June 26, 2022 - “11:30 a.m. Worship Service from the UUA General Assembly”
Church is not open this Sunday. Please view the General Assembly Service at the link below.
June 19, 2022 - “Father's Day 2022: reclaiming fatherhood from patriarchy”
Church is closed to in-person worship, but our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) is available on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
June 12, 2022 - “Holding Out Hope”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Robyn Berkley
June 5, 2022 - “Healing Salieri”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Sabrina Trupia
May 29, 2022 - “Seeing the All in All”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Benjamin Lowder
May 22, 2022 - “Covenants and the Beloved Community”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
May 15, 2022 - “Justice,.. Oh, Justice. Where Have You Gone? Meditations on Current Events.”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
John Herndon
May 8, 2022 - “Click Here for Proof of God”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Dennis Fisher
May 1, 2022 - “Agree in Love”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Jerry Johnson
April 24, 2022 - “Nature Speaks, But Are We Listening?”
tChurch is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Wayne Politsch
April 17, 2022 - “Easter: Hope After Disaster”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Robyn Berkley
April 10, 2022 - “UU Values of Passover”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
April 3, 2022 - “Living As If ...”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Mary Johnson
March 27, 2022 - “Why Culture Matters to Unitarian Universalists”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Robyn Berkley
March 20, 2022 - “A World on the Brink”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
John Herndon
March 13, 2022 - “Queering the Bible: Joseph”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Annie Girresch
March 6, 2022 - “Difficult Conversations”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
February 27, 2022 - “The Goddess & Jesus: Can They Go Together?”
Church is now open to the public, but you may also view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Annie Girresch
February 20, 2022 - “Don't Be Afraid of Some Change”
Church is now open to the public, but you may also view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Tracey Howe-Koch
February 13, 2022 - “Cultivating Patience”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
February 6, 2022 - “Sacred Synchronicities”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Robyn Berkley
January 30, 2022 - “Wintering: How do we rest when the world is on fire?”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Annie Girresch
January 23, 2022 - “Realistic Hope and Hopeful Realism”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Phillip Lund – Congregational Life Consultant for the UUA MidAmerica Region
January 16, 2022 - “The New Year of the Trees & MLK Jr Day”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
January 9, 2022 - “Guest at Your Table”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Tracey Howe-Koch
January 2, 2022 - “Burning Bowl Service”
Church is closed today due to weather conditions, but our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) is available on YouTube
Robin Berkley
December 26, 2021 No Service Today
December 24, 2021 - “Christmas Eve Vespers Service”
Church is open for in-person worship at 7:00 p.m., and our Vespers Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Robyn Berkley & Paula Moore
December 19, 2021 - “Christmas is for Humanists too!”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
John Herndon
December 12, 2021 - “That Patridge in a Pear Tree”
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Tracey Howe-Koch
December 5, 2021 - “Is Hanukkah Just the Jewish Christmas?
Church is open for in-person worship at 10:00 a.m., and our Sunday Service (live-stream or later) is available on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
November 28, 2021 - “Reflections on Thanksgiving”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Eric Johnson
November 21, 2021 - “Who Are Your People?”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Annie Girresch
November 14, 2021 - “Preparing to Rejoice: The Importance of Advent as a Spiritual Discipline”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
November 7, 2021 - “When God is Not Present: Everything is Holy”
Further reflections from a humanist skeptic
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service on YouTube
John Herndon
October 31, 2021 - “A River or a Rock: The Meaning(s) of Religious Truths”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Jerry Johnson
October 24, 2021 - “The Book of G’Kar: How Babylon 5 Inspired Me to Become a Unitarian Universalist.”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Robyn Berkley
October 17, 2021 - “The Interdependent Web: our lives are in each other’s hands.
A reflection on Medical Care in a Time of Pandemic”
We are gathering on the church lawn today, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
October 10, 2021 - “Grief and Pandemics: How to Find Comfort and Community in Impossible Times”
We are gathering on the church lawn today, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Sayer Johnson
October 3, 2021 - “The Jewish Festival of Sukkot and its Connection to the Hebrew Goddess”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
September 26, 2021 - “Labor Wars: The Untold Story”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
“Mother Jones” (a.k.a. Loretta Williams)
September 19, 2021 - “The Troubadours of Divine Bliss”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Peg Flach
September 12, 2021 - “The Heretic Gospels of Mary Magdalene”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Annie Girresch
September 5, 2021 - “The Power of Unconditional Love”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Paula Moore
August 29, 2021 - “Ingathering Service”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Robyn Berkley
August 22, 2021 - “The Most Courageous Act” – A Faith Rocket sermon
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Jerry Johnson
August 15, 2021 - “Rethinking food: A love story”
Church is closed to the public, but you may view our Sunday Service (live-stream at 10:00 a.m. or later) on YouTube
Sheila Voss
August 8, 2021 - “Homesicknes is Transitional”
Church is open for Sunday Service at 10:00 a.m. or you may view it (live-stream or later) on YouTube
Tracey Howe-Koch
August 1, 2021 - “ ”
Service held at the Moose Lodge in Edwardsville at 10:00 a.m. or you may view it later on YouTube
Robyn Berkley
July 25, 2021 - “A Church is Never a Building, But ...”
Church is open for Sunday Service at 10:00 a.m. or you may view it (live-stream or later) on YouTube
John Herndon
July 18, 2021 - “What the Humanists Got Right”
Church is open for Sunday Service at 10:00 a.m. or you may view it (live-stream or later) on YouTube
Dee Evans
July 11, 2021 - “The spirituality of Buckminster Fuller”
This Service is to be held at the Buckminster Fuller Dome on the SIUE campus at 1:30 p.m. or you may view it on YouTube
Ben Lowder
July 4, 2021 - “Going Upstream ...”
Church is open for Sunday Service at 10:00 a.m. or you may view it (live-stream or later) on YouTube
Robyn Berkley
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