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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.**
Children in Crisis is the theme the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has chosen to explore for Holocaust Remembrance Day this year. The youngest victims of genocide, from Nazi Europe to Darfur, have left a powerful witness from their brief lives.
With the season of Passover and Easter comes the reminder that the themes of these holidays are both timeless and deeply rooted in history and nature.
Solving the world’s problems is a daunting task. But if we each take a step towards positive action, we can make the world around us a better place. This annual YRUU service will explore the ways we can make a difference, from using our creativity to start social justice revolutions to doing the smallest of good deeds like sharing the gift of music or helping a friend. The service promises to be a rousing, multi-media experience.
Singer and activist Holly Near will join us for this special service dedicated to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee work for justice. She writes, We can gather together to remember our highest selves and find the courage to stand up for peace and justice. Our country has been a leading model of social change m ovements in the past. We can do it again. Her presence on Justice Sunday will inspire and educate.
As the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war draws close, a timely message from UUA President William Sinkford inspires reflection on this sad occasion. Chalice Lighting Remarks by Ian Dodd
Sex and religion are often in the news, but it's usually bad news. And yet sexuality is part of being alive and part of our community, too. We'll take a look at sexual ethics and keeping our community safe and whole. Chalice Lighting Remarks by Rima Snyder
The service will explore how our heart vibrations transform the world through acts of love and justice. Tera Little serves as the Director of Lifespan Programs for the Pacific Southwest District of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She is currently studying for the UU ministry at Meadville Lombard through the modified residency program.
It's time to consider Richard Dawkins' eloquent and persuasive argument that God does not exist. Chalice Lighting Remarks by William Dimpfl
Leonard Felder, psychologist and author, will offer insights into how to center and bring out your best even on the most stressful or over-filled days.
What does it mean to love life if not to care deeply about the earth? What can we do? The service will include a lesson for all ages, Valentines for the Earth, which will teach us simple energy-saving steps we can take anytime. A Faith in Action Town Hall Meeting takes place after services today, at 1230 p.m.
