Past Services

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2023
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December 3 - Advent: For What Do We Wait?
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November 26 - The Heretic's Journey
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November 19 - Survival Is A Garden
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November 12 - Season of Festivals
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November 5 - For the Love of God...
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​October 29 - Remembering Our Beloved Dead
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October 22 - Joint Worship with Heidelberg UCC
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October 15 - Joint Worship with Heidelberg UCC
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October 8 - On Shame, Fear and Sacrifice
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October 1 - Who Comes to the Table?
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Read Rev. Kathy Helm's Sermon
Read Rev. Jen Raffensperger's Sermon

September 24 - Yom Kippur: On Forgiveness
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September 17 - Those Who Have the Courage to Teach
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September 10 - Water Communion
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September 3 - "Famous Last Words"
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August 27 - "A World Without Static"
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August 20 - A UU "Revival"
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August 13 - Ask Me Anything: A Question Box Service
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August 6 - Back to School!  What does that mean to you?
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July 30 - River Crossing Playback Theatre
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July 23 - The Wonders of Our Physical and Soul Home
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July 16 - Gentle Wisdom for a Complicated World
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July 9 - Find your awe-some practice.
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July 2 - The Midpoint of the year: This is a holy day.
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June 18 - Fathers Day
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June 11 - Pride Sunday
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Read Rev. Jen's Sermon
Read Rev. Kathy's Sermon

June 4 - Flower Communion
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May 28 - Three Little Words: "I Don't Know"
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May 21 - Volunteer Recognition Sunday
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May 14 - Mothers Day and Its Complex Emotions
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May 7 - Your Sexuality Is Whole and Holy.
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April 30 - Beltane, In Honor of the Spirit of Life.
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April 23 - Earth Day Service: On Silence and Speaking
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April 17 - Practicing Our Welcome
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April 9 - Easter Sunday: Fear, Uncertainty, and Joy
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​April 2 - Uncovering Our Stories
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March 26 - Our Covenant, Our Promise
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March 19 - A Return to Spring
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March 12 - On Trust and Naming
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March 5 - On Divine Timing
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February 26 - It matters what we believe.
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February 19 - We welcome you in, just as you are.
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February 12 - Luminescence
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February 5 - Sustaining, Sheltering, Giving, Feeding
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January 29 - Love is the power that holds us together.
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January 22 - Roe V. Wade: Our Bodies, Our Futures
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Listen to "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around"
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Read the Sermon (as planned)
​Read the Sermon (as delivered)

January 15 - Nonviolence in an Increasingly Violent World
Listen to "There Is A Balm In Gilead"
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January 8 - Bring It To The Fire
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2022

December 24 - Peace and Goodwill to All
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Read the Family Sermon
Read the Candlelight Sermon

December 18 - Our Christmas Pageant
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December 11 - The Joy of Belonging
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December 4 - The Greening of the Season
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November 27 - The Poor People's Campaign
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November 20 - How We Are Fed: Bread Communion
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November 13 - Love Is Our Greatest Purpose
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November 6 - A Constitution of Stars
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October 30 - On Samhain, We Welcome Our New Ancestors.
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October 23 - Register to Vote: The Right of Conscience
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October 16 - The Transformative Power to Choose Love
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October 9 - All The Stories: Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Sukkoth, and More
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October 2 - We Celebrate the Web of Life
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September 25 - Raise Your Hand If You Enjoy Admitting that You're Wrong.
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September 18 - What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
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September 11 - Water Communion and Ingathering
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August 28 - “High Summer: The Rest and the Harvest”
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August 21 - “What Does It Mean to Begin?”
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August 7 - Celebrate Lammas with us.
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July 31 ...and now for something completely different: Let's do the "Time Warp"!
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July 17 - LGBTQIA+: May we live in the spirit of PRIDE!
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July 10 - Effing the Ineffable: Sometimes the problem is the question.
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July 3 - Run After Justice, There Is More Love Somewhere.
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June 19 - Juneteenth Celebration​
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June 12 - Pride Service: We Celebrate You!
https://youtu.be/0edXlgBCjKI

June 5 - UUCYork is THE Really Welcoming Church
https://youtu.be/uDse_3uFxBo​

May 29 - The "New" Poor People's Campaign presented by Rev. Carla Christopher 
https://youtu.be/4uCUYNpjlsQ

May 22 - Coming of Age Service: The Wisdom of Our Youth
https://youtu.be/DVlAA1LVBGU

