Unitarian Church Of Lincoln

Paul Simon sings "For reasons I cannot explain/There's some part of me wants to see/Graceland."  The impulse to pilgrimage, to journey to a place of significance, is part of many traditions, including ours.  What does it mean to be a pilgrim?  Where are you going?

There are times when our journey takes us to inhospitable places.  While we often want to get back to lands of plenty quickly, what does it mean to spend time in the wilderness?  As the season of Lent begins, what do we gain by letting go?

What could we create of ourselves if we explored beyond what we already know?  Sermon by Sandra Washington.

Unitarian Universalism has evolved over the decades, and each generation has put their unique mark on it.  Building on the work of General Assembly last summer, we'll speak of a Unitarian Universalism of possibility, a faith we are still building.  

Sorrow endures for the night, the psalmist writes, but joy comes with the morning.  As we look to the east at the dawn of a new year, what awaits us?

Joy comes with the morning, the psalmist writes, but only after sorrow endures for the night.  We all go through seasons when it feels like the morning will never come.  The humanism central to our faith holds important lessons for those times.  

What does the idea of America mean in 2018?  After the elections, what is Unitarian Universalism called to say?

Join us as we welcome new members into our church this Sunday.  "What they dreamed be ours to do" goes one of our hymns.  What do we make of the legacies of Unitarians and Universalists for whom we are more nightmare than dream?  What are the dreams we will leave for future generations?  

The theologian Richard Rohr reminds us that the message of Hebrew scripture is clear that what we are called to do is 'love the widow and orphan', yet 'we [keep] loving church services instead of reality.'  How do we lower the walls of sanctuary, to ensure that what we talk about here is not disconnected from the rest of the world?

"You who are broken-hearted, who woke today with the winds of despair whistling through your mind, come in;" Rev. Kathleen McTigue writes, "..."This place is sanctuary, and it is for you."  This week we will look at the role of Unitarian Universalist congregations that have been and continue to be places of sanctuary and safety.  

In our Six Sources we talk about a number of sources upon which our current practice is based.  I'd like to discuss my personal Fab Four of prophetic people.  Sermon by Jamie Radcliffe.  

Quality worship is not just about the words that we say.  We can experience the divine in our lives in almost infinite ways, so too should worship engage our whole selves, the whole of our senses.

Small group ministry is a model for how we can engage with each other's spiritual journeys in an intentional, deep way.  This Sunday we'll talk about our Open Circle groups, and you'll have the opportunity to join a group for the year.  

As we begin this year together, we pause to consider what 'big question' will define the year.  What is the ministry that we are called to do, together?

Games are defined by their rules.  How do we set the rules for how we play and live together, and what happens when those rules fall short?

This Sunday, come with questions!  What questions have arisen for you in the last year, or at General Assembly, that you want to hear about in worship?

Two hundred years ago, William Ellery Channing preached an ordination sermon in Baltimore, and in doing so, marked the beginning of American Unitarianism.  Channing wrote that the Good, Beautiful, and True revealed in our lives is a way in which we reveal divinity.  Sermon by Rev. David Olson, First Unitarian Church of Baltimore.

As our congregational year comes to a close, we mark the transitions of the year:  those who have joined us by choice and by birth, those who have died, and those who are transitioning from youth to young adult.  Each of us are blessed by the people in this place, and each of us bring out own blessing to the community.