March 9, 2025
All Sermons
“Beyond Three Dimensions”
February 16, 2025
Zoom-only worship for the second week in a row due to weather. We had fun!
“Stewardship Sunday”
February 9, 2025
- Bob Williams
- Cindy Malley
- Jim Nehring
- John Ford
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Roger Price
- Susan Tordella
- Thea Shapiro
- fighting fascism
- happy together
- stewardship
- Time for All Ages
Stewardship Sunday was Zoom-only worship due to the weather. But… we’re “happy together”!
“It’s a Long Game, Not the End Game”
January 26, 2025
- Anna Fadden
- Larry Kaylor
- Rev. Wendy Bell
- Sarah Buchholz
- fighting fascism
- resilience
- self-care
- Time for All Ages
Our guest preacher was UU minister Rev. Wendy Bell!
“Shaking the Snow Globe”
December 15, 2024
- David Grober
- Jim Nehring
- John Ford
- Rev. Jackie Clement
- Thea Shapiro
- hard times
- perspective
- resilience
- Time for All Ages
FCU member and retired UU minister Rev. Jackie Clement preaches!
“Joy as an Act of Resistance”
December 8, 2024
My sermon was informed by Audre Lorde, Brittany Packnett and more…
“Glitter”
November 17, 2024
- Cindy Malley
- Deborah Niles
- Lori Locascio
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Shaun Bries
- democracy
- Riverbend
- Time for All Ages
- Unitarian Universalism
- values
FCU’s senior Deacon Cindy Malley delivers the sermon! Riverbend’s Shaun Bries tells us about their good works during Share-the-Plate.
“Healing It All”
September 29, 2024
- Jim Barisano
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Thea Shapiro
- Tim Harvey
- What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
- healing
- Time for All Ages
- transformation
- trauma
My sermon drew from Prentis Hemphill’s “What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World”.
Special Service – 21st Annual Joint UU Summer Service, hosted by FCU: “For Whom the Alarm Bell Tolls”
August 4, 2024
- Cindy Malley
- Elinor Gentilman
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Rev. Megan Lynes
- Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
- compassion
- Unitarian Universalism
- UU Joint Summer Service
FCU had the privilege of hosting the 21st Annual Joint UU Summer Service, a gathering of (I believe) 14 different local UU congregations! I had the privilege of leading worship and preaching.
Flower Communion and Keeper of the Flame 2024
June 16, 2024
- Lynn Courtney
- Monica Pilman
- Peter Ersland
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Thea Shapiro
- Flower Communion
- keeper of the flame
- Time for All Ages
101st Annual Flower Communion, plus our Keeper of the Flame award goes to… Lynn Courtney!
“Ghana and Grace”
June 9, 2024
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Sara Cope
- Thea Shapiro
- Ghana
- grace
- Macdellar Sons of Grace Preparatory School
- poverty
- sabbatical
- Time for All Ages
I spoke about my experience in Ghana during my sabbatical, volunteering at the Macdellar Sons of Grace Preparatory School.
“What Will the Church Be in 20 or 30 Years?”
June 2, 2024
This was the annual auction sermon topic this year!
“Memorial Day in the Light of the War in Gaza”
May 26, 2024
We consider the history of US war casualties, and think about the current war between Hamas and Israel.
“Torna a Surriento: You CAN Come Home Again”
May 19, 2024
Rev. Lara’s return-from-sabbatical Sunday!
“Roots and Wings”
May 12, 2024
- Anna Fadden
- Cindy Malley
- Jim Nehring
- Monica Pilman
- Rev. Kathy Schmitz
- Thea Shapiro
- Time for All Ages
The congregation and sabbatical minister Rev. Kathy Schmitz say a fond farewell.
“Healing Images: Chiron and the Hanged Man”
May 5, 2024
- Anna Fadden
- Kristine Tomlinson
- Peter Ersland
- Rochelle Chambless
- Thea Shapiro
- healing
- Time for All Ages
FCU’s own Kristine Tomlinson delivers the sermon!
“Experiencing Aging”
April 7, 2024
- Anna Fadden
- Cindy Heiland
- Jim Barisano
- Karen Tucker-Barisano
- Monica Pilman
- Niela Miller
- aging
- psychology
- Time for All Ages
Niela Miller wrote the sermon and created the service, and Anna Fadden kindly led in Niela’s absence.
“Side With Love”
February 25, 2024
“Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Poor People’s Campaign”
January 14, 2024
- Araya Fast
- Cindy Heiland
- Cindy Malley
- Lori Grant
- Lynn Cina
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Sara Cope
- Thea Shapiro
- anti-racism
- Learning Up
- Macdellar Sons of Grace Preparatory School
- Martin Luther King
- poverty
- Time for All Ages
- white supremacy culture
Our Annual MLK Sunday. Share-the-Plate was for the Macdellar Sons of Grace Preparatory School (via Learning Up).
“Remembrance Service”
January 7, 2024
- Anna Fadden
- Cindy Malley
- Monica Pilman
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Thea Shapiro
- "I Live My Life in Widening Circles" (poem) by Rainer Maria Rilke
- death
- remembrance
- Time for All Ages
Our annual Remembrance Service, remembering those loved ones we lost in the last year, as well as babies born in the past year.
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