May 15 - Said the old fish to the young, "How's the water?" "Sir, what the hell is water?"
https://youtu.be/3lm4I_YnVEg

May 8 - Flower Communion: Heal our broken, breaking world.
https://youtu.be/G25kZLQi8N8

May 1 - I'm Fine.: Mental Health Awareness Month
https://youtu.be/P8og9YvqJik

April 24 - Earth Day: Affirming our respect for the interdependent web of all existence.
https://youtu.be/cRTTaMRLyJQ

April 17 - We join the miracle that is Easter time that is love, but not just love...radical love.
https://youtu.be/4zfnR4CWc-E

April 10 - Abrahamic Traditions: The Stories about How We Pray
https://youtu.be/O2pQjdB4qDQ

April 3 - Kintsugi: The Art of Mending Broken Things by Making the Scars Beautiful
https://youtu.be/rNLZbDMyyWw​

March 27 - ​All That You Touch Is Change.  All That You Change Changes You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWi1azBddj4

March 20 - We celebrate Ôstara as We Look Forward to Spring, Warmth, and Life  
https://youtu.be/VW0dckESZpI

March 13 - Our Complicated Relationship with Time
https://youtu.be/g6H4Efbo2-w

March 6 - All Things Are in Deep Relationship with Each Other
https://youtu.be/xkW9MUsQ2SA

February 27 - The Empowerment Controversy: Black Power and Unitarian Universalism
https://youtu.be/Tb8b73wyYqs

February 20 - Darwin Day, honoring the gift of scientific curiosity and inquiry!
https://youtu.be/d7MHHa8Ibjs

February 13 - Luminescence, a Holiday of Our Own
https://youtu.be/i66Sypuyiew
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February 6 - Coming Home: Celebrating UUCYork, Our Spiritual Home
https://youtu.be/XJ8z63tvWS8

January 30 - Come celebrate Imbolc with us!
https://youtu.be/_fqJElifAdM

January 23 - Our Spiritual Calling to Reproductive Justice
https://youtu.be/uhMOIkytrOk

January 16 - Bayard Rustin, If we do not know your name we shall learn it.
https://youtu.be/Wtk06FWoXx0​
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January 9 - Fire Communion: Out of the Flames, We Rise
https://youtu.be/GappuuKnjzo
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January 2 - This has been a hard year, so, beloveds, how is it with your soul?
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2021
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December 24 - To This We Are Born and Born Again
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December 22 - Blue Christmas Vespers
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December 19 - The Christmas Story: A Story for All Ages
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December 12 - Delight! (Joy as an Act of Resistance)
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December 5 - The Blessings of Greens: from the past, present, and future
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November 28 - You, darkness, of whom I am born: I love you more than the flame.
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November 21 - Bread Communion, Part Two and a Prologue of The Hanging of the Greens
https://youtu.be/AYJ4YHYfxII

November 21 - Bread Communion: Gratitude, Abundance, and a Very Old Bread Recipe.
https://youtu.be/vBIuePWySuk

November 14 - Can you be both a Christian and a Unitarian Universalist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12c-knMUA70

November 7 - Veterans Day: We Honor the Soldier, Not the War
https://youtu.be/Fk8GfWPIKyc

October 31 - Samhain Service: When the Veil is Thin
https://youtu.be/jT1aXnoTn9Y

October 24 - LGBTQIA+ History Month and National Coming out Day
https://youtu.be/kpGDHYTTpCQ

October 17 - We Can All Be Fairy Godmothers
https://youtu.be/LqPaEzi2Cj8

October 10 - Indigenous Peoples' Day
​https://youtu.be/LS3j_fouI4E

October 3 - Cultivating Better Relationships for More Happiness
https://youtu.be/jcTvK8pQuGM
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September 26 - Autumnal Equinox: What's in the balance?
https://youtu.be/95iiVt2okZ4​
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September 19 - Blessings and the "Platinum Rule"
https://youtu.be/DR-Un35uNag​

September 12 - Water Communion
https://youtu.be/ku43UpaezRA​

September 5 - Beginnings: Making Mistakes and What It Means to Be Human
youtu.be/JtVS6_4VOWM

