Sundays at Unity ChurchSunday 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. It allows us to come together for community and deepen our individual spirit. It is about us coming together as a religious family. It is where we practice being our best selves. It is an encounter with mystery and awe to plumb our spiritual depths.
During the church year, worship services are held at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 4:30 p.m., except where noted. From the Sunday before Memorial Day through the Sunday before Labor Day, there is just one service each week at 10:00 a.m. The entrance to the Sanctuary is at 733 Portland Avenue and parking is available in the church's lot on the corner of Portland Avenue and St. Albans Street. Map and Directions October Sunday WorshipOctober 6: Atonement and Forgiveness
How do we find it within ourselves to make room for the possibility of forgiveness? Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs and worship associate Kara Younkin Viswanathan will explore what steps we might take to increase the likelihood of real forgiveness occurring between people. The Litany of Atonement will be shared. Musicians: Unity Choir (9:00/11:00); The Mirandola Ensemble (4:30) Offering recipient: Little Kitchen Foodshelf Soup supper: Chicken wild rice / veggie wild rice October 13: Pledge Drive Celebration Sunday All In — Nancy McDonald Ladd Let me confess something — at times, I tend to keep my cards pretty close to the vest. I assess institutions and initiatives carefully, trying to decide how much of myself to lay out on the table. And yet — these are times, in this faith, in this country, and in this world, that call for us to be all in. These are times when we must be both committed to the power of community and humble in the face of what that commitment asks of us. Using the story of a miracle that happened a long time ago, we'll look at what wonders we can create when we bring everything we are to the common table. Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd serves as Senior Minister of the River Road Unitarian Universalist congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, where she lives with her spouse, two kids and one badly-behaved cat. She is also on the faculty of Meadville Lombard Theological School, serves as a local and national leader in congregation based community organizing, and recently published her first book, After the Good News; Progressive Faith Beyond Optimism. Musicians: Unity Choir, Unity Singers, Women's Ensemble, Children's Choir (9:00/11:00); Matthew Valverde, tenor (4:30) Offering recipient: Voices of Hope Soup supper: Chili Sunday October 20: A Fresh Act, a New Chapter Forgiveness cannot alter the past. But what happens — in our bodies and in the future unfolding — when, as Douglas Steere puts it, forgiveness adds “a fresh act” to a wrong that has occurred? Rev. Karen Hering and worship associate Kevin Harris will consider how forgiveness creates a turning point in the stories of our lives and our world, making possible a new chapter moving in a new direction and, possibly, in new and renewed relationships. Musicians: Jeffrey Van, guitar; Nick Chalmers, tenor Offering recipient: Canine Inspired Change Soup supper: Cuban black bean October 27: Forgive Our Debts Some say Jesus came to Jerusalem to declare the Jubilee, the year of starting over. In the year of Jubilee, those in slavery will be set free, the land will be redistributed, and all debts will be forgiven. Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs and worship associate Bob Peskin will wrestle with the question of reparations and how best to move toward a just and lasting peace. Musicians: Children's Choir, Unity Singers (9:00/11:00); Women's Ensemble (4:30) Offering recipient: SteppingStone Theatre Soup supper: Avelgmono |
Family and Story Sundays
Family Sundays 2019-20
Family Sundays take place five times each church year:
Story Sundays 2019-20 Story Sundays happen frequently throughout the church year, with children in grades 1-8 beginning in worship with the congregation in the Sanctuary. After the opening hymn, prayers, and children’s message, Workshop Rotation children (grades 1-5) proceed with their Journey Guides to their classrooms for religious education programming while junior high youth (grades 6-8) remain in the sanctuary for the entire worship service.
Coffee and Fellowship HourEveryone is invited to the Parish Hall for coffee and fellowship following the morning service. If you or a team you are working with would like to request a table in the Parish Hall as a way to share information with the congregation about a project, class, or other learning opportunity, please CLICK HERE. Parish Hall tables are reserved for programs and groups affiliated with Unity Church.
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