94 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2025 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/first-church-sermons.html
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Dec 22, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
“These stories are mentioned here in chances are, probably there was a historical person and probably some of the teachings that we ascribe to him, pr…”
Dec 15, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Bible & ExpositionUnitarian Universalist IdentitySin & Repentance
Dec 8, 2024 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionBible & ExpositionCreation Care
“I heard this phrase spoken a few weeks ago.”
Dec 1, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeIdentity & WorthHumanism
“I have thought is this: today, as we enter into this holiday season, this first Sunday of Advent, I have thought of Jesus and his ruthless and boundl…”
Nov 24, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFriendship & BelongingJoseph
“By rain I mean political unrest, pandemic, climate change, foxes well, it grows.”
Nov 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist IdentityJosephPoverty & Compassion
Nov 10, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingDaniel
Nov 3, 2024 · power between ideas
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & BelongingFear & Anxiety
Oct 27, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Grief & LamentFriendship & BelongingSin & Repentance
“I didn't know what I could possibly say that could comfort him, or if there was anything that I. The first night that I was there after my grandmothe…”
Oct 20, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeRacial JusticeFaith & Doubt
“This is a classic debate in Psychology and philosophy about the balance of mind and heart in our human lives.”
Oct 13, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Forgiveness & ReconciliationBaptism & CommunionGrief & Lament
“A few weeks ago, some of you might remember, we had children in the center and worship in the parish and there were magn in the middle of the carpet…”
Oct 13, 2024 · connected common experience
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Sep 22, 2024 · unitarian universalism
HumanismUnitarian Universalist IdentityEarth-Centered Spirituality
“We have three themes again this year, which we will explore here in with our worship committees hosted potlucks and in our small groups, among other…”
Jun 9, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentUnitarian Universalist Identity
May 12, 2024 · families and relationships
Identity & WorthUnitarian Universalist IdentityParenting & Children
Apr 28, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenFriendship & BelongingFear & Anxiety
Apr 21, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Jesus: Life & TeachingsSermon on the Mount / BeatitudesJoy & Gratitude
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be.”
Apr 14, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeUnitarian Universalist IdentityGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“As Unitarian universalists, the Chalice was founded on our commitment to Human Rights and to resisting fascism.”
Apr 7, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingAdvent & ChristmasIdentity & Worth
“Do you feel that gratitude and celebration for all the love and energy that has been channeled into this community for decade upon?”
Mar 31, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareSpiritual GrowthFaith & Civic Life
Mar 24, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & DoubtForgiveness & ReconciliationHoly Spirit
Mar 17, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareUnitarian Universalist Identity
Feb 25, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasSuffering & PerseveranceSaints & Relics
Jan 14, 2024 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingAdvent & ChristmasDivorce & Broken Relationships
Dec 31, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFear & AnxietySpiritual Growth
Dec 17, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenUnitarian Universalist IdentityAdvent & Christmas
Dec 10, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Crucifixion & AtonementPoverty & CompassionFear & Anxiety
“The last movement of the mass which will hear in a few minutes is a prayer: Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world: grant us peace, and if…”
Nov 26, 2023 · power between ideas
Forgiveness & ReconciliationHope & EncouragementPoverty & Compassion
Nov 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Evangelism & MissionUnitarian Universalist IdentityFear & Anxiety
Nov 14, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Nov 12, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeGrief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
“I invite us now to pause for a minute of Silence, to hold in meditation or prayer all those who find themselves in war zones- civilian, and let us of…”
Nov 9, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic Life
Nov 7, 2023 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeHope & EncouragementSin & Repentance
Oct 24, 2023 · families and relationships
Joy & Gratitude
Oct 22, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingGrief & LamentShame & Guilt
“I came into that concert hall with such a deep sense of belonging and in an instant that shifted to a deeper sense of Shame and alienation.”
Oct 17, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Creation CareAdvent & Christmas
Oct 15, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Identity & WorthUnitarian Universalist IdentityRacial Justice
“I don't know the solution to the conflict in Israel and Palestine, but I do know the grieve their children.”
Oct 8, 2023 · connected common experience
Creation CareParenting & ChildrenFriendship & Belonging
“This is why are local lgbtq plus Alliance is working hard helping Belmont B and more become more welcoming and celebrating, and honoring and cherishi…”
Sep 24, 2023 · families and relationships
Unitarian Universalist IdentityDisability & BelongingMarriage
“What I learned just a couple weeks ago, which really struck me, is that the history in my family of this kind of work and caring for and providing a…”
Sep 17, 2023 · more than it appears
Unitarian Universalist IdentityGod the Father / CreatorRacial Justice
Aug 10, 2023 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic Life
Jun 11, 2023 · uu spiritual principles
Friendship & BelongingCreation CareFear & Anxiety
May 28, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Jesus: Life & TeachingsGod the Father / CreatorThe Parable of the Sower
“27 years after, and the sequel to parable of the sower, a candidate runs for president in the year 2032 under the slogan make America great again.”
