UUCM Services - What to expect

What you may expect when you join us for Sunday Service

Our services begin at 10:00 AM and last for about an hour. Our minister leads the service approximately three services a month with the fourth (and sometimes fifth service) being lay-led or led by a guest minister. These services can be on a variety of topics.

Prelude: Music that acts as a backdrop for preparing ourselves for worship.

Welcome and Announcements: This is a time in our service when we formally welcome "new and almost new" visitors and invite them to join us for coffee and conversation following the service in our fellowship hall. We then invite members and friends to make announcements about events in the life of the church.

Opening Words: Chosen by the minister to introduce the theme of the service.

Chalice Lighting: We open every service with the lighting of our custom made chalice. It is the symbol that ties us to Unitarian Universalism.

Hymn: We join together in song two or three times during the service. Hymns are taken from our hymnal - Singing the Living Tradition

Children’s Story: About twice a month our children join us for the first part of the service and hear a story or other sharing. Unless the service is designed to be intergenerational, the children leave for their Church School classes following the story.

Joys and Concerns: This is an opportunity to share with our church community personal joys and concerns and to light a candle.

Meditation/Prayer: A time of quiet reflection led by the minister both spoken and silent.

Offering: We receive free will offerings in support of the work of the church.

Reading: Taken from any number of sources, readings provide background or tone to the service.

Sermon: The address delivered by our minister or a guest. We practice freedom of the pulpit and invite many points of view in sermons.

Closing Circle: We rise and form a circle around the sanctuary and sing a closing hymn and listen to closing words or a benediction.

If you are unfamiliar with Unitarian Universalism and our worship, we hope this helps to prepare you for a visit with us some Sunday morning. You will be welcome regardless of your previous worship experience.

Prelude:	Music that acts as a backdrop for preparing ourselves for worship.
Welcome and Announcements:	This is a time in our service when we formally welcome "new and almost new" visitors and invite them to join us for coffee and conversation following the service in our fellowship hall. We then invite members and friends to make announcements about events in the life of the church.
Opening Words:	Chosen by the minister to introduce the theme of the service.
Chalice Lighting:	We open every service with the lighting of our custom made chalice. It is the symbol that ties us to Unitarian Universalism.
Hymn:	We join together in song two or three times during the service. Hymns are taken from our hymnal - Singing the Living Tradition
Children’s Story:	About twice a month our children join us for the first part of the service and hear a story or other sharing. Unless the service is designed to be intergenerational, the children leave for their Church School classes following the story.
Joys and Concerns:	This is an opportunity to share with our church community personal joys and concerns and to light a candle.
Meditation/Prayer:	A time of quiet reflection led by the minister both spoken and silent.
Offering:	We receive free will offerings in support of the work of the church.
Reading:	Taken from any number of sources, readings provide background or tone to the service.
Sermon:	The address delivered by our minister or a guest. We practice freedom of the pulpit and invite many points of view in sermons.
Closing Circle:	We rise and form a circle around the sanctuary and sing a closing hymn and listen to closing words or a benediction.