Worship Services at Unity Church

During the church year (the Sunday after Labor Day through the third Sunday in May) worship services are held at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 4:30 p.m., except where noted. 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

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. If you would like to nominate a non-profit to receive the Sunday offering, please fill out the online nomination form.

March Sunday Worship

March 1: One Step in Front of the Other: the Dance of Resilience
What is resilience? Why is it a worship theme this month? Who exemplifies a resilient life? Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs and worship associate Richard Lau will offer their reflections on the meaning of resilience.
Offering recipient: Women's Advocates

March 8: Teaching Resilience
The word resilience is generally understood to be a quality of being that allows us to overcome difficulties and return to our best selves. It calls for us to return to the place T.S. Eliot called “the still-point.” Though some are more naturally resilient than others, resilience can be learned. Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs and worship associate Kara Younkin Viswanathan will look at how resilience can be taught and how a sense of home provides the necessary base for learning.
Offering recipient: Beacon Interfaith Rental Assistance Initiative

March 15: Waking Up and Loving the World All Over Again
In the face of the ongoing struggles and challenges of our lives, it takes strength and courage to keep our hearts open and our hope strong. Rev. Lisa Friedman and worship associate Lia Rivamonte will explore how we cultivate a personal practice of resilience and the journey we must take within ourselves to persevere and greet each day anew.
Offering recipient: Protect Minnesota
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March 22 • Story Sunday
Two Arches That Lean Into a Strength: Unity Church
Faith and church have a role to play in creating communities that inspire resilience and resilient living. We are stronger when we march with arms linked together. Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs and worship associate Jake Rueter will explore the importance of collective resilience. 
​Offering recipient: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

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 Story for All Ages, 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.

March 29: How We Keep on Keeping On
We have some basic understanding of the ways to undergird resilience. We close a month of focusing on resilience with a service that will include a collage voices sharing how the general outlines of what work — regular practice, strengthened intimacy skills, and working for justice — are made manifest in particular lives. Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs and worship associate Bailey Webster will help us get to know ourselves a little better.
Offering recipient: Microgrants

Family and Story Sundays

Family Sundays 2019-20
Family Sundays take place five times each church year:
  • Sunday, September 8: Merging of Waters
  • Sunday, November 24: Thanksgiving
  • Sunday, December 22: Carol Sing/Shout
  • Sunday, April 12: Easter
  • Sunday, May 17: Flower Communion
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 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.
  • Sunday, November 3
  • Sunday, January 19
  • Sunday, February 23
  • Sunday, March 22​​​​