WHAT TO EXPECT

June 28, 2026 Worship Service - Join The Resistance by Lou Snead & Chuck Collins ------------------------------------ In our Social Justice Sunday service on June 28, Chuck Collins and Lou Snead will invite our congregation to consider the many ways we can resist feeling powerless to stand up against the forces of political authoritarianism, religious self-righteousness, and racial superiority that seem to be dominating our nation’s political landscape today. In the spirit of the resistance expressed in the hippie and black power movements of the 1960s and 1970s our congregation is encouraged to wear protest buttons, counter-cultural clothing, and any other symbolic or historical examples of resisting the forces of hatred, war-mongering, and injustice that we are living under in this age proclaiming America’s greatness. As political cartoonists often help us to see, humor can be an effective way to recognize the contradictions we are living under and serve as expressions of resistance to the destructive forces that threaten our commitment to love and justice.

June 28, 2026 ------------------------------------ In our Social Justice Sunday service on June 28, Chuck Collins and Lou Snead will invite our congregation to consider the many ways we can resist feeling powerless to stand up against the forces of political authoritarianism, religious self-righteousness, and racial superiority that seem to be dominating our nation’s political landscape today. In the spirit of the resistance expressed in the hippie and black power movements of the 1960s and 1970s our congregation is encouraged to wear protest buttons, counter-cultural clothing, and any other symbolic or historical examples of resisting the forces of hatred, war-mongering, and injustice that we are living under in this age proclaiming America’s greatness. As political cartoonists often help us to see, humor can be an effective way to recognize the contradictions we are living under and serve as expressions of resistance to the destructive forces that threaten our commitment to love and justice.

June 14, 2026 Worship Service - Lovely Day by Eric Hepburn ------------------------------------ As Bill Withers sings, "Then I look at you, and the world's alright with me. Just one look at you, and I know it's gonna be: A lovely day!" Think of this as a love letter to the congregation and to all those who gather in joy and in sorrow to work toward the beloved community that signals a lovely day for all.

June 07, 2026 Worship Service - Flourishing Together & Flower Communion by Eric Hepburn ------------------------------------ On the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Flourishing Together. We are also celebrating our annual Flower Communion so all are encouraged to bring a flower and leave service with a different one!

May 31, 2026 Worship Service - Simplicity, Complexity, Simplicity Again by Eric Hepburn ------------------------------------ "For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have." - Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.. What is the simplicity on the far shore of complexity? Why brave the treacherous seas of complexity to get there?

May 24, 2026 Worship Service - From Covenant To Courage by Eric Hepburn ------------------------------------ Our covenants are promises that are the foundation of our congregational polity - they make us, practitioners without creed or canon, a bound community. But why? What do these promises make possible? Combining the work of Parker Palmer and James Luther Adams, we'll put forward a claim about our community's purpose and process.

May 17, 2026 Worship Service - Singing For Our Lives by Rev. Erin Walter ------------------------------------ From the streets of Minneapolis to the ICE detention centers in Texas, music is playing a powerful role in resistance to authoritarianism. This Sunday, join Parker Woodland --led by UU Rev. Erin Walter of the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry (TXUUJM) -- for a special music-centric service. The Austin band regularly performs to support causes grounded in UU values, from abolition to democracy to LGBTQIA+ rights, and Rev. Erin and guitarist Andrew Solin will share special acoustic versions of their songs. Rev. Erin will also share TXUUJM's justice work and and be available in coffee hour to connect about this year's UU the Vote program.

May 3, 2026 Worship Service - Learn, Love, Grow by Eric Hepburn ------------------------------------ This year's stewardship theme is Learn, Love, Grow — three words that describe what SGUUF does every week and three words that describe what we're asking of ourselves as a community this year.