Upcoming Worship Services
"Living with Purpose: Celebrating Jan Hively’s example" Rev. Leslie Becknell Marx
Jan Hively’s life was a powerful example of purposeful living, justice-seeking, and community leadership. In this service, we honor her legacy as a visionary elder, public servant, and social entrepreneur who championed lifelong learning, advocacy, and meaning-making in every stage of life. Drawing on Jan’s commitment to “meaningful work, paid or unpaid through the last breath,” we reflect on what it means to live a life of generativity, rooted in the interdependent web and guided by deep love for community. Come celebrate the power of networks, the dignity of aging, and the sacred calling to pass on wisdom, connection, and courage.
Multi-Platform Worship (both in-person & online)
Sunday at 10:30 AM
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
"The Danger of a Single Story” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This Sunday we juxtapose a well-known and loved TED talk from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie titled “The Danger of A Single Story” with the work of Underscore Native News a local organization producing Indigenous-centered journalism. Our lives and our cultures are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Special Collection: Underscore Native News
Multi-Platform Worship (both in-person & online)
Sunday at 10:30 AM
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
"Revolution Begins with a Dream” Rev. Dr. Nicole C. Kirk
The annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association took place at the end of June in Baltimore and culminated with a powerful and communal Sunday Worship. This Sunday we find inspiration and connection to our broader faith with a look at some of the highlights of this service led by Rev. Dr. Nicole C. Kirk.
Rev. Dr. Nicole C. Kirk (she/her) is the Rev. Dr. J. Frank and Alice Schulman Chair of Unitarian Universalist History at Meadville Lombard Theological School and a historian of American religious history. She has served UU congregations in Ohio and New Jersey and is currently the Program Minister (part-time) at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She joined the Meadville Lombard faculty in 2012 after serving eight years in the parish and earning her Ph.D. at Princeton Theological Seminary. Her research interests include religion, business, mobility, and material culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dr. Kirk’s publications include Wanamaker’s Temple: The Business of Religion in an Iconic Department Store (New York University Press, 2018, 2023) and chapters in several edited volumes.
Dr. Kirk enjoys advising students and assisting them on their formational path(s). Over the years, she has met and worked with many of Meadville Lombard’s international partners in the Czech Republic, Japan, and Transylvania. In 2023, the Religious Society of Czech Unitarians gave Dr. Kirk the Award for Supporting Czech Unitarianism. A popular speaker, she gives lectures and sermons across the United States and internationally.
Online (Zoom) Only Worship
Sunday at 10:30 AM
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833