
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February 19 |
Come Sing a Song
with Me
Barbara Buddin
Barbara Buddin will
lead a festival of
music in hymns, songs,
and anthems. We will
journey through our
service books and
remember some of the
old songs from past
hymnals. There will be
some variations and
updates of familiar
tunes. This could be
considered an old
fashioned "Hymn Sing."
9:30 AM and 11:15 AM
services in the
sanctuary
10:30 AM Coffee and
Conversation, Channing
Hall
RE Open House After
Services
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February 26 |
What’s
Love Got To Do With
It?
Rev. Steven
Protzman
The
word love
is the
most
overused
and least
understood
word in
the
English
language.
Each week
we say
that love
is the
doctrine
of this
church,
but as
Tina
Turner
asks,
“What’s
love got
to do with
it?” What
do we mean
by the
word love
in the
context of
our
religious
community,
and what
does this
love ask
of us?
9:30 &11:15 AM Services in
the
Sanctuary
10:30 AM Coffee &
Conversation, Channing
Hall |
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Archive of online sermons |
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SUNDAY SERVICES
Sunday morning
is a high point of the
week for many of us
when, with our
families, we come
together with our
minister, our choir,
and some two dozen
dedicated teachers
from our Religious
Education program.
Children
Childcare is available during
Sunday
services
for
infants
and
toddlers
through
age
four.
Children older than
four
participate in the first portion of the
Sunday service,
during which they are told or read a story
(often leading to future discussion around the
family table), and hear the special music
for that morning,
before leaving for their
religious education
classes.
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SUNDAY SERVICES
SCHEDULES
We have
Sunday services at
different times in the
summer than during the
regular, academic
year:
SUMMER
- June
through
August
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During the summer,
we
have
one
service
at
10
AM
each
Sunday. Our summer services
are
lay-led,
less
formal,
and
are
held
in
Channing
Hall,
in
the
lower
(and
cooler!)
level
of
our
building.
Multi-age
religious
education classes are available
for
children
age
3
through
high
school
on
Sundays,
and
we
provide
free
child
care
for
infants
and
children
through
age
2.
We also
invite you to join us
for lemonade at 11 AM
in Channing Hall on
Sunday.
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ACADEMIC
YEAR -
September through early May
11:15
AM
(with a
few
exceptions,
which are
noted on
the web
site and
in
our
newsletter,
the
UU News).
Children
are
welcome!
We provide
free child
care for
infants
and
children
through
age 2,
preschool
for
children
age 3
through 5,
and
religious
education
classes
that your
older
children
may attend
if they
wish. Your
children
are also
welcome to
stay with
you during
the
service.
We also
invite you
to join us
for coffee
and
conversation
from 10:30
AM to
11:00 AM
in
Channing
Hall on
Sunday .
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Each Sunday,
one or more of our members serves as a
Worship Associate
during the service, assisting and, from time to
time engaging in dialogue, with our minister.
Other features of the service, besides the
sermon, include:
During our Sunday
"coffee and
conversation"
gathering after
the early service, voices rise in greeting, meeting,
and fellowship in Channing Hall, located
downstairs in our building, until children
arrive to claim their parents.
All
are
welcome
to
join
in!
Special services
are occasionally held, such as evening vespers
during
Welcome Home
Wednesdays, and celebrations of holidays
meaningful to us, as well as to those of other
faiths.
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Unitarian
Universalist
Society
of
Iowa City