Join Us for Worship — In Person or Online
You’re invited to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 AM either in person at 10 Higby Road in Utica or online via Zoom. Arrive at the church or log in a few minutes early to say hello — it’s a friendly, welcoming crowd — and stay afterward for our informal in-person social hour held in our sanctuary directly after the service. Members and visitors alike enjoy the chance to connect and meet new faces. Most weeks we use the Zoom link below. On occasion, we “visit” another congregation, and that week’s Zoom information will be shared in the service description. Join us on Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/97975428926?pwd=obIA7ukXpvlbqXdCN3hvZoThHythRT.1
Details:
Meeting ID: 979 7542 8926 | Password 419073
By phone call: 1-646-931-3860 | ID: 979 7542 8926# | Password: 419 073#
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Drawing on the distinction between being childish and being childlike, Rev. Dr. Hedy Collver explores what it might mean to reclaim some of the qualities we often associate with childhood — not naïveté, but openness; not emotional impulsiveness, but honesty; not escapism, but the capacity for joy, curiosity, and wonder. In a world that gives us plenty of … Continue reading Like a Child – Reclaiming Trust, Honesty, Joy, and Wonder No Service at UUUtica this Sunday! Unitarian Universalists from area churches come together at St. Paul’s Universalist Church in Little Falls. Bad or strange things happen, and people will say that it “was part of God’s plan.” Is this Comforting? Confusing? Annoying? Is there really a plan, and is it God’s, ours, or something else … Continue reading Whose Plan IS this? Who are the people whose lives made ours possible? What do we carry forward from them? How do we keep relationships with the dead alive through memory, story, ritual and love? While honoring the dead is a universal human experience, the specific rituals and imagery of the Day of the Dead originated with Mesoamerican groups … Continue reading Día de Los Muertos: The Ones We Remember” We gather to warmly welcome and induct our newest members into the Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica. We’ll celebrate the belonging, connection, and gifts they bring to our community while exploring a central truth: community itself is a shared ministry. Each of us has a role in creating a congregation where we care for one another, share … Continue reading Growing in Community Together We all carry scars, seen and unseen. What stories do our scars tell, and what do they say about our healing? Letty Umidi is a UU Utica member and former Commissioned Ruling Elder / Lay Pastor in the Presbytery of Utica. She is retired from professional storytelling and spent over 30 years of teaching at the … Continue reading Honoring Our Scars The Rev. Kent Douglas Trievel will talk about seeking goodness and discovering grace in this service on the Sunday before thanksgiving. Rev. Kent is a retired pastor with the Moravian Church Northern Province. He has served as pastor at the Covenant Moravian Church, York, Pa., the Good Shepherd Moravian Church, New Hartford, and numerous churches … Continue reading Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving Hallowthanksmas is the holiday celebrating the most wonderful time of the year, October through December. It is a time of great warmth, sharing, parties, and of great American commercialism. People complain about overlapping holidays, but why? The distinction between the three major holidays continues to become less clear. Embrace it as Hallowthanksmas! It’s certainly not going to disappear. … Continue reading UUU Family Traditions – Surviving Hallowthanksmas
Like a Child – Reclaiming Trust, Honesty, Joy, and Wonder
Whose Plan IS this?
Día de Los Muertos: The Ones We Remember”
Growing in Community Together
Honoring Our Scars
Another Fine Day for Thanksgiving
UUU Family Traditions – Surviving Hallowthanksmas
