Online Worship During COVID-19

Children and Youth Religious Education is currently being held online. Please click here to learn more and register. 

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(UUCM's building is currently closed as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see the online worship details under "Upcoming Services" to the right of this message.)

UUCM offers Sunday services at 10:00 AM. Child and Youth RE is held during Worship Service, following the beginning portion of the worship service,  starting around 10:15 AM.  After the service there is a fellowship time in the Community Room and in the Sanctuary.

Childcare: Childcare is generally open Sundays from 9:45-11:15 AM in the Spruce Room, for children birth-kindergarten. The predominant curriculum for this age group is love, security and safety. When preschoolers and kindergartners attend, there will also be stories and activities from the theme-based Soul Matters curriculum.

Kindergarten – 12th grade students start in worship with their families. Around 10:15 AM the children are “sung out” of the service to head downstairs to their classrooms. Parents of younger students are invited to walk their children to class. RE classes are scheduled to go until 11:15 AM. Students 3rd grade and younger need to picked up from their classroom by their parent/guardian.

GATHER ONLINE EVERY SUNDAY AT 10 AM

Each Sunday, members, friends  and guests of UUCM gather on Zoom for a time of  worship, community, and reflection. 

THE NOVEMBER SOUL MATTERS THEME IS HEALING

Sunday, November 22 - Healing Through Gratitude

Gratitude is one of the most powerful attitudes we can cultivate in our lives. How does gratitude help us to become more generous and kind, more open and connected? 

All New Multigenerational Service Format: This Sunday's service will be multigenerational and highly participatory for people of all ages. Multiple mediums will be used to revel together in the theme of gratitude. Our hope is that each household will come away with ideas and resources for practicing gratitude in daily life. If you have kids, you are encouraged to print out this activity booklet, to be enjoyed during or outside of worship: Thanksgiving Service Activity Pages. 

A special link was sent to the Friday Update email list that includes an embedded password. If you did not receive this email, please click the link below AND contact Karen at 612-486-2705 to request this week's password.

To join worship with video, click on this link: https://zoom.us/j/98672912725

For audio only, dial (312) 626-6799 and use meeting ID 986 7291 2725.

Once you enter the meeting, you will be placed in a "waiting room" and we will manually welcome you in. Click here to learn more about our online safety precautions. 

You are welcome to come online anytime starting at 9:30 am. If you’ve never used Zoom before, we encourage you to join early. You can use most any device — a smart phone, tablet or computer.

If you’re new to Zoom or would like some extra help, we’ve created an instruction document that take you through how to install and use Zoom. If you need assistance on Sunday, please text Karen at 612-486-2705 (and include your name). We have a UUCM Zoom tech team ready to help!

UUCM is part of the Soul Matters Sharing Circle and uses a monthly theme to guide worship and religious education. For the 2020/2021 church year, we’re exploring what it means to be a people of...

September: Renewal
October:  Deep Listening
November:  Healing
December:  Stillness
January 2021:  Imagination
February:  Beloved Community
March:  Commitment
April:  Becoming
May:  Story
June:  Play 

 During the year we celebrate many important days in the liturgical calendar:

• Easter Weekend
  
• Justice Sunday
  
• Flower Communion
  
• Bridging Sunday
  
• Ingathering Water Ceremony
  
• Earth Day
  
• Day of the Dead
  
• IOCP Sleep-out Weekend
  
• Thanksgiving
  
• Winter Solstice
  
• Christmas Eve

Music is a big part of Sunday Worship  Service at UUCM. Our music director, Paul Winchester, brings a lively  array of genres from folk to rock,  jazz to classical, and occasionally a little rap!  

Music is especially celebrated annually each spring with Music Sunday where the worship service is led by our Music, the service is alive with loud and vibrant music! 

The UUCM Band plays many times throughout the year, and includes drums, bass, acoustic guitar, and cello. 

UUCM also has a large and talented choir. They sing about once a month, and rehearsal about three times a  month. Once or twice a year, an Invitational Choir is assembled for  people who wish to sing in the choir but not make a permanent commitment. 

Musical performances and recruitment of guest musicians is also facilitated by the Church Council Music Ministry team.