Worship Services
Worship Schedule
Each month’s plans for our 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship services appear here. Details about the worship service for the upcoming Sunday also appear on our Home Page. Childcare is always provided without reservations for Worship, Mindfulness Meditation and Forum.
Sunday, June 7, 2026 – Park Church – Potluck Picnic in the Park
Join us for church in Shepard Park next door to the sanctuary! We have the shelter reserved for a potluck brunch picnic. Please bring your potluck dishes directly to the park, and we also recommend bringing camp chairs and picnic blankets. The “service” will consist of eating, chatting, playground play, and enjoying one another’s company. There will be no online church this morning. The rain location will be the church sanctuary.
Sunday June 14. 2026 – Annual LGBTQ Pride Service
Come, come, whoever you are to our annual Pride service where we will celebrate each other in our individual uniqueness. Members of our LGTBQ Collective will lead this all-ages service with Rev. Monica, and we will have a “Glitter Blessing” as part of the service.
Sunday June 21,2026 – “The Theology of Covenant: What Does It Mean for the Human/Animal Relationship?” – Rev. Monica Clark-Robinson
What does it mean to honor the interdependent web of existence when that web includes the animals with whom we share the Earth? Rev. Monica will be in the pulpit for this service about our covenantal relationship with the more-than-human world. How might Unitarian Universalists live more fully into values of care, justice and mutuality for all beings?
Sunday June 28, 2026 – Book Communion
Bring a book, receive a book! We’ll celebrate this special book communion service where we’ll bless each other with some of our favorite books and honor the sacredness and importance of stories. Rev. Monica will be preaching remotely, with other staff and worship associates leading in person.
The Zoom address for our 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship is
https://zoom.us/j/380411489
You can also join by phone: 312-626 6799
Webinar ID: 380 411 489
Services are also streamed live to Facebook
Description of Worship Services
We offer a worship service every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.. The current month’s schedule appears above. Services last about one hour.
Children are present for about the first 15 minutes, which includes a stones of joy and sorrow ritual. The children then leave for their religious education classes. Nursery care and our full religious education program for preschool through junior high school are offered at this time.
Although each of our services is unique, services usually begin with a welcome from a member of our Board of Trustees and occasional special announcements.
Interspersed with a variety of music and hymn singing, the typical service also includes the lighting of the chalice, one or more inspirational readings, a sermon or homily, an offertory, an opportunity to express joys and sorrows, and a closing benediction.
After the service we gather for fellowship, conversation and coffee.
Members of the Worship Associates assist in planning worship services and also participate in conducting services.
Lay-Led Worship Services
Our lay-led services honor our commitment to lay involvement in church leadership and our church’s history. We began in 1951 as a lay-led fellowship, and thus all services were lay led until we called our first minister in 1980.
From September through May, we have occasional lay-led services, and many of the services are lay led during the summer. The Worship Associates organize the lay-led services. These services are often non-traditional and unique and allow individuals to speak to a topic of interest or lead the congregation in exploring a variety of activities related to the many facets of worship and spirituality.