Unitarian Universalist Society
of Iowa City


Sunday Services
2010

Sunday services

  • We have two Sunday morning services, one at 9 AM and another at 11 AM

  • We provide multi-age religious education for children at 9:15 AM and 11:15 AM

  • Free childcare is available for infants and children through age 2; preschool for children age 3 through 5

  • We invite you to also join us for coffee and conversation between services from 10 AM to 11 AM in Channing Hall

Information for newcomers
Finding us, parking,  and accessibility
Sermon topics this month
Information for ushers and greeters

Sunday services
Sunday morning is a high point of the  week for many of us when, with our children, we come together with our minister, our choir, and some two dozen dedicated teachers from our Lifespan Education program.

  • From September through May we meet on Sunday at 9 AM and 11 AM for church services and religious education classes. Children are welcome! We provide free childcare for infants and children through age 2, preschool for children age 3 through 5, and RE classes that your older children may visit if they wish. Your children are also welcome to stay with you during the service.

  • During June, July and the first half of August we gather at 9 AM for our lay-led, less formal services in Channing Hall, in the lower level of our building. During the summer, we have multi-age religious education classes for children age 3 through high school on Sundays, and also provide free childcare for infants and children through age 2.

Sunday Topics This Month
See the UU News for more information

March 7 The Pursuit of Happiness
Rev. Benjamin Maucere
What makes us happy? It might not be what you think.
March 14 Rooted in the Soil
Kara Beauchamp  Jeff Walberg
Thoughts on farming and eating.
March 21 Beginner’s Mind and Emerson
Lois Cole
How tapping into our Transcendentalist legacy and mindfulness can enrich our community and lives.
March 28 Bring Many Names
Rev. Benjamin Maucere
An exploration of the mystical approaches to the divine.

Interim Minister Benjamin Maucere comes to us from Houston, Texas, where he was also an interim minister. He has also served as the minister of the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia.

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:

  • Solo or small-group musical presentations: anthems, hymns and musical responses by our excellent choir
  • Periods of spoken and silent meditation
  • Brief expressions by members and guests about joys and sorrows that they have recently experienced or are currently experiencing

Our children join us for in the first portion of the service, during which they are told or read a story (often leading to future discussion around the family table), and hear the special music, before leaving for their religious education classes.

During our Sunday "Coffee Hour," voices rise in greeting, meeting and fellowship in Channing Hall, located downstairs in our building, until children arrive to claim their parents.

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

10 S. Gilbert Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
319-337-3443
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a liberal religious congregation since 1841.

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