Sunday Mornings
Please join us! The Sunday Service is at 10:30am followed by a coffee hour in the Common Room. Please join us at coffee hour and take a blue cup if you're visiting us for the first time. Our dress code is casual, please, come as you are. If you need directions to our congregation, click here.
Upcoming Services
Sunday, November 17 at 10:30am
"Wholehearted Attention: The Way of Zen"
Guest Speaker: Dosho Port Roshi
Zen practice is all about cultivating awareness in order to clearly see the deep truth of our ordinary life. Why is attention so important? How can attention be cultivated? What's the secret?
Sunday, November 24 at 10:30am
“In the Beginning... There Was Gratitude"
Rev. Michelle LaGrave
Please join us for a Thanksgiving Service.
Sunday, December 1 at 10:30am
“That Transcending Mystery & Wonder”
Rev. Cyndi Simpson from Second Unitarian Church.
Mystery and Wonder are the first listed authoritative sources of our living Unitarian Universalist faith. What are they for us? How do they inspire us? And how do they relate to our monthly worship theme of AWE?
This service is part of a three-way pulpit exchange with First and Second Unitarian Churches of Omaha and the Unitarian Church in Lincoln.
Sunday, December 8 at 10:30am
“Stranger Share Our Fire Service”
Celebrate the warmth of the season in this all-ages service focused on the joy of giving. Bring to this worship service your donations for:
YES (Youth Emergency Services): Warm clothing items, earbuds, hair accessories, gift cards to fast food restaurants and to Target, and monetary donations. Gifts can be unwrapped.
First Lutheran Food Pantry: non-perishable food items.
First U Neighborhood Care: $10 gift cards to nearby gas stations, $10 gift cards to fast food places nearby like Taco Bell, Runza, McDonalds, $10 gift cards to nearby grocery stores like Hyvee, bus passes (we usually purchases the 10 rides bus pass with transfer).
We encourage you to involve family members of all ages in selecting gifts for these recipients! We will have a processional of gifts during the service.
Sunday, December 15 at 10:30am
"Searching for Asherah: Reclaiming the Divine Feminine"
Rev. Michelle LaGrave
The Hebrew scriptures tell stories of the Ancient Israelites worshiping Asherah, the wife of God, as the Queen of Heaven. Few are familiar with these stories today. How were these stories lost? What might we gain spiritually from reclaiming them today?
Holiday Service
Christmas Eve Service: Lessons and Carols
Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 7pm
This will be a traditional Christmas Eve service filled with music, singing, and candlelight. The Choir and the Early Morning Risers will perform. After the service, please join us in the Common Room for cookies and conversation. The nursery will be closed to give our helpers time with their families. Everyone is welcome in the Sanctuary.
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