Sermons – 2020
Upcoming sermons and services will be posted as they are available. Click the links to access the audio, pdf, or video files.
November 2020 – Decolonizing Our Faith
November 1 – Title – Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) – Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister (Video 1) (Video 2)
November 8 – Decolonizing our Earth – Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister
November 15 – Dropping the Colonized Mindset – Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister (Video)
November 22 – Decolonizing Our Spirituality – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister (PDF) (Video)
November 29 – Unpacking Our Imperial Self – Rev. Dr. Fred J. Muir, Minister Emeritus (Video)
October 2020 – Awareness
October 4 – Subtle Acts of Exclusion – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister & Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister (Audio – AZ) (Audio – JC) (PDF) (Video – AZ) (Video – JC)
October 11 – Choiceless Awareness: J. Krishnamurti & B. Lee – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister (Video)
October 18 – Between the Regions of Kindness – Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister (Video)
October 25 – UUA / UU the Vote Initiative – Rev. Susan Frederick Gray, UUA President
September 2020 – Covenant
September 6 – Labor Pains – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister (Video)
September 13 – Creative Beginnings – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister & Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister
September 20 – Holy Words – Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister (Video)
September 27 – We Begin Again in Love – Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister (Video)
August 2020 – No theme for this month
August 2 – America 2.0 — Picking Up the Pieces – Elise Fleeharty, Worship Leader (Audio) (PDF)
August 9 – Goodbye Columbus: Bearing Witness to our Past – Bob Ertman, Worship Leader (Video)
August 16 – Voter Suppression – Building Beloved Community (BBC) (Video)
August 23 – Our Role as UUs in the Education Process – Thornell Jones, Worship Leader (Video)
August 30 – A Dive into Joy – Jane Carrigan, Worship Leader (Video)
July 2020 – Identity
July 5 – The Next Right Thing (multigenerational) – Julie Burman, Director of Faith Formation
July 12 – The Gospel According to Lizzo – Leika Lewis-Cornwell, Summer Minister (Audio)
July 19 – The Unstruck Sound – Leika Lewis-Cornwell, Summer Minister
July 26 – The Call of the Wild – Leika Lewis-Cornwell, Summer Minister
June 2020 – Compassion
June 7 – Youth! This One is For You! – Julie Burman, Director of Faith Formation (Video)
June 14 – Care-full -vs- Care-less – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister (Audio) (Video)
June 21 – What Remains – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister (PDF) (Video)
June 28 – Live Stream of the General Assembly Sunday Worship Service
May 2020 – Thresholds
May 3 – “Thus, We Covenant” – Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister
May 10 – Spirit of Life – Leika Lewis-Cornwell, Intern Minister
May 17 – On the Threshold of a Dream – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister (PDF)
May 24 – From Isolation to Innovation – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister (Audio) (PDF) (Video)
May 31 – When We’re on the Other Side – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister (PDF) (Video)
April 2020 – Surrender
April 5 – Surrender to Beauty – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister (PDF)
April 12 – Surrender to Hope– Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister (Audio)
April 19 – Surrender to the Earth – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister (Audio)
April 26 – The Five Promises of Unitarian Universalism – Rev. Anastassia Zinke, Minister (Video)
March 2020 – Awakening
March 1 – Awake or Woke? – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister
March 8 – You Throw Like a Girl – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister
March 15 – Social Distancing/Spiritual Connections: On-line worship service in response to the COVID-19 virus.
March 22 – Lemons to Lemonade – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister
March 29 – Somewhere Out There – Leika Lewis-Cornwell, Intern Minister
February 2020 – Resilience
February 2 – By the Pricking of my Thumbs – Leika Lewis-Cornwell, Intern Minister
February 9 – Balancing the Polarity – Science & Religion – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister
February 16 – Resilience & History – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister
February 23 – A Place for the Quiet Ones – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister
January 2020 – Soul
January 5 – Ten Rules for Living – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister
January 12 – Wheel of Life – All Ministers + Choir
January 19 – 90 Years – Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister
January 26 – The Soul’s Last Dance – Rev. Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister