Services will be in person and live streamed on Zoom for the foreseeable future
Services
What to Expect
Each service contains instrumental and vocal music, a 15- to 20-minute message, a joys, sorrows and concerns ritual, an offering, a story relating to the message, and a period of meditation or prayer. The Sunday service begins at 9:00 a.m. and lasts 60 minutes, followed by a period where people may respond to the message of the day.
Each service begins with the lighting of our flaming chalice, a distinctive symbol of UU.
The design originated during WWII as a symbol on documents given to refugees who fled without their identification papers.
NOTE: Participation via Zoom is provided, in-person attendance is a richer experience. Please follow your own counsel on this.
(links available on the Home page).
Upcoming Services
April
Spiritual theme: Interdependence.
Apr 6: 9 am
Jes Martinez-Hunt
Stronger Together: The Sacred Work of Interdependence.
None of us exist in isolation, our lives are woven together in ways both seen and unseen. Interdependence calls us to embrace vulnerability, mutual care, and shared responsibility. How do we honor our need for one another while nurturing a just and compassionate world? Let’s explore the power of connection and the sacred work of being in community.
Apr 13: 9 am
Rev. Kristina Spaude
Marked for Liberation.
Each year, Jewish people around the world celebrate Passover, when the Israelites were liberated from enslavement in Egypt. This morning we will consider this story and what wisdom and strength we might take from it into our lives.
Apr 20: 9 am
Rev. Kristina Spaude
Practicing Resurrection.
It's Easter Sunday, the day Christians celebrate the Good News of Jesus' resurrection to life after death. His followers were left with the question, How do we live his legacy? Together we will wonder about Jesus' life and the ways his followers hoped they could achieve the dream of building a Beloved Kin-dom.
Apr 27, 9am
Rev. Kathy Schmitz
To Demand or To Dance
The world demands so much of us and yet our hearts yearn to enjoy the world’s many delights. Can we, will we, find that balance that allows us to persevere with integrity and joy?
May
Spiritual theme: Plurality
May 4, 9 am:
Rev. Kristina Spaude
Many Paths to One Flame: Our History
This morning we will explore Unitarian history in Europe. While this history did not directly impact the formation of our faith in the United States, it has influenced us more recently. And it is very cool!
May 11 9 am
Rev. Kristina Spaude
The Blessings of the Flowers: Flower Communion Celebration
Every year many of our UU congregations celebrate one of our distinctly UU holidays: the flower communion or flower ceremony. Join us this morning to hear its story and celebrate our history. And please do bring one or more flowers to share!
May 18 9 am
Rev. Kristina Spaude
One Flame for Many Paths: Our Now.
Our US-American UU history has taken a different path than our European siblings, moving from a narrow understanding of membership to an ever-widening appreciation of the faiths that have found a home among us.
May 25 9 am
Samara Powers
Inclusion: The Great and The Gritty
Blurb: What do rocks and the Gospel of Thomas have to do with radical welcome? "Inclusion" is not always what it seems (though there are no substitutes for the real thing!). Our sermonator Samara Powers reflects on what inclusion offers to communities, and what it challenges communities to offer to others.
Bio:
Samara Powers (they/them) is a recently-fellowshipped UU Minister and graduate of Meadville Lombard Theological School. They are also a parent, poet, and neurospicy relationship anarchist with a passion for right relationship and covenant. They live in Gainesville, FL, and will be starting their first ministry in the Fall (at an as-yet undisclosed location).
Service Inspirations
Our worship services focus on a wide variety of religious, philosophical, personal, and social issues. Although each service is different, we gather weekly to consider, individually and collectively, that which we hold of highest worth. For some, it’s the community; for others, it’s the natural world; and for still for others, it’s a sense of some sort of something beyond our imagination.
Our inspiration comes from a variety of sources: the wisdom of world religions, teachings from humanist and earth-centered traditions, words and deeds of prophetic people, and the direct experience of individuals.
Our principal service is on Sundays at 9:00 a.m., at Tri-County Unitarian Universalist and also on zoom. Please see the Home page for details and links.
Music & Choir
Tri-UU Choir Videos
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We sing traditional hymns, gospel, folk tunes and more, in multi-part harmony. The Choir rehearsals will be set by our new director. Everyone who enjoys singing is encouraged to join!
Here is a growing collection of Tri-UU choir videos:
Most are performed by our former music director, Donna Kagan, and Tri-UU Choir members with music arrangements and editing by Frank Kelly. Enjoy!
Past Services
Videos of select past sermons are on our Facebook page: Click here .
We have a Tri-UU YouTube Channel. Everyone subscribe okay?