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Sundays
2010
SUNDAY SERVICES
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May 30th through Labor
Day
During the
summer, we
have multi-age religious education
classes for
children age 3
through high
school on Sundays,
and also provide
free child care
for infants
and children
through age 2.
We also invite
you to join
us for coffee and
conversation
at 11 AM
in Channing
Hall on
Sunday.
Topics and
speakers
this summer, 2010
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September through
May 23
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 visit 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 11:15 AM
in Channing
Hall on
Sunday.
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Mike
sings
a
little
Pete
Seeger
for an
entranced
third
grader. |
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Sermon Topics This Month
See the
UU News
for more
information
Archive of
past sermons |
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July 4
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My Life is a Winding Road
Chris Taylor
Chris shares three religious traditions that
have shaped his faith and discusses how the
gaps in a personal theology can be a source
of growth and comfort. |
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July
11
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Things Happen Because They Can
Jean Reese
Realizing
the nature of things and meaningless of behaviors
sometimes takes a long time. |
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July 18
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Projecting
Personal Theology through Work
Jaia Rosenfels and Scott Gill
Jaia and her boss, Scott
Gill (Executive Secretary of
Access2Independence, which helps people in
eastern Iowa lead independent lives), will talk about
“Projecting Personal Theology through Work.” Jaia
will also talk about her family’s influence
on her religion.
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July 25
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The Sanctuary City
Project in Johnson County
Vicki Siefers
A group of local religious
leaders and citizens are advocating for Iowa
City to join a list of national cities as a
Sanctuary City. Learn why UUs should stand up with this group to
foster an environment of acceptance and
tolerance of immigrants in our community.
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Archive of online sermons |
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Information
for
ushers and
greeters |
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.
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