Below is a list of past sermons given at The Fellowship. Once you find the sermon you’d like to listen to, just click on the sermon title listed, and it will open that sermon in a page with the options to listen to it via the web, to download the MP3 for listening offline, or to open the transcript of the sermon to read.

Reflections of Past Journeys

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Special Music – On the Theme of a Journey, written and performed by Adrian Sieck
Introduction by Kim Hartman, Director of Religious Education
Credos by Nate Murton, Tanis Gee, Dustin Sherer, Camdyn Guevera-Derber, Ian Bruce

Our annual tradition of celebrating our teens who have completed their mentorship year of coming of age continues! We will hear from our second-year BATs (Being a Teen) students as they share their wisdom through their credo statements.

When the Time Comes

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Reflection by Marti Wheeler
Sermon by Marie Luna

Marie Luna is finishing her ministry as Director of Congregational Life after almost 17 years of being on staff here at the Fellowship. She is following her call to work as an independent consultant with Unitarian Universalist congregations, bringing the knowledge and skills she has learned in this position. At this service, she will share the story of how she found the Fellowship, and the impact this community has made on her life. We will also recognize the ending of her ministry with a community ritual.

Five Smooth Stones 4 – Human Agency & Virtue

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Reflection by Mark Marnocha
Sermon by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy

In April we explored the “Five Smooth Stones of Religious Liberalism” as articulated by the 20th century UU theologian, James Luther Adams. Join us for this final stone — “Human agency.” In what ways does our free will allow us to create good in the world? In what ways does it cause problems?

What Are We Doing Here?

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Reflection by Alex Frantz
Sermon by Ali Peters, Assistant Minister
What are we doing when we are a part of a faith community? Why is what we do here unique and important? What potential does the Fellowship hold as a space of resistance? Join us as we explore these questions together and come hear Ali Peters offer her last sermon as Assistant Minister at the Fellowship before she departs in June.

Five Smooth Stones 3: Moral Obligation Toward Justice

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Reflection by Beth Belmore
Sermon by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy
This month we are exploring the “Five Smooth Stones of Religious Liberalism” as articulated by the 20th century UU theologian, James Luther Adams. Join us for this third of the five stones — “The moral obligation to create justice.” What obligations does our faith place upon us? How do we create justice in the world as faithful people?

Easter and the Smooth Stone of Hope

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Reflection by Scott Peeples
Sermon by Ali Peters, Assistant Minister
This month we are exploring the “Five Smooth Stones of Religious Liberalism” as articulated by the 20th century UU theologian, James Luther Adams. Join us for this special Easter edition exploring the power of hope as a bedrock of liberal faith.

Five Smooth Stones 2 – Free Consent Not Coercion

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Reflection by Mike Yonkers
Sermon by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy
This month we are exploring the “Five Smooth Stones of Religious Liberalism” as articulated by the 20th century UU theologian, James Luther Adams. Join us for this, the second of the five—“Free consent, not coercion.” What does it mean to be a part of a free religious tradition, and how does our faith lift up values of consent?

Five Smooth Stones 1: Revelation Is Continuous

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Reflection by Cindy Darling
Sermon by Rev. Sydney Morris
This month we are exploring the “Five Smooth Stones of Religious Liberalism” as articulated by the 20th century UU theologian, James Luther Adams. Join us for this, the first of the five — “Revelation is continuous.” Our gray hymnal is titled, “Singing the Living Tradition,” what does it mean to be a part of a “living” tradition? How do we keep it alive?

Rev. Dr. Sydney Amara Morris was raised in the Unitarian Universalist First Church of Chicago. After working in social services, counseling and organizing, she received her ministerial education at Harvard Divinity and Meadville Lombard Theological schools.

She has served UU congregations since 1981 and has been a hospice chaplain. Sydney has two grown sons and two granddaughters who are 4 and 6 years old. She enjoys her cockerpoodle, hiking, canoeing, and reading.

Making the Best of What We Have

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Reflection by Mark Marnocha
Sermon by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy
On the hit TV game show “Wheel of Fortune,” sometimes they solve the puzzle before all the letters are revealed. Often in life, we have to move forward, make decisions, or take a risk even in the face of the unknown. What does our liberal religious tradition tell us about how we might do that, together?

Answers and Questions

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Reflection by Mike Yonkers
Sermon by Ali Peters, Assistant Minister
We are a justice-seeking faith. So what is the relationship between our justice work and our faith? What are the questions we are asking and what are the answers? How do faith and justice feed and sustain each other?