Scott writes: On this special Sunday, Dr. Souala (who is a practicing medical surgeon from Sheboygan and a lay leader of the Islamic Society of Sheboygan) will join me in a chancel conversation which will explore “The Heart of Islam” and also touch on some of the similarities and differences between Islam and our Unitarian Universalist faith. Members of the Islamic society of Sheboygan (who hosted 20 of us for a “breaking of the Ramadan fast last month) will be joining us for this service, and a “Mediterranean First Sunday Lunch” that will follow. This will be an interfaith experience you will not want to miss, so plan now on being with us!
9:50 – Join for informal conversation (optional)
10:00 – Service begins
11:00 – Coffee hour
Scott writes: On Sunday evening, July 15, 1838, Unitarian theologian Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered the address to the seven young men who comprised that year’s graduating Harvard Divinity School class. He set New England’s theological establishment “on fire” that night with his bold proclamation that set Unitarianism apart from other faiths. Today, we still owe a great debt of gratitude to Emerson for setting us firmly on our liberal spiritual and epistemological path. Do be with me this Sunday as I offer this retrospective, and remind us what our UU faith is – at its core – all about.
9:50 – Join for informal conversation (optional)
10:00 – Service begins
11:00 – Coffee hour
Join us where we will celebrate what we have accomplished over the last year at UCN! We will hear from both our Leadership Board President and our Leadership Board President-Elect about where we are as a congregation and where we hope to go in the future. This service will be abbreviated to allow for more participation in the Annual Congregational Business Meeting immediately after the service.
9:50 – Join for informal conversation (optional)
10:00 – Service begins
11:00 – Coffee hour
At this time of year, I think about nature, new life, environmental and agricultural problems, and my favorite ritual from the past.
Sarah Oelberg has been a special education teacher, has written special ed. curriculum for our U.S. Office of Education, was a faculty member at Yeshiva University in New York and at NYU, and trained special ed. teachers in Iowa. She followed her heart as the first in her six-generation Unitarian family to become a UU minister. After serving churches in Nebraska and Minnesota, she retired in 2001 and now she frequently speaks at UCN. She and husband Gerald raised four children and have six grand- and four great-grandchildren.
9:50 – Join for informal conversation (optional)
10:00 – Service begins
11:00 – Coffee hour
The meaning of worship is
to be shaped by
what is of worth.
We gather together in spiritual community because we need constant reminders of what matters most in life. In a world of heartbreak and dehumanization, our congregations and communities call us to our better selves. We learn to live with more wisdom, more connection, and more compassion.
Our Worship Services are weekly reflections that weave together our own thoughts and experiences with music, beauty, poetry, and words that both comfort and challenge. Our programs for all ages inspire and awaken us to our capacities to make a difference in our own lives and in the world.