May 21, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeJesus: Life & TeachingsFriendship & Belonging
“A Jewish man is set upon by beaten, stripped and left, half on the side of the first, and they cross to the other side, passing now the priest in the…”
May 18, 2023 · connected common experience
Baptism & Communion
May 4, 2023 · school age stories
MatthewAdvent & Christmas
Apr 23, 2023 · power between ideas
JonahCreation CareGenesis
“Our excessive, in misdirected creative have wreaked upon the Earth and all that live- climate change is now becoming climate left unchecked- are misd…”
Mar 26, 2023 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeCreation CareProphecy & End Times
“We may be working towards climate change and hopeful about those small changes, but we also literally see the world going up is a nice moments, the m…”
Mar 20, 2023 · families and relationships
Immigration & RefugeFaith & DoubtRacial Justice
“We work to undo systemic racism and transphobia, and homophobia and income inequality that has been passed down through Jenner.”
Mar 12, 2023 · families and relationships
Creation CarePeace & NonviolenceSpiritual Growth
“We work with she sustainable Harvest International, a non-profit that teaches sustainable farming to alleviate both rural poverty and climate change.”
Mar 5, 2023 · connected common experience
Stewardship & GivingCreation CareBaptism & Communion
Feb 26, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareLoneliness & Isolation
“Fcb, green and youth group members will be Staffing tables in the hall offering resource lists on four major climate action that we Temptation: food…”
Feb 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeGrief & LamentIndigenous Justice & Land
“Again speaking on the mission of USC solidarity with our Global Partners, rev Dr Bettencourt says: I believe our humanity is grounded, and the ground…”
Feb 12, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
MarriageCreation CareDivorce & Broken Relationships
Feb 5, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Sin & RepentanceFriendship & BelongingCreation Care
“Come together and we pour it, play, synthesize the, learn, the lessons of these lives and all we are facing in the widest world: training towards cli…”
Jan 29, 2023 · families and relationships
Thanksgiving & HarvestMarriageFaith & Civic Life
Jan 15, 2023 · families and relationships
ElijahFaith & Civic Life
“It seemed like liberal Progressive causes, even the very structural underpinnings of our democracy were under assault.”
Jan 8, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentHumanismNew Year & Watch Night
Dec 18, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist IdentityAdvent & Christmas
“And when I learned then, over and over, and what I'm so aware of now, especially today, with Hanukkah colliding with the solstice right on the cusp o…”
Dec 11, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & DoubtLoneliness & IsolationRacial Justice
“So especially here now, in this precious gathered again here we are held in all these things and More in Beauty and in pain and loneliness, and in Ho…”
Nov 27, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyAdvent & ChristmasFriendship & Belonging
“But for most of whom, to be sure, are not, Joy proves the drum beat of the holidays Taps out its me and it heightens expect, Beyond serving up disapp…”
Nov 20, 2022 · families and relationships
Bible & ExpositionRacial JusticeJoy & Gratitude
Nov 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyThanksgiving & HarvestSuffering & Perseverance
“We eat mostly pizza and I let the kids pick out their own clothes while you're away.”
Oct 30, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & Lament
Oct 23, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticePoverty & Compassion
“I've told this story before how that week, the first week that I arrived at the urban Ministry, the staff came and asked me to make a public statemen…”
Oct 16, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Addiction & RecoverySuffering & PerseveranceAdvent & Christmas
“I discovered that empathy is the feeling we have when we are actually aware of in vicariously experiencing the feelings and emotions of another bring…”
Oct 9, 2022 · families and relationships
The ExodusRacial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Sep 25, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietySin & RepentanceDivorce & Broken Relationships
May 1, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionNoah & the FloodBible & Exposition
Apr 24, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudeFear & Anxiety
“Not only do we need to grieve, we are grieving in the midst of so many losses and circumstances that persist, that continue.”
Apr 10, 2022 · families and relationships
Unitarian Universalist IdentityFaith & Civic Life
“6 weeks ago, the battle began in the early morning hours when the Russian army launched a special military oper fowling demilitarization and not sled…”
Mar 27, 2022 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingParenting & Children
“Deep gratitude for the relationships that I've had an opportunity to build, for the opportunity to listen and to build connections.”
Mar 20, 2022 · power between ideas
Identity & WorthGender & Sexuality / InclusionFriendship & Belonging
“As part of that effort, we have gone to the GSA at the high school and the middle school to share support and get to know the youth a little.”
Mar 13, 2022 · spirit soul within us
Creation CareStewardship & GivingParenting & Children
“So how do we act as stewards for encouraging and enabling interactions with nature, model stewardship of the Earth for others and educate our childre…”
Mar 6, 2022 · families and relationships
Interdependence & NatureImmigration & RefugeAddiction & Recovery
Feb 27, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeIsaiahFriendship & Belonging
“I'm Laura Randall and Minister on staff with USC, and Lori and I are really honored to be with you today.”
Feb 20, 2022 · families and relationships
Creation & Eden
Feb 13, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingJoy & GratitudeBeloved Community
Jan 27, 2022 · connected common experience
Immigration & RefugePoverty & CompassionJoseph
Dec 1, 2021 · connected common experience
Sep 8, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Baptism & Communion
Aug 10, 2021 · families and relationships
Poverty & CompassionFaith & Mental Health
Jul 4, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
DanielSin & RepentanceCreation Care
“But I found out that this girl who was dating this guy, I think, is in his late 30s, only 40s girl he was dating was 22, so it's quite a big age, Gap…”
Apr 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
“And so that's really what our whole identity as a brand is, and and just that support and encouragement to follow your dreams and more supporting you…”
Jan 31, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
MatthewBaptism & CommunionWork & Vocation
Dec 30, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & DoubtShame & GuiltDating & Godly Relationships
“Yes, play Christmas music.”
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