Sunday Worship Services
Sunday worship at Unity Church is a cornerstone of our religious community. It is where we envision and create a new reality for a better world and it allows us to come together for community and deepen our individual spirit. Multigenerational Sunday services are held in-person at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., and via livestream at 9:00 a.m. only. Masks are required for those who wish to enter the building for worship.
In the Parish Hall after both services you are invited to peruse information about upcoming opportunities and events at Unity Church. The Bookstall will also be open and the Pastoral Care table will have cards for you to send to those mentioned in the embracing meditation. Unity's Anderson Library and Children's Library are also open every Sunday.
If you are joining us virtually for services, please stop by for a visit at Zoom coffee hour, a time of informal conversation with church members and friends. Please email Laura Park at laura@unityunitarian.org for the link to join each Sunday when the service livestream ends.
In the Parish Hall after both services you are invited to peruse information about upcoming opportunities and events at Unity Church. The Bookstall will also be open and the Pastoral Care table will have cards for you to send to those mentioned in the embracing meditation. Unity's Anderson Library and Children's Library are also open every Sunday.
If you are joining us virtually for services, please stop by for a visit at Zoom coffee hour, a time of informal conversation with church members and friends. Please email Laura Park at laura@unityunitarian.org for the link to join each Sunday when the service livestream ends.
On Sunday join us for Finding Yourself at Unity, a weekly way for newcomers to connect and learn about Unity Church and Unitarian Universalism.
Pilgrimage in Place • Sunday, November 28
In-person services at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. • Masks are required upon entering the building.
Livestream at 9:00 a.m. only • Order of Service • This Week at Unity
A pilgrimage doesn’t always mean traveling far from home; but it does require a willingness “to open the door of our ordinary life and walk into another reality,” as pilgrimage guide Gil Stafford puts it. Rev. Karen Hering, Ahmed Anzaldúa, and worship associate Merrill Aldrich will ask what does it mean to make a pilgrimage in place? In a world rapidly changing around us, how might we bring a pilgrim’s awareness to the ground beneath our feet? Make a donation to support Frogtown Radio WFNU.
The Sacred Ground Beneath Our Feet: A Unity Church Gathering at the Rondo Commemorative Plaza
829 Concordia Street, St. Paul
Sunday, November 28, 12:30-1:00 p.m.
Embark on a half-hour neighborhood pilgrimage for a gathering at the Rondo Commemorative Plaza after our 11:00 a.m. service on Sunday, November 28. Marvin R. Anderson, lifelong Rondo resident and co-founder of several Rondo reparations efforts, will lead a discussion about the plaza, the proposed Rondo land bridge, and other projects honoring Rondo neighborhood’s history, acknowledging harm done by the original I-94 construction and seeking to repair that harm today. RSVP requested but not required (to help us plan hot beverages for the gathering and to let you know if inclement weather requires a cancellation): bit.ly/rondopilgrim.
829 Concordia Street, St. Paul
Sunday, November 28, 12:30-1:00 p.m.
Embark on a half-hour neighborhood pilgrimage for a gathering at the Rondo Commemorative Plaza after our 11:00 a.m. service on Sunday, November 28. Marvin R. Anderson, lifelong Rondo resident and co-founder of several Rondo reparations efforts, will lead a discussion about the plaza, the proposed Rondo land bridge, and other projects honoring Rondo neighborhood’s history, acknowledging harm done by the original I-94 construction and seeking to repair that harm today. RSVP requested but not required (to help us plan hot beverages for the gathering and to let you know if inclement weather requires a cancellation): bit.ly/rondopilgrim.
When God Shows Up • Sunday, December 5
In-person services at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. • Masks are required upon entering the building.
Livestream at 9:00 a.m. only • Order of Service • This Week at Unity
One meaning of this month’s theme of incarnation might be captured in the Biblical description of the name of the holy child as being Emmanuel, meaning “God with us.” If we consider incarnation less a view about one particular individual but about all life, all of us, all the reality we see around us, perhaps the idea of incarnation reminds us that our habitual binary vision is not quite accurate. Rev. Dr. Kathy Hurt and worship associate Katrina Nichols lead this exploration of incarnation.
Musicians: Unity Choir
Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support Shobi's Table.
Musicians: Unity Choir
Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support Shobi's Table.
There's a Feeling in the Air • Sunday, December 12
In-person services at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. • Masks are required upon entering the building.
Livestream at 9:00 a.m. only • Order of Service • This Week at Unity
We talk and sing about getting in the “spirit” of the holidays, a spirit that is wrapped in images of peace and hope. Yet those images seem in stark contrast alongside the realities of injustice and oppression. Does the vision of incarnation offer a way to join such differing experiences? Rev. Dr. Kathy Hurt and worship associate Jen Welsh reflect on how incarnation challenges injustice in ways we may need most at this time of year.
Musicians: Women's Ensemble
Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support of Intro to Success.
Musicians: Women's Ensemble
Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support of Intro to Success.
Las Posadas • Sunday, December 19
In-person services at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. • Masks are required upon entering the building.
Livestream at 9:00 a.m. only • Order of Service • This Week at Unity
As we await the birth of wonder, the whole church family will gather for the story of Las Posadas (The Inns). The service will invite us to journey with Mary and Joseph as they search for a place for their baby to be born, even as we wonder how our church may be a place of welcome in the dark mid-winter days. Musicians: Unity Singers
Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support of Hallie Q. Brown Food Shelf.
On Family Sundays we welcome families and children to the Sanctuary. A Story for All Ages will be shared and activity packets for younger children are available for use during worship. The nursery is also open.
Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support of Hallie Q. Brown Food Shelf.
On Family Sundays we welcome families and children to the Sanctuary. A Story for All Ages will be shared and activity packets for younger children are available for use during worship. The nursery is also open.
Good Bones • Sunday, December 26
In-person and livestream service at 10:00 a.m. only. • Masks are required upon entering the building.
Order of Service • This Week at Unity
We’ve all heard that old, run-down houses have “good bones,” meaning that although the house is terrible, it has a good structure and foundation, and therefore can be made into something beautiful. We live in a world of terrible destruction, heartbreak, violence, and injustice. What if we could embody that which is needed to make this world into something beautiful? Rev. Shay MacKay and worship associate Ray Wiedmeyer will lead this 10:00 a.m. service.
Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support of Microgrants.
Make a donation to our Sunday offering in support of Microgrants.
Past services and sermons are available on our YouTube channel, in our podcast archive, and by contacting the church office at unity@unityunitarian.org.
