FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
ALTON, ILLINOIS

Sunday Services from Church Year 2011-2012

 

 

Previous Year's Sermons

Next Year's Sermons

 

June 24, 2012  "What Music Can Do" 

Sermon

Full Service

Neil Hershey

June 17, 2012  "How Fatherhood Began For Me" 

Sermon

Full Service

Brian Bennett

June 10, 2012  "Recalculating..." 

Sermon

Full Service

Robyn Berkley

June 3, 2012  "Why I Am a Unitarian Universalist" 

Sermon

Full Service

Dr. Dee Evans

May 27, 2012   "Expressions of Universalism" 

Sermon

Full Service

Dr. Ronald Glossop

May 20, 2012  "Movin' Forward" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

May 13, 2012  "Sacred Ideals" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

May 6, 2012  "Sailing Your Own Ship" 

Sermon

Full Service

Youth Group

April 29, 2012  "Theodore Parker's Pistol" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

April 22, 2012  "Concerning Safety" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

April 15, 2012  "To the Manna Born" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

April 8, 2012  "Bunnies and Beyond" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

April 5, 2012  "Tenebrae Service" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

April 1, 2012  "Keep Dancing" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

March 25, 2012  "The Good Life" 

Sermon

Full Service

Rev. Terry Davis

March 18, 2012  "Is God Dead?" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

March 11, 2012  "Inspiring the Present, Restoring the Future" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

March 4, 2012  "Greater Understanding" 

Sermon

Full Service

Michelle Bryant Barbeau

February 26, 2012  "Gandhi's in Heaven" 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

February 22, 2012  Lenten Service 

Full Service

Rev. Janet Riley

February 19, 2012  - This Heritage Day, Our Herstory  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

February 12, 2012  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

A play starring our children - "Good King Wenceslaus"

11:00 Service

February 5, 2012  - These Things We Pray  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

January 29, 2012  - Thinking Our Way Through  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

January 22, 2012  - It's YOUR Church: A Congregational Polity Primer  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

January 15, 2012  - Don't Sleep Through the Revolution: Readings From Dr. King  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V, with readings performed by members of the congregation.

Text of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's address to The UUA General Assembly in 1966

January 8, 2012  - A Passionate Core  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

January 1, 2012  - We Begin Again  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

December 25, 2011  - Our Own Christmas Stories 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

December 24, 2011  - Christmas Eve — Light of the World 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

December 18, 2011  - Winter Soltice Celebration 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

December 11, 2011  - Wait With Me 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

December 4, 2011  - 175 and Counting 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

November 27, 2011  - A Thanksgiving Journey 

Full Service

Eric Johnson

November 20, 2011  - Bread Communion  

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

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Transgender Day of Remembrance  

Service

Sayer's slides as a PDF document

Here is Mandan's Story on Youtube:

Please visit these sights for more information, and a list of those that we remember on this day:

Transgender Day of Remebrance

TransRespect vs. Transphobia

November 13, 2011  - Leap of Faith 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V, and the Leaf of Faith Team

November 6, 2011  - When the Spirit Struck Us Free 

Sermon

Full Service

Rev. Dr. Laurel E. Hallman

October 30, 2011  - Be Not Afraid 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

October 23, 2011  - How Far Our Reach? 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

October 16, 2011  - The Joys and Struggles of Service 

Sermon

Full Service

Robyn Berkley

October 9, 2011  - The Bonds of Freedom 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

October 2, 2011  - Unfurling the Sails 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

September 25, 2011  - Sunday, Bloody Sunday 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

September 18, 2011  - Always Being Reformed 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

September 11, 2011  - Welcome to Church

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

September 4, 2011  - Striving

Sermon

Full Service

Marty Johnson

August 28, 2011  - God, and Other Four-Letter Words

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

August 21, 2011  - American Grace

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

August 14, 2011  - Recovering Noah

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

August 7, 2011  - Musical Odyssey Sunday

Full Service

Eric Johnson

July 31, 2011  - I Forgive You

Sermon

Full Service

Chad Keller

  Get A Life (Service at Campfest, Pere Marquette State Park) 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

July 24, 2011  - Priestessing Yourself - The Power of Practice

Sermon

Full Service

Michelle Bryant Barbeau

July 17, 2011  - Justice is What Love Looks Like in Public 

Sermon

Full Service

John Herndon

July 10, 2011  - The Idolatry of Inerrancy 

Rev. Khleber M. Van Zandt V

July 3, 2011  - The Lincoln Service by Rev. Dr. John Burton Wolf

Sermon

Full Service

Read by Mark Tade