WHAT TO EXPECT

February 15, 2026 Worship Service - The Collins Family's American History by Chuck Collins ------------------------------------ Congregant and community leader Chuck Collins shares a version of American History as seen through the eyes of his family's history.

February 8, 2026 Worship Service - US Detention of Immigrants by Eric Hepburn ------------------------------------ I got on a bus headed south, past San Antonio to a community called Dilley, Texas. There is a modern day American internment / concentration / prison camp there, we call it a detention center. Let's talk about what I saw, what I learned, and what we might all need to learn if we want things to change.

February 01, 2026 Worship Service - This Joy I Have by Simone Barnes ------------------------------------ How do we keep going? How do we embody resilience? Simone Monique Barnes shares the importance of having spiritual practices and tools that build our resilience and cultivate joy that is sustainable, even in hard times; joy that is not reliant on circumstances or situations, and that cannot be taken away.

January 11, 2026 Worship Service - Practice Resistance (Soul Matters) by Eric Hepburn ------------------------------------ On (or around) the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Practicing Resistance.

December 28, 2025 Worship Service - Looking For Light in a World Filled With Darkness by Lou Snead ------------------------------------ In this Post-Christmas service we will be asked to reflect together on where we find the light of joy, peace, and love celebrated by Christians in the Jesus story when we are living in a world continuously filled with violence, suffering, and inequities.

December 24, 2025 Worship Service - Christmas Eve Service - 6pm - Songs of Wonder and Whimsy ------------------------------------ This will be a Christmas Carol driven service with special musical performances and a story to be told for all ages. Please join us for celebration, singing, and fun.

12/21/2025 Worship Service - Service of Light - All Ages Service by Candice White and Mel Maas ------------------------------------ A time to look at the Winter Holidays and how we can celebrate together with our siblings in a time of joy and light. We invite all to join us, especially those with children. The children's faces were redacted by the editor to protect them.

December 14, 2025 Worship Service, The Path to Wise Elderhood by Eric Hepburn ------------------------------------ As I reach the midway point of my Doctor of Ministry in Social Justice program at Meadville Lombard — our UU seminary in Chicago — I want to share the heart of what has been unfolding. Stephen Jenkinson has said that we live in a time with more old folks and fewer wise elders than ever before. In this reflection, I’ll explore what it might mean to rescue wise elderhood from western history’s dustbin — to draw a clear, compassionate distinction between wise elders and old adolescents. Together we’ll consider how a culture might mature, how wisdom could become visible again, and how we might help bring forth “the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible."