Worship and Spiritual Practice
Ministry with Children & Youth
Community Board and Forum
Upcoming Services August 2008
Summer Sunday service schedule begins Sunday, May 25 with one service only at 10:00 a.m. through Labor Day!
Children are welcome on Sundays in the summer, see Summer Sundays for Kids
Giving Away the Plate: Living Out Our Values in the World-- Weekly offering recipients
Sunday Worship services are at 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., and 4:30 p.m., except where noted.
Worship leaders are assisted on Sundays by Worship Associates and Welcome Teams.
August 3: All About Eve or The Original Doubting Thomas
— Elizabeth Alexander
*Intergenerational Worship Service!*
A new and unconventional look at the world’s first religious questioner, Eve, who changes her whole world with one fateful choice. This worship experience for both youngsters and oldsters gives this ancient tale of free will a lighthearted treatment through story, song, and...well...let’s just say a few surprises. Elizabeth Alexander and Worship Associate Hal Freshley are joined by good-natured cohorts Neely Crane-Smith, Karyn Wrenshall, Ty Wilson and Steve Harper. This morning’s special music is also “all about Eve,” including a new twist on an old jazz standard, as well as (what else?) some “hard luck” blues, sung by our own Rochelle Lockridge.
August 10: The Teenage Test Kitchen: Recipes for a Human Life— Youth-led Worship
Come hear from several youth who -- in the eyes of their church and community -- are turning out to be fine human beings in a generation subject to our doubts. We will explore what ingredients contribute to the growth of a whole person in this moment in history. How are parents, other adults and the youth themselves cooks in the kitchen that is adolescence? Recipes and tasty morsels of young wisdom will be provided by worship leaders from among the youth of the church.
August 17: Sophie’s Insight: Playing With the Moment— Richard Foushee
At age 6, Sophie discovered that time moves effortlessly from “now” to memory. It’s a wonderful insight, but how important is “now?” What does it mean to be in the moment? Why do we live our lives in “future mode” while clinging to the past for guidance? If we are open, we can discover the “now” that calls us to play and to “dance in a spring wind.” Then we can realize that “Only this moment is life.”
August 24: For the Bible Tells UUs So — Kerri Meyer
It’s a common question among Unity parents: “What about the Bible?” Do the stories of the Old and New Testaments have a place in the religious upbringing of our children? Why does the Bible elicit a wholly different response from Unitarian Universalist adults than other sacred texts? Drawing wisdom from our liberal religious ancestors, William Ellery Channing and Sophia Lyon Fahs, worship leader and Director of Religious Education Kerri Meyer will frame a possible approach to the Judeo-Christian scriptures, useful to parents and Sunday School teachers and of interest -- Kerri hopes -- to all.
August 31: To be announced.Unity Church - Unitarian
732 Holly Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
651/228-1456
Last updated: May 2008
All Congregation Worship and Celebration!
our Merging of Waters worship service followed by a picnic lunch and celebration. All on the banks of the Mississippi River!
Bring the whole family! Nursery care provided during worship. Handicapped accessible.
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