Archives: Services

Back to Church: How We Steward this Community

In this GLOW Sunday service, we will celebrate the ways we nourish our UUCT community and how we are, in turn, nourished by it. Church groups such as the Board, Share the Plate, Leadership and Development, the Committee on Shared Ministry, and more will uplift how their ministries are part of the interdependent and loving […]

Peace Sunday

In honor of the International Day of Peace, join us for this worship in which Katya and Tom Taylor will lead us in Dances of Peace. We will also rededicate the UUCT Peace Pole, originally gifted to the church more than ten years ago by our very own Harmony Camp. Because Peace Day is observed […]

Water Communion and Ingathering

The Water Communion and Ingathering is a ritual service which invites us to mix water together as a calling-in of our community and the interdependent web of all life which needs water to live. Please bring with you a small amount of water that is meaningful to you. Water will also be available in the […]

The Joy of Music: Music Sunday

Music is a key component of a fulfilling worship service. Join us this Sunday for our Music Sunday service, “The Joy of Music,” as we explore how music uplifts, soothes and empowers us in our daily lives. In-person or virtually on Vimeo.Watch the service recording

Movement as Medicine: Movement Series

Explore the spirituality of moving our bodies in this lay-led worship series focusing on the power of movement. This first service in the Movement Series emphasizes Movement as Medicine. Our bodies are incredible things! What happens when we practice being in our bodies? When we metabolize fear that is stored in our cells? Lay leaders […]

Grief: Loving, Losing, and Learning to Live in Truth

Artist Nick Cave said, “If we love, we grieve. That’s the deal. That’s the pact. Grief and love are forever intertwined.” Grief can feel like it fractures us, and the only way to move through it is to grieve. When we allow ourselves to feel the love in grief, we find our way to our […]

Backpack Blessings

Students and teachers of all ages are invited to join us for the Blessing of the Backpacks, a multigenerational service. Learners and teachers can bring a backpack, device bag, or notebook to be blessed by our UUCT community during a service for all ages. Participants on Vimeo are invited to participate as well for a […]

Bound Not by Creed, but by Covenant

Unitarian Universalism is a covenantal faith. What does this mean? “The central question for us is not, ‘What do we believe?’ but, ‘What do we believe in? To what larger love, to what people, principles, values, and dreams shall we be committed? To whom, to what, are we accountable?’” Join us this Sunday as we […]

Exploring Love, a UU Value

Love is a key Unitarian Universalist value, the one we put at the center of our faith. But what does it mean to “put a little love in your heart?” How do we open our hearts to the power of love? In this service led by Laurel Jordan, we will explore love with music, an […]

How Childhood Experiences Affect Our Worldview

Linda Crawford leads this service about how our early history can determine the way we shape our lives. Few of us have escaped childhood trauma. That experience can distort the lens through which we view society. Sibling rivalry and parental criticism distorted my perspective until I was well into middle age. Severely mistreated children may […]