Recent Sermons
For background information about Jeremy and the year-long selection process, see here .
The Lazy Man's Load (MP3 file) (Excerpts from Jeremy's Candidating Service #2, May 2, 2010)
Click "Play" below to watch portions of the Sunday service, congregational meeting, and Jeremy's acceptance (1.3 hours total).
Becoming Church (MP3 file) (Excerpts from Jeremy's Candidating Service #1, April 25, 2010)
By her request, Joy's written sermons have been removed for the website. It is the custom, as a departing minister begins to wrap up her/his work, to take that minister's posted sermons off the congregation's website. If you are interested in receiving copies of any of Joy's past sermons, please contact her at revjoy at aol.com and she will provide them.
Easter Sunday Intergenerational Service: Practicing Miracles Without a License (MP3 file) (Excerpts from the April 4, 2010 service)
Palm Sunday: Not My Will... (MP3 file) (Excerpts from the March 28, 2010 service)
State of the Congregation (MP3 file) (Excerpts from the January 24, 2010 service)
Still Dreaming: Dr. King's Unfinished Work (MP3 file) (Excerpts from the January 17, 2010 service)
Civility and Graciousness (MP3 file) (Excerpts from the January 10, 2010 service)
Twelve Other Gifts (MP3 file) (Excerpts from the December 27, 2009 service)
Christmas Eve Service (MP3 file) (December 24, 2009)
Jesus the Sage (MP3 file) (December 20, 2009)
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Fathers Day (June 20, 2010)
"Double Trouble" a sermon by Rev. Barbara Meyers, followed by
Text for Rev. Meyers sermon (May 23, 2010)
Spiritual Practices: Two Pulpitorials and a Sermon , by Graham Bell, Jackie Porter, and Rev. Barbara Meyers (February 21, 2010)
The Resilient Spirit (November 29, 2009)
The Perennial Philosophy (August 2, 2009)
We are the Ones We've Been Waiting For (March 29, 2009)
Friendship as a Calling (November 30, 2008)
Knoxville and Letting Go (July 3, 2008)
All the Lonely People (June 22, 2008)
Televangelism (January 13, 2008)
May Nothing Evil Cross This Door (August 19, 2007)
Where Is Our Holy Church? (July 1, 2007)
Humility (January 7, 2007)
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A Time of Parting (July 20, 2008)
Life 102: Beginning Anew (July 13, 2008)
When My Father Died (June 15, 2008)
The UU Identity Crisis: Moving Toward a Solution (June 8, 2008)
Confessions of a Warm-Blooded Dinosaur: Looking Back on 40 Years of Ministry (May 5, 2008)
Do We Need to Fear Death? (March 23, 2008)
Stand By This Faith: Serving the Mission of Mission Peak (February 24, 2008)
Grandson Trumps Theology - Giving Gayness a Human Face (February 17, 2008)
Meaning Grows From Within (February 3, 2008)
Beyond Category, Beyond Prejudice: Realizing the Vision of Dr. King (January 20, 2008)
Rocking the Cradle and Rocking the Boat (December 24, 2007)
Natural Spirituality, for This World and This Life (December 9, 2007)
A Gospel of Ignorance (November 18, 2007)
Going Beyond the Long White Beard: Varieties of Unitarian Universalist Theism (November 4, 2007)
Why Unitarian Universalism Matters (October 14, 2007)
Human Unity and Ethnic Diversity (October 7, 2007)
Freedom, Limits, and Positive Power (June 10, 2007)
Days of Future: Lessons of the 1960s (May 27, 2007)
Theism and Atheism: Brothers in Disguise? (March 11, 2007)
Spirit Guides: Fact, Fantasy or Fallacy? (February 25, 2007)
Saving the World - Ten People at a Time (February 11, 2007)
Starting Fresh: The Art of Beginning Again (January 21, 2007)
Starting Fresh II: Candid Conversation as a Spiritual Practice (January 28, 2007)
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Introducing the Third Jesus by Jackie Porter (July 25, 2010)
Three Cups of Persistence by Justine Burt (July 18, 2010)
Equality by Paul K. Davis (July 4, 2010)
Fail: Is It Really a Four-Letter Word? by DeAnna Alm (June 27, 2010)
Remembering Our Heroes by Paul K. Davis (May 30, 2010)
MP3 file or EthicalEating (Excerpts from the April 11, 2010 service)
Three Pledge Pulpitorials , by John Porter, Doug Rodgers, and Terri King (Feb. 18, Mar. 7, Mar. 14, 2010)
Spiritual Practices: Two Pulpitorials and a Sermon , by Graham Bell, Jackie Porter, and Rev. Barbara Meyers (February 21, 2010)
Spiraling Into the Future (Excerpts from the January 3, 2010 service)
Bad Logic: A Search and Destroy Mission , by Paul K. Davis (December 6, 2009)
God is a Song , by Doug Rodgers (November 8, 2009)
Giants In the Mist , by Mark Rahman (August 30, 2009)
What I've learned from my Remote Ancestors and Distant Relatives , by Paul K. Davis (August 23, 2009)
Can We Talk About God? , by Jackie Porter (August 16, 2009)
What does It Mean to Have a Free and Responsible Search for Truth? , by Mark Rahman (August 9, 2009)
Grounded in Earth , by Catherine Ishida (April 26, 2009)
Science and Religion , by Paul K. Davis (March 22, 2009)
The Faith That Can Save the World , by Bob Meyerson (March 8, 2009)
Saving Lives/Helping Families , by Kevin Drewery (February 8, 2009)
White Privilege , by Allysson McDonald and Paul K. Davis(January 18, 2009)
Politics and Religion , by Paul K. Davis(October 26, 2008)
What Harry Potter Has Taught Me about Being a Unitarian Universalist , by Kevin Drewery (September 28, 2008)
Labors of Love: How Volunteering Rewards as Well as Helps , by Holly Ito, Mark Rahman, John Landers, and Natalie Campbell (August 31, 2008)
The Civil War, Then and Now , by Mark Rahman (August 17, 2008)
Breaking Through to a Sustainable Future: Using Unitarian Universalist Values to Frame a New Vision , by Justine Burt (April 20, 2008)
Canvass Talks: Four Homilies , by Natalie Campbell, Graham Bell, Karin Lin, and Doug Rodgers (March 2008)
Now Is The Time: Three Homilies , by Karen Sindelar, Beth Schaefer, and Jodie Xiao (March 2, 2008)
Small Group Ministry: Saving the World 10 People at a Time , by Doug Rodgers (February 10, 2008)
Homily: We Can't Be Colorblind , by Beth Schaefer (January 20, 2008)
Small-Scale Democracy , by Paul K. Davis (September 2, 2007)
Living Faithfully: A Small Group Ministry Discussion Topic , a lay-led service (August 5, 2007)
Putting On the Mind of Christ , by Jackie Porter (July 29, 2007)
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