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This is a full list of sermons presented at UUCCSM since mid-1999. Links to sermon texts are included when made available by their authors. Audio recordings are also available for most sermons presented after September, 2007 by our staff ministers and others directly affiliated with our church (just click the speaker icon next to each sermon where it's available*). Audio from guest speakers is posted only when we have their permission to share it.

Hard copies of sermons by Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae are available in the church office. Contact office assistant Sibylla Nash at office@uusm.org if you have a request.

"Leaving Room for Hope: Sermons for Uncertain Times," a book of Minister Emerita Judith Meyer's sermons, is available here.

**Please Note: Video recordings are available for sermons with a small TV icon showing at the bottom of the sermon listing. Just click the icon to watch the service.**

Leap of Faith
Rev. Stephen Furrer, speaker

Steve will pick up on the sermon topic originally planned for January 10. In the Book of Hebrews, St. Paul describes faith as the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Can a skeptic have faith? Is there a difference between faith and belief? This is Rev. Furrer on how to keep on keepin' on, even if you're a religious liberal and times are tough.

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Images of a Whole Earth
Rev. Steve. Furrer, speaker

Reverend Furrer will speak on poetic, visual, and scientific images of our planet that signify and heal. Notes on Stewart Brand, Fred Hoyle, R. Buckminster fuller, Barbara Denning, James Lovelock, James Hutton, Lewis Thomas, and Sallie McFague.

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Honoring Excellence
Rev. Steve Furrer, speaker

Reverend Furrer preaching on the ministry, with notes on that of the Reverend Judith Meyer. There will be formal presentation of Reverend Meyer's Minister Emerita portrait, which will be hung in the sanctuary alcove.

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9:00 - Have We a Dream, Too?, 11:00 - An Inescapable Network of Mutuality
Rev. Steve Furrer, speaker (9 am), Rev. Furrer with Pastor Herman Kemp and Rabbi Neil Comus-Daniels

9:00 - Reverend Furrer asks the members of UUCCSM whether our self-concept is similar to that of Dr. Martin Luther King? Or is it more like that of less prophetic voices?

11:00 - Reverend Furrer will be joined in the pulpit by Pastor Herman Kemp of Calvary Baptist Church and Rabbi Neil Comus-Daniels of Temple Beth Shir Shalom. (Listen to Rev. Furrer, Pastor Kemp or Rabbi Comus-Daniels)

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Faith
Rev. Steve Furrer, speaker

In the Book of Hebrews St. Paul describes faith as the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Can a skeptic have faith? Is there a difference between faith and belief? Reverend Furrer on how to keep on keepin' on, even when your vision is blurry.

Four Components of a Healthy Church
Rev. Steve Furrer, speaker

Reverend Furrer speaks on organizing our community to help ensure its dynamism, relevance, support capacity, and staying power.

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Celebrating African American Life
Leon Henderson-MacLennan and John Raiford with Edna Bonacich

Celebrate African American life by observing our Kwanzaa ritual with Leon Henderson-MacLennan. Then enjoy hearing John Raiford share about his long life as Edna Bonacich interviews him. John Raiford is a long-time member of our church, attorney, and husband to the late Karen Raiford.

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Candlelight Christmas Eve Services

Music, story, carols, and candlelight. Also included: Rev Furrer reading Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.”

The Christmas Story

An intergenerational Christmas Pageant, replete with friendly beasts and other familiar phenomena. Fun and song for children of all ages.

Demythologizing Christmas
Rev. Stephen H. Furrer, speaker

What's underneath all the religious and commercial hype? The essence of 12/25.

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