Sunday Sermons: Summer 2022
* Services are held every every Sunday at 10am unless specifically noted otherwise. Watch the Friday Blast and our website for more details about upcoming worship services.
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Attend in person or watch the worship service at online via live stream. You can also find past services using the same link. If you have a joy or sorrow to be shared aloud during worship, please email it to candles@lcuuc.org by 8am on Sunday.
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Sunday, January 1, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “Reflections in Seaglass,” Rev. David Pyle, with Sarah Ehrhardt
You can stumble across the small pieces of beauty, wisdom and truth that surround us all the time, but to find them in earnest takes training and intentionality. We will begin 2023 together, finding our center with this New Year’s Day worship.
You can stumble across the small pieces of beauty, wisdom and truth that surround us all the time, but to find them in earnest takes training and intentionality. We will begin 2023 together, finding our center with this New Year’s Day worship.
Sunday, January 8, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “Power, Authority, and Ambivalence: Hospital Ministry as a UU” Rev. Andy Karlson, Pulpit Guest
Rev. Andy Karlson is a hospital chaplain with over a decade of service, and currently serves as Manager of Spiritual Care Services with UW Health. He will reflect on successfully (and not so successfully) navigating the choppy waters of religion and healthcare, and above all on the bonds that hold us together in times of greatest challenge.
Rev. Andy Karlson is a hospital chaplain with over a decade of service, and currently serves as Manager of Spiritual Care Services with UW Health. He will reflect on successfully (and not so successfully) navigating the choppy waters of religion and healthcare, and above all on the bonds that hold us together in times of greatest challenge.
Sunday, January 15, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “Big Words: Planting Seeds for Our Lives,” Rev. Carin Bringelson, LCUUC Minister
On this weekend when the country commemorates the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we will explore the big words that gave his life shape and meaning. What word might you return to throughout your year to give your own life shape and meaning? If you plant that word in your heart, what just might grow?
On this weekend when the country commemorates the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we will explore the big words that gave his life shape and meaning. What word might you return to throughout your year to give your own life shape and meaning? If you plant that word in your heart, what just might grow?
Sunday, January 22, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “A Maze of Possibilities,” Rev. Linda Berez, Pulpit Guest
The journeys in our life can feel like we are navigating a maze. Turning left and right trying to find the way out or, maybe the way in. At the center may be the answers we seek, but our unwillingness to acknowledge the gifts found there keep us searching for an exit. Have you found your center? Rev. Berez served as LCUUC’s half-time Consulting Minister 2006-2007.
The journeys in our life can feel like we are navigating a maze. Turning left and right trying to find the way out or, maybe the way in. At the center may be the answers we seek, but our unwillingness to acknowledge the gifts found there keep us searching for an exit. Have you found your center? Rev. Berez served as LCUUC’s half-time Consulting Minister 2006-2007.
Sunday, January 29, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “To Save or To Savor: Embodying Our Values,” Rev. Carin Bringelson, LCUUC Minister
Every year, the Side with Love public advocacy campaign organizes a “30 Days of Love” celebration which runs from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through Valentine’s Day. This year’s 30 Days of Love is a gift to our whole community: a love letter, a warm hug, a spiritual balm for all who work for justice and liberation year round. This week’s spiritual theme of “Embodiment” overlaps with the intersectional justice priority of LGBTQIA+, Gender & Reproductive Justice.
Every year, the Side with Love public advocacy campaign organizes a “30 Days of Love” celebration which runs from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through Valentine’s Day. This year’s 30 Days of Love is a gift to our whole community: a love letter, a warm hug, a spiritual balm for all who work for justice and liberation year round. This week’s spiritual theme of “Embodiment” overlaps with the intersectional justice priority of LGBTQIA+, Gender & Reproductive Justice.
Sunday, February 5, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “Love: Learning, Opening, Valuing, Evolving,” Sarah Ehrhardt, LCUUC Member
There are so many facets to the word LOVE. How do we Learn to love, Open ourselves to love, find Value in various forms of love and continue Evolving in our understanding of love? So much for us to explore together.