August 22 - Prevail: Moving Towards Greater Strength
youtu.be/5vFPAR6v3r4

August 8 - How the Present Influences the Past
youtu.be/zsz9vVaZF8E

July 25 - The Holiness of Fun
youtu.be/1VhfPZ8aAqo

July 18 - The Faithful Citizen
youtu.be/wotryF-iUQA 

July 11 - Navigating a Path Beyond Pain
youtu.be/tWduZOXEZaY 

June 20 - The Love You Take
youtu.be/uk_xZSSQQUU 

June 13 - The Transgender Hero's Story
youtu.be/W7-alCKkgs0 

June 6 - Honoring the Heroes of Peace 
youtu.be/7PI4qtCZD-s

May 30 - War, Memory, and the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May
youtu.be/MuNz8qIbFuw 

May 23 - Religious Education
youtu.be/aGMKJwArpnU 

May 16 - The Sound of the Train Whistle 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa9d1UGSA8o

May 9 - Mother's Day 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sksVrllnI

May 2 - Coming of Age 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCeZGUamTDI
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April 25 - Orisa Spirit Mind Body Alignment: Manifesting Iwapele
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjWLRcLBwj8

April 18 - Earth Day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5xUq7qP2tU
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April 11 - The 8th Principle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA3Yq51180A

April 4 - Easter Sunday
youtu.be/abFbKNTAuQw

March 28 - Celebrate Survivors of Domestic Violence
​youtu.be/mwabyPyk9mw

March 14 - Those We Left Behind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJTMVyOdQ4​

March 7 - Women of Spiritual Leadership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sudTc21ZZNo&t=4s​

February 28 - Carry On, Be Happy 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrBqI0noJxU

February 21 - The Prophets of Ancient Israel: The Most Disturbing People Who Ever Lived
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1tg93_RcHM

February 14 - Luminescence Service 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2NDC8uJd-s 
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February 7 - Perchance to Dream 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkpnipB-Qfc&t=11s

February 2 - Perchance to Dream 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkpnipB-Qfc

January 31 - Why Character Matters Again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U2u7v8Zqz8

January 24 - Following the Call 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiipp38aaHk
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January 17 - Don't Sleep Through the Revolution 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=14j1HRn6lfg

January 10 - We are a Generous Angry People
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=teZqrR-8qcU

January 3 - There and Back Again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkpnipB-Qfc

2020
December 27 - DISORDER of Service
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KuaxDS7rX0

December 24 - Christmas Eve 5PM Family Service 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_lXmT48m1Y&t=1s

December 20 - UUCY Family Pageant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xEdhqf7LNU&list=PLJxz42OS_anKg-EH4rOnz0r20zpNR5sS0&index=25&t=51s

​December 13 - In What We Trust
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm_vWpH0QuI
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December 6 - The Gift of Giving
youtu.be/YAk9Ku-j3Gc

November 29 - The Power of Words 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEgoObq0Qco

November 22 - Bread Communion Service
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qufq_u_R22k

November 24 - Thanksgiving Interfaith Program 
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=roCV5Z6W2zA

November 15 - For Heaven's Sake
youtu.be/0xKSaQgunlY

October 11 - Following the Light
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9wrPl0_3Mg&t=15s

​October 4 - Animal Blessing
youtu.be/IHyCLNldTPk

September 20 - Holding the Hand That Feeds Us
​https://youtu.be/f7TwmT93GAY

September 13 - Annual InGathering/Water Communion
https://youtu.be/xhHLlYeZyhA

September 6 - Loves Labor Found 
https://youtu.be/rZlNWdj1Ymg

August 23 - Resilience-Keeping On When All I Want To Do Is Cry 
https://youtu.be/dzZHuJ3TaeU

August 2 - Hope Is A Thing With Feathers 
https://youtu.be/m4RxcidIa2I

July 26 - Comfort and Hope
youtu.be/CAstdzEJUrQ

June 21 - Father's Day 
youtu.be/whLWyYWrgmY

June 14 - Pride Service 
youtu.be/hBSmbMKh0ms

June 7 - Bridging Service 
youtu.be/-I7hJNNb_Zo

May 31 - Unexpected Gifts
youtu.be/c6t3_HuIjZ8

​​May 25 - Memorial Day Service 
youtu.be/VTrA1oJb1DM

​May 17 - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
youtu.be/Cgd2GVkcBi4

May 10 - Mother's Day 
​youtu.be/_EH0YggIlyc

May 3 - Why Pray?
youtu.be/P4YqA33050E 

April 26 - Wisdom
youtu.be/d3dn6teCP5A

​​April 21
youtu.be/whLWyYWrgmY
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April 19 - JD Stillwater 
youtu.be/7l9vPyOW1Uo

April 12 Easter Sunday 
youtu.be/ACz1OCUYt00