Sunday Service Recordings

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December—Soul Matters Theme: Presence

Sunday, December 1 "Called to Invoke Love" led by Rev. Laura Smidzik

November—Soul Matters Theme: Repair

Sunday, November 24 "All the Gifts of Creation" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, November 17 "Together in a Divided World" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, November 10 "What I Still Need You to Know" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, November 3 "What I Need You to Know" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

October—Soul Matters Theme: Deep Listening 

Sunday, October 20 "Do You Hear What I Hear? How to Listen Like a Musician" led by Paul Winchester

Sunday, October 13 "W.A.I.T. Listening Our Way Into Speech" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, October 6 "Hear the World Calling" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

September—Soul Matters Theme: Invitation

Sunday, September 29 "Come to the Shared Table" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, September 22 "The Invitation to Yes" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, September 8 "Ingathering Sunday: Merging the Waters of Community" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Karen Heuiser

Sunday, September 1 "Joyful Noise: UUCM Hymn Sing!" led by Paul Winchester 

August

Sunday, August 25 "Spiritual, But Not Religious" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, August 18 "Stretching Beyond the Simple" led by Brenda Mattson

Sunday, August 11 "Spiritual Pilgrimage" led by Dana Rutt

Sunday, August 4 "I Don't Want You To Be Good, I Want You To Be Whole" led by Ray Hommeyer

July

Sunday, July 28 "Celebrating Our Living Tradition or What Is JETPIG?" led by UUA General Assembly Delegation 

Sunday, July 21 "And All Who Call Her Home" led by Marion Rodgers

Sunday, July 14 "Thinking Theologically: Staying Curios & Getting Grounded" led by Nico Van Ostrand

Sunday, July 7 "The Struggle for a Nation's Soul: Religion and Democracy in America" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

June: Soul Matters Theme—Renewal

Sunday, June 30 "UUCM Decades Service" led by Melinda Bennett

Sunday, June 16 Summer Solstice: Honoring Earth's Cycles & Our Own" led by Eric Johnson 

Sunday, June 9 "This I Believe: Coming of Age Sunday" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Karen Heuiser

Sunday, June 2 "Blessing & Blooming in Community: Flower Ceremony & Bridging Sunday" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Karen Heuiser 

May: Soul Matters Theme—Pluralism 

Sunday, May 26 "A Community of Memory & Hope" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, May 19 "Pluralism, Polarization & Democracy" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, May 12 "Mothering: Nurturing a Plurality of Stories" led by Rev. Andrea Johnson

Sunday, May 5 "Draw the Circle Wide: Toward a Meaningful Pluralism" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

April: Soul Matters Theme—Interdependence

Sunday, April 28 "Beyond Sinners & Saints: A Dialogue Sermon" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Paul Winchester 

Sunday, April 21 "A Declaration of Interconnection & Interdependence" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, April 14 "Reimagining Selfhood" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, April 7 "Whose Are We?" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Karen Heuiser

March: Soul Matters Theme—Transformation

Sunday, March 31 "The Blessing of New Beginnings" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Karen Heuiser

Sunday, March 24 "Longing to Emerge" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, March 17 "Make Our Garden Grow: The Radical Rebellion of Creation" led by Paul Winchester

Sunday, March 10 "Celebrating Yesterday, Discovering Tomorrow" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Paul Winchester 

Sunday, March 3 "Transforming Our Beliefs" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

February: Soul Matters Theme—Justice & Equity

Sunday February 25 "The Spiritual Work of Repair" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday February 18 "What is Fair?" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, February 11 "What Justice Means to Me" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, February 4 "Working on Our Edges" led by Cindy Busch, Mike Elliott, Kate Flom, Marlys Johnson, Annie Wiberg, Nan Wright & Karen Zais

January: Soul Matters Theme—Liberating Love 

Sunday, January 28 "Loving the Stranger Within" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, January 21 "Love at the Center of Community" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, January 14 "Liberating Love and Divine Discontent" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, January 7 "Looking for Love in All the Right Places" led by  Kelly Bertenshaw, guest speaker: Kevin Kling 

