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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.**

Grandmother's Wisdom
Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker

On Mother's Day, let us pause to celebrate all who nurture in the way of the wise ones. The wisdom of May Sarton, as she writes about her mother, guides us

True gardeners cannot bear a glove
Between the sure touch and the tender root,
Must let their hands grow knotted as they move
With a rough sensitivity about
Under the earth, between the rock and shoot,
Never to bruise or wound the hidden fruit.
And so I watched my mother's hands grow scarred,
She who could heal the wounded plant or friend

Sexuality and Spirituality
Rev. Roberta Haskin, Speaker

Our sexuality and spirituality are interwoven to make us whole human persons and healthy faith communities.

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Lessons from Transracial Adoption
Beth Hall, speaker

Adoption brings diverse individuals together and transracial adoption further crosses racial lines. Yet families built transracially can develop strong and binding ties. Beth Hall is the co-founder and director of Pact, An Adoption Alliance and an adoptive mother.

Honor the Earth
The Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker

This Sunday before Earth Day, let us gather to celebrate and honor our connections to the earth.

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On the Road to Emmaus
The Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker

Easter celebrates the human cycles of growth and transformation.

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Weave the Web
The Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker

The seventh principle of Unitarian Universalismstates that we respect the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. The interdependent web offers us a rich image of what we can be as a religious community. 2 p.m. Shirlee FrankMemorial Service in the Sanctuary

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I Don't Have a Suit
Michael Eselun, speaker

Church member and hospital chaplain Michael Eselun will explore the experience of insiders and outsiders -- our yearning to belong and the comfort we take in belonging versus our inner experience of being on the outside, often at the same time.

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Annual YRUU Service: Not All Those Who Wander are Lost

In our annual Youth Sunday, the YRUU high school group presents a service that explores the journey we are all on together.

Sharing the Ministry
The Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker

The ministry of the congregation is not just the minister. How will sharing the ministry impact the life of the church?

To Love a Place
The Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS - SPRING AHEAD

What does it mean to love a place? What are we willing to do when we love a place?