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.

Finding Our Voice

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by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy

What happens when you lose your voice? How does your voice reflect your identity? In this service we explore the beauty, fragility, and expressive power of our voices.

Generosity as Communication

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Reflections by Scott Peeples, Dee Verkuilen, and Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy
UU Service Committee 2019 Greater Good Recipient, video message from Carly Cronon and Laura Randall
As we continue our theme of “healing through voice,” we honor that “voice” can go beyond literal speaking or singing– Generosity can be a form of communication, sharing our values beyond ourselves. Join us as we hear from past and present winners of our Greater Good project funds– Pillars, and UU Service Committee, and how we might continue to use our resources as a source of healing.

Click HERE for UU Service Committee video.

Connecting Through Voice

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by Suzanne Marnocha, Kathryn Tollefson, and Mark Marnocha

The theme for this season which begins this Sunday will be “Healing Through Voice.” We will enjoy an all-ages service filled with music, reflection, silence, and the spiritual practice of using our voices in song. Come connect in community and find your voice!

Roots and Wings

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by Rev. Roger Bertschausen and Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy

The UU hymn “Spirit of Life” reminds us to let our “roots hold us close and wings set us free.” We’ll be celebrating one of our Fellowship’s strongest roots–the Rev. Roger Bertschausen–at this celebration of his status as our emeritus minister and to honor his 26 years of service in ministry to our Fellowship. We will also be celebrating the Fellowship’s 64th birthday this month, the stories of our past, and the possible future stories that might yet be written as we let our “wings set us free.”

The reading is an excerpt from After Running Through the Thistles by the Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison-Reed, read by Rev. Leah Hart-Landsberg.

The Gift of Sharing Wishes

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by Rev. Karon Sandberg

As we approach Thanksgiving, now is a good time to consider talking to your families about your end-of-life wishes. This annual service focuses on the beautiful, healing, and loving gift that sharing our wishes can be, if we let it. This time, we’ll explore the power of planning ahead for your memorial service. It need not be morbid! It can be a fun and powerful experience.

Stories That Harm, Stories That Heal

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Stories That Harm, Stories That Heal
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by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy

November is a month full of stories and histories, particularly about our nation. We will explore together the ways Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Election Day have the power both for harm and (if we allow the stories to change) also healing.

The Secret Sits

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by Rev. Leah Hart-Landsberg

The poet Robert Frost wrote that “the Secrets sits in the middle,” taking on a life of its own. Modern psychology agrees that secrets can be unhealthy, sometimes even dangerously harmful. Yet it’s also understandable that we want some parts of life to remain private. We will contemplate the role of our secrets, including what they give and rob us of. Stay after the service for an optional art activity!

Room on the Broom

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with Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy and Suzanne Marnocha

Special Halloween all-ages service! Children and adults of all ages are welcome to wear your costume and join us for a rollicking service of story and celebration! Children can stay in the service and enjoy the quiet sensory activity area, or childcare will be available for children who need it (as deemed appropriate by guardians, up to about age 8). This story about a witch and her many animal guests reminds us to be truly welcoming to all. How might our welcome of others help us heal ourselves and our world?

This story in the service is Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.

Reflections by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy and Suzanne Marnocha

All Bodies Are Beautiful

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by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy

Rev. Christina has a sign on her door at home that says, among other things, “All bodies are whole, holy, and beautiful.” What does that mean in a world that tells us our bodies are never (tall, small, big, thin, strong, attractive, whatever) enough? As part of our yearlong theme of healing, let’s explore together what healing our relationship to our bodies might look like!

The Fragile Sequence

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by Rev. Leah Hart-Landsberg

In Judaism, the High Holy Days are an annual reminder to ‘fess up to our mistakes. But actually apologizing can make us very vulnerable. What is so important about the act of saying “I’m sorry?” And what comes next in the fragile sequence of recognizing that we are imperfect beings? Led by lifelong Jewish Unitarian Universalists Rev. Leah and Fellowship member Jaclyn Kottman, this service is for those from Jewish backgrounds and non-Jews alike and will include very special music by our own Mark Urness and Dan Van Sickle.