Speaker: Rev. Jennie Barrington

Sunday Service: “Hope is in Our Hands” Stewardship Campaign Launch

Please join us for “Hope is in Our Hands,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos.[Rev. Jennie preaching] Please join us for the launch of our annual stewardship campaign and our capital campaign. This service will have several special elements, including the inspiring song by Sharon McKnight … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Hope is in Our Hands” Stewardship Campaign Launch

Sunday Service: “Origin of Species, the Scopes Trial, And the Rise of White Christian Nationalism”

Please join us for “Origin of Species, the Scopes Trial, And the Rise of White Christian Nationalism,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [Rev. Jennie preaching] Discussions with our Social Justice Committee led to the realization that the current rise of White Christian Nationalism … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Origin of Species, the Scopes Trial, And the Rise of White Christian Nationalism”

Sunday Service: “Thoreau, Part II”

Please join us for “Thoreau, Part II,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am. Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [Rev. Jennie preaching] After his 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days in the cabin, Henry David Thoreau returned to society and committed himself to speaking out against many societal injustices. Some … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Thoreau, Part II”

Sunday Service: “Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, Part I”

Please join us for “Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, Part I,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [Rev. Jennie preaching] In the mid-1800s, Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau moved to a cabin in the woods and lived there for two years. He paid attention to all of the … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, Part I”

Sunday Service: “Walt Whitman’s Birthday”

Please join us for “Walt Whitman’s Birthday,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [Rev. Jennie preaching] Though not technically a Unitarian Universalist, Walt Whitman was a poet and philosopher who we love and learn from, and who was deeply influenced by the Transcendentalists, who were Unitarians. … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Walt Whitman’s Birthday”

Sunday Service: “Flower Communion”

Please join us for “Flower Communion,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [All Ages Service, Co-led by Rev. Jennie and Rev. Emily] The Flower Communion is a traditional Unitarian Universalist ritual celebrating our whole congregational community and the support that we offer to one another. This … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Flower Communion”

Sunday Service: “The Phenomenon of Nancy Drew Mysteries”

Please join us for “The Phenomenon of Nancy Drew Mysteries” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [Reverend Jennie preaching] When Rev. Jennie was little, her curiosity was awakened by Nancy Drew’s steadfast pursuit of justice, as well as her prepared-ness for every possible situation of hardship … Continue reading Sunday Service: “The Phenomenon of Nancy Drew Mysteries”

Sunday Service: “Where there was Nothing, the Possibility of Something Good”

Please join us for “Where there was Nothing, the Possibility of Something Good,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [Reverend Jennie preaching] George R. Stewart wrote, “Genius is the capacity for seeing what is not there.” This sermon will explore several inspiring examples of people who … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Where there was Nothing, the Possibility of Something Good”

Sunday Service: Easter Service – “The Support of One Who Suffers With…”

Please join us for “The Support of One Who Suffers With…,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [Easter Sunday] [Rev. Jennie preaching] Martin Luther King, Jr. had considered becoming Unitarian. One reason he did not was his faith in, as Rosemary Bray McNatt wrote, “a suffering … Continue reading Sunday Service: Easter Service – “The Support of One Who Suffers With…”

Sunday Service: “Paying Attention to the ‘Soothsayers'”

Please join us for “Paying Attention to the ‘Soothsayers’,” an in-person service or Virtual service via Zoom at www.uuctc.org/sunday at 10:30am.  Our Order of Service is available at www.uuctc.org/oos. [Rev. Jennie preaching] Poet Ada Limon writes: “It’s hard not to think of Caesar on the Ides of March… However, I often find that it is not Caesar or Brutus that … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Paying Attention to the ‘Soothsayers’”