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 appear on our Home Page. Childcare is always provided without reservations for Worship, Mindfulness Meditation and Forum.
Aug. 3, 2025 – The Sermon-in-YOU Series – “Owing, Holding and Hoping” – Anna McAnnally, Lay Leader
What do we owe one another? Our culture tells us that we do not owe anyone anything, but is that true? Join as we puzzle through the questions of owing, community, and how we can use these to hope for a better future.
Aug. 10, 2025 – “Grieve Global, Thrive Local” – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon
In these times of overwhelming cruelty coming from the halls of power, we take the time to grieve deeply. And we also center our hearts on the loving care that powers us right here where we live.
Aug. 17, 2025 – The Sermon-in-YOU Series – “The Night of the 37 Campfires” – Kim Wade, Lay Leader
A story of radical neighboring, aliveness, and a peach orchard. Join us for the final installment of our Sermon-in-YOU summer series with UUCC President Kim Wade.
Aug. 24, 2025 – “A Well Watered Garden” – All-Ages Water Ceremony – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon and DRE Jamila Batchelder
Join us for our beloved annual water ceremony ingathering service, as we re-gather from the adventures of summer and mingle the waters that have refreshed our spirits. Together we build the kind of community that sustains us and keeps us well watered to thrive. You are invited bring some water with you (either symbolic of or actually) from a place of refreshment, which we will bless to hold our joys and sorrows stones in the coming year.
Aug. 31, 2025 – “Mutual Aid, Labor, and Faith” – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon
Can the church be a site of alternate economy? On this Labor Day weekend, join us to explore the long history of interaction between mutual aid efforts, labor organizing, and communities of faith.
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 a group called 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.