Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City

Sharing the journey of mind and spirit


Sundays
2010

SUNDAY SERVICES

May 30th through Labor Day

  • We have only 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. View a list of all summer Sunday services, 2010

  • 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

September through May 23

  • We have Sunday services at 9:30 AM and 11:15 AM.

  • 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.

Photo of banjo-strumming UU and entranced youngster

Mike sings a little Pete Seeger
for an entranced third grader.

Sermon Topics This Month
 

See the UU News for more information

Archive of past sermons

July 4

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.

July 11

Things Happen Because They Can
Jean Reese

Realizing the nature of things and meaningless of behaviors sometimes takes a long time.

July 18

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.

July 25

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.

Archive of online sermons
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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10 S. Gilbert Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
319-337-3443
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