There are few more difficult things than leaving beloveds, but it is above all a time for gratitude. Help us say good-bye well through your participation in Rev. Erin’s final online service with UU Utica. Transcript

Too often, healing is taken for granted. A cut will heal on its own. Heartbreak will lessen over time. But, does it? How can we engage the work of healing ourselves, our relationships, our community? Transcript

It is impossible to know what will have happened in the week before this service. Our service will create a space for whatever has happened, to hold emotions in sacred space, to wonder into the future, and to ground ourselves in the Love that is the root of our faith. Transcript

The fourth principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association is “A free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” The basis of the search is in listening, to our own hearts, to others, and for the meaning that surrounds us. Transcript

All of us have made promises and vows, to ourselves, to our families, our spouses, our friends, even our faith. Those promises sometimes lose their strength within us. This morning, let us remember our promises, and let us renew them. Transcript

In normal times, we would welcome you back from summer through our water ritual. This year, we will use water imagery for online worship, inviting you to refill your soul with its healing powers. Like the rain, let the waters of this service bring you solace, refreshment, and the energy to begin again. Transcript

Unitarian Universalism has no creed, no set of beliefs that we share. We are connected by our Principles and Purposes. This Sunday, let’s get a 30,000 ft view of these seven statements. In the coming year, we’ll consider each in depth, as well as the proposed eighth principle. Transcript

Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) was a Universalist minister and theologian who was highly influential in the development of American Universalism. What might we learn from him that can inform our faith and lives today?  Transcript

Join us to explore the ways in which political and activist action are based in Unitarian Universalist theology and spirituality. 10:30AM, Sunday, June 21, 2020 “Lighting Your Internal Fire” UUUtica Worship CommitteeJoin together on this summer solstice, the longest day of the year, to think about what lights a fire in you. What makes you burn and … Continue reading Spiritual, Not Political

In this digital age, as we photograph, record, and post so many of our experiences to the internet, it is getting more difficult for pieces of our lives and our souls to exist only in their singular moment. Where and how do meaning and spirituality exist as photographs of our meals will survive forever in … Continue reading Just This Moment