There are so many facets to the word LOVE. How do we Learn to love, Open ourselves to love, find Value in various forms of love and continue Evolving in our understanding of love? So much for us to explore together.
Sunday, February 12, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “Healing Love,” Rev. Carin Bringelson, LCUUC Minister
Attorney and author Bryan Stevenson reminds us that “Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.” During this last week of the “30 Days of Love” campaign, we will explore how love can help us heal — even after we have done regretful things. How might the healing power of love call us to engage in the intersectional justice work of decriminalization?
(Image from Teresa Y. Hodge)
Attorney and author Bryan Stevenson reminds us that “Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.” During this last week of the “30 Days of Love” campaign, we will explore how love can help us heal — even after we have done regretful things. How might the healing power of love call us to engage in the intersectional justice work of decriminalization?
(Image from Teresa Y. Hodge)
Sunday, February 19, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “Blending like Milk and Water: A Buddhist Perspective on Living in Harmony,” Dr. Pascale F. Engelmajer, Pulpit Guest
In the Culagosinga Sutta of the Pāli Canon, the Buddha asks three monks who live in a hermitage in the forest how they are getting along. The three monks reply that they get along very well, in fact they say they “blend like milk and water”. “How so?” the Buddha asks, and the monks explain how they get along so well. Drawing from Buddhist texts and practices, we can discover ways to live with each other more harmoniously so that we too can blend like milk and water.
Pascale Engelmajer has been studying and teaching Buddhism for over 30 years in a variety of contexts and countries. She has published books and articles on Buddhism and presented her work to specialist and non-specialist audiences in Europe and North America. Her writing seeks to bring Buddhist ideas and practices to the modern world by emphasizing that their timeless relevance and profound wisdom can offer guidance and inspiration to those who seek insights, whether Buddhist or not. She lives in Wisconsin with her family, and engages in a daily practice that is her research and her writing.
In the Culagosinga Sutta of the Pāli Canon, the Buddha asks three monks who live in a hermitage in the forest how they are getting along. The three monks reply that they get along very well, in fact they say they “blend like milk and water”. “How so?” the Buddha asks, and the monks explain how they get along so well. Drawing from Buddhist texts and practices, we can discover ways to live with each other more harmoniously so that we too can blend like milk and water.
Pascale Engelmajer has been studying and teaching Buddhism for over 30 years in a variety of contexts and countries. She has published books and articles on Buddhism and presented her work to specialist and non-specialist audiences in Europe and North America. Her writing seeks to bring Buddhist ideas and practices to the modern world by emphasizing that their timeless relevance and profound wisdom can offer guidance and inspiration to those who seek insights, whether Buddhist or not. She lives in Wisconsin with her family, and engages in a daily practice that is her research and her writing.
Sunday, February 26, 2023 @ 10 a.m. – “Universal Love,” Rev. Carin Bringelson, LCUUC Minister
Some 19th-century Universalists had a particular theology when it came to the concepts of “Love” and “Salvation.” Specifically, God was too loving to damn anyone to eternal hell. Since February is Black History Month, we will explore the life of 20th-century Universalist Annie B. Willis—and consider what her experiences mean for UU congregations today.
(Image from Harvard Square Library)
Some 19th-century Universalists had a particular theology when it came to the concepts of “Love” and “Salvation.” Specifically, God was too loving to damn anyone to eternal hell. Since February is Black History Month, we will explore the life of 20th-century Universalist Annie B. Willis—and consider what her experiences mean for UU congregations today.
(Image from Harvard Square Library)
Mission Statement: LCUUC is a diverse religious community supporting one another in our spiritual search for truth, meaning and compassionate connection. Based on the Unitarian Universalist Principles and the transforming power of love, we strive for positive change in the world.
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Administrative Hours: Tues, Weds, Fri. 8am - 4pm (Call for an appointment) Rev. Carin Bringelson, LCUUC Minister Tues, Weds, Thurs - Call or email for an appointment at (262) 369-1703 or revcarin@lcuuc.org |
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