December: Soul Matters Theme—Mystery

Sunday, December 31 "Sacred Time" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, December 24 "Candlelight Christmas Eve" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Thursday, December 21 "Winter Solstice Service" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Tuesday, December 19 "Blue Holiday Service" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, December 17 "Preparing for Mystery" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, December 10 "UUCM Holiday Pageant" led by Karen Heuiser & Paul Winchester

Sunday, December 3 "Living With Mystery" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

November: Soul Matters Theme—Generosity

Sunday, November 26 "The Mystery of Generosity" led by Dr. Semerit Strachan 

Sunday, November 19 "The Abundant Table" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, November 12 "Learning to Give" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, November 5 "The Living Gift Must Move" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

October: Soul Matters Theme—Heritage

Sunday, October 29 "A Heritage of Love & Memory" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, October 22 "Our Ancestor's Breath" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Lisa Stevens

Sunday, October 15 "The Transient and Permanent in Unitarian Universalism" led by  Meleah Houseknecht 

Sunday, October 8 "The Open Page" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman & Bill Rodgers

Sunday, October 1 "Practice Not Perfection" led by Rev. Justin Schroeder

September: Soul Matters Theme—Welcome 

Sunday, September 24 "The Welcome We Crave" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, September 17 "Welcoming the Journey" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, September 10 "Ingathering Sunday: Buckets of Dreams" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, September 3 "We All Do Better When We All Do Better" led by Marc Doepner-Hove

August 

Sunday, August 27 "Not If, But How" led by Chad Snyder 

Sunday, August 20 "UUCM Hymn Sing" led by Paul Winchester

Sunday, August 13 "An Exciting, Juicy, Forward-Thinking Faith" led by GA Delegates

Sunday, August 6 "Lying Fallow" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

July

Sunday, July 30 "This I Commit My Heart To: UUCM Art Show" led by Christy Dachelet

Sunday, July 23 "This I Commit My Heart To: Religious Education" led by Adam Schenck & Megan Mustafoff-Brechin

Sunday, July 16 "The Gifts of Learning & Community" led by Stefanie Bell-Egge & Jen Barnes 

Sunday, July 9 "Spirituality of Climate Crisis" led by Tyler Grosshuesch & Nazir Khan 

Sunday, July 2 "Unfinished Democracy" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman  

June: Soul Matters Theme—Delight

Sunday, June 25 "General Assembly 2023: Becoming the People Our World Needs" led by Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti & GA Worship Team

Sunday, June 18 "The Sun's Delight" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, June 11 "Favorable Conditions for Growth" led by Jill Braithwaite

Sunday, June 4 "100 Years of Flowers: Flower Communion Sunday" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

May: Soul Matters Theme—Creativity

Sunday, May 28 "Honoring Our Grief, Creating Memories of Love" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, May 21 "The Language of the Soul" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

Sunday, May 14 "Creators of the Future: Tapping into Our Generativity" led by Jill Braithwaite

Sunday, May 7 "When the Heart Opens" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

April: Soul Matters Theme—Resistance 

Sunday, April 30 "Questioning As Resistance" led by Racial Justice Ministry

Sunday, April 23 "Earth Day 2023" led by Climate Justice Ministry

Sunday, April 9 "Easter Sunday - Love's Resistance" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, April 2 - "The Spark & Mark of Resistance" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman 

March: Soul Matters Theme—Vulnerability

Sunday, March 26 -  "Inhabiting Our Vulnerability" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, March 19 - "More Like a Plant Than A Jewel: Vulnerability and Growth" led by Jill Braithwaite

Sunday, March 12 - "Miracles of Life, Miracles of Death" led by Rev. Barbara Gadon 

Sunday, March 5 - "Love, Risk & Community" led by  Rev. Lisa Friedman 

February: Soul Matters Theme—Love

Sunday, February 26 - "Music Sunday 2023" led by Paul Winchester

Sunday, February 12 -  "A Beautiful Heart" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, February 5 - "Centering Love" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

January: Soul Matters Theme—Finding Our Center

Sunday, January 1 - "Look Both Ways: A New Year's Ritual Worship Service" led by Jill Braithwaite

Sunday, January 8 -  "Centering Down" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, January 15 -  "Shifting Our Center: Dr. Martin Luther King Sunday" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman

Sunday, January 29 - "Centering Equity" led by Rev. Lisa Friedman