Past Worship Services

Land Acknowledgement

The UUGP Land Acknowledgment, started four years ago, has sparked a variety of responses in our members and friends. Is it a courageous act of truth telling, or an act of self-flagellation? A significant thread in the larger fabric of social change, or a misguided and ultimately empty gesture? Please join us to participate in conversation about our Land Acknowledgment, guided by our seven principles and with the goal of greater understanding and compassion for friends whose views differ from our own. As part of the service, you will be invited to share your thoughts about the strongest reasons for keeping the Land Acknowledgment the way it is and the strongest reasons for changing it. Can you articulate both perspectives with curiosity and compassion?

We’ve Only Just Begun (zoom)

This sermon will expand and build upon what Rev. Fristad presented to us in June of 2023, with his sermon “Universalism: Past, Present and Powerful”. This time the focus will be on universalism as it relates to John Murray and how he came to believe in universalism in England; the early history of universalism in the American Colonies; Thomas Potter and his chapel in New Jersey (where Murray preached in 1770); and the subsequent spread of universalism up until the present time.

UU Tradition of Witness and Peaceful Resistance

To Know Another: ‘Love is the doctrine of this church’, ‘To seek the truth in Love’, ‘Beloved Community’, ‘Beloveds’. These are some of the mantras, if you will, and covenantal language we embrace to express our UU commitment to moving from a foundation of alove, working for equality, and seeing environmental justice as a core issue of human rights. Do I know my neighbors?