Sunday Services Gallery

On September 27, come to a service of celebration and inspiration when the Fellowship welcomes you to help celebrate its first meeting in its new location! And when anyone can briefly share something that inspired them to move forward during what may have been a troubling or confusing time in their lives. Was it a person? A memory? A Book or work of art? Something else?

On September 27, come to a service of celebration and inspiration when the Fellowship welcomes you to help celebrate its first meeting in its new location! And when anyone can briefly share something that inspired them to move forward during what may have been a troubling or confusing time in their lives. Was it a person? A memory? A Book or work of art? Something else?

I have a bumper sticker that reads, “Don’t Believe Everything You Think.” As Unitarian Universalists, we say “To Question is the Answer.” Buddhism begins with the premise that we perceive the real world, the dharma, with our senses and then reconstitute it in our minds to make sense of what we see, hear, etc. We assume that the images in our minds are the real world, while the real world, the dharma, remains just beyond, clouded by our mental lenses, our beliefs, our hidden motivations. We live in an imaginary world, until we wake up and question our distorted reality. This begins our journey out of ignorance. -Rev. Hamilton

The People Who Brought You Weekends: The Labor Movement and UU Principles It's easy to take the eight-hour day and the forty-hour week for granted. Austin UU folksinger and writer Steve Brooks looks at the long history of American labor, the struggles that created many of our middle-class comforts, and its role in advancing UU principles like equity, justice and the democratic process. He invites us to join in that history, and to celebrate Labor Day, with a rousing series of singalongs about the labor movement and work in general.

What is faith? Is it belief, trust, loyalty - or a combination? I have never felt that I truly understood faith, though I admire it in others. In this sermon, I explore what faith might be, how it appears in different areas of human life, and how a faithful orientation can help us as individuals and in our connections to others.

On the 250th anniversary of the original No Kings Day, it’s hard for many of us to feel hopeful or patriotic. And yet, patriotism has never been more important. What’s a patriotism for religious liberals, which holds America to her dreams without looking away from her nightmares? What can we learn from stories of grassroots resistance, past and present, as well as from the principles of Unitarian Universalism?

Rev. Fred Wooden returns to the pulpit

From the earliest recorded human history, nature has inspired awe and a creative response, from visual art to prose and poetry. Donald Mace Williams, a long-time newspaper man who writes poetry, will lead us on a journey through nature’s poetry and then everyone is invited to share a short poem! So, let’s get poetic and bring poems!

“Patriotism” is an intense word. It can evoke love and fellow-feeling; chauvinism and belligerence; loyalty and service. However they define it, most Americans consider themselves patriots, though plenty do not. For the 250th birthday of the United States, Rebecca Mattis wonders: How do our thoughts and feelings about our nation fit into our spiritual and emotional lives? What would we like to celebrate?