Worship Services at Unity Church

Our building is currently closed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Multigenerational Sunday services are being live-streamed from the Sanctuary at 10:00 a.m. Please join us. Services are being recorded and may be viewed at your convenience following the live stream.  CLICK HERE for past services.

After the service, whether this is your first time with us or you've been here all your life, you’re invited to participate in a virtual Zoom coffee hour, where we share a bit of our lives with each other and get to know one another more deeply. Stay for a few minutes or stay up to 45 minutes to connect in smaller break-out rooms. Unity Church staff and volunteers lead the sessions, and will suggest questions both light-hearted and deep for discussion. To participate in the Zoom coffee hour, please refer to the link in our weekly Sunday service email. If you do not currently receive our weekly Sunday service emails, please CLICK HERE to be added to the list.

If you would like to participate in Finding Yourself at Unity, a weekly way for newcomers to connect and learn about Unity Church and Unitarian Universalism, please CLICK HERE for details.

​Each Sunday, through the work of the Generosity Ministry Team, seventy percent of the offering is placed in the hands of the chosen community non-profit recipient. The remaining thirty percent goes to support of the Community Outreach Ministry at Unity Church. Offering recipients for each Sunday are listed below the Sunday service description. CLICK HERE to make a donation. If you would like to nominate a non-profit to receive the Sunday offering, please fill out the online nomination form.

October Sunday Worship

October 4: The Embodied Gospel: Listening to the Truth of Our Own Bodies
Livestream link: https://youtu.be/e5zx5yae-S8
Inspired by the groundbreaking work of somatic research, Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs and worship associate Kara Younkin Viswanathan will explore the truth that is available to each and every one of us when we listen first to our bodies, which may be especially critical in these days of uncertainty and challenge. Musicians: Kathy Kraulik and KrisAnne Weiss. Offering recipient: MUUSJA
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October 11: Brave Harbor
Livestream link: https://youtu.be/oeqHZWj9BNk
Though our ministry now is largely online, Unity's financial obligations continue. Your support of the church is an expression of the promises we make to each other and to the world. Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs and worship associate Katrina Nichols will offer a service about bravery, trust, and the promises we make as we renew our financial commitments to the church and to the ministry we share. Musicians: Laura Potratz, Teresa Tierney, Kathy Kraulik, Ahmed Anzaldúa, Shahzore Shah, Mark Dietrich. Offering recipient: UUA Disaster Relief Fund 
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October 18: Moving at the Speed of Trust
Livestream link: https://youtu.be/vCzs9T0zUV0
When trust has been broken, how do we begin the long, slow heart's work of restoring it? Join the challenging but healing work of holding hearts and possibilities open while exploring the broken trust between indigenous peoples and white settlers who claimed title of the land where Unity Church now stands. Rev. Karen Hering and worship associate Lia Rivamonte consider where we might start in rebuilding trust and what reparations might ask of us today. Offering recipient: Indigenous Roots 
These Rivers Remember by Roberta Hill 
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October 25: A More Perfect Union
Livestream link: https://youtu.be/NmMZJsmCXcQ
On November 3, the United States will hold our 59th national presidential Election Day — and in the midst of pandemic, climate catastrophe, rising authoritarianism, and widespread uprising, this is perhaps the most significant election in our country's history. In the context of extreme polarization and threats to so many communities, what trust can we have in the traditional systems and structures of democracy in the United States? And if that trust has been eroded — or never existed — in what can we place our trust, and our hope? Join Rev. Ashley Horan and worship associate Jake Rueter for an exploration of our current moment, and what our faith offers and compels us to do in these times. Offering recipient: Peace and Justice Scholarship Fund 
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The Rev. Ashley Horan is the Organizing Strategy Director of the Unitarian Universalist Association, where she leads the team that holds the outward-facing justice ministries of the UUA, including UU the Vote, Side With Love, and Love Resists. Previously, Ashley was the Executive Director of MUUSJA, Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance, and the curriculum developer with Beloved Conversations. Ashley grew up at Unity Church, and was ordained here in 2015. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner the Rev. Karen Hutt, and their children.

Family and Story Sundays

Family Sundays 2020-21: TBD
Family Sundays take place five times each church year. On Family Sundays, children experience the entire worship together with their families in the Sanctuary. A children’s message and activity books related to the stories and sermon help children to engage in the experience of worship. Regular religious education programming does not take place on Family Sundays; however, the nursery is open for children under three years of age.

Story Sundays 2020-21: TBD
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.