2025 Sermons

Communication is more than just words. Let’s explore how our individual and community history, location, and culture all affect how we can understand each other (and ourselves) in order to love and care more deeply and authentically. Melly will be our speaker.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to:  and https://www.facebook.com/share/1Bn9MLayFA/ click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Kate Kowalski and Rev. Renée were honored to attend GA 2025. It was absolutely thought-shaping and heart-shifting! How do we UU’s meet the present moment? Join Rev. Renée and Kate and learn about the present and future of our beloved UUism and how it relates to us.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to:  and https://www.facebook.com/share/18spGqumJ3/ click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

UUFF’s annual Pride Service falls on a 5th Sunday this year, so we will have an abbreviated service followed by activities to enrich EVERYONE!

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to:  and https://www.facebook.com/share/1QhQHA2trx/ click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.

Every single person experiences some form of trauma throughout their life, but did you know that we can use play to heal ourselves from trauma? That’s right, play isn’t just for children or enjoyment. It’s a fundamental and necessary aspect of the human experience regardless of age. Join Kali Cook as she reveals how trauma impacts us on neurological/psychological levels, and how using play can counteract the negative impacts trauma has on our brains. Kali will be hosting an after-service discussion in the Sanctuary at 12:30pm for anyone interested in talking more/sharing resources.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to:  and https://www.facebook.com/share/16QCbTHhSr/ click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Lama Surya Das confirms that Buddhism and Unitarian Universalism value many of the same things, including experiential practice, study and self-inquiry, mindful awareness cultivation, insightful wisdom development, and loving-kindness, combined with active compassion in the world. Join Rev. Renée for a pluralistic dive into the different schools of Buddhism.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to:  and https://www.facebook.com/share/15hRpYwqkJ/ click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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In a hypernormalized world, we recognize the artificiality of the system, yet continue to operate within it because the alternative – stepping outside of what we know and what others believe – demands too much faith amidst uncertainty. External pressures aside, does our own reluctance to move into the unknown mean that we are doomed to a life of “playing along?” Join Rev. Renée in this philosophical deep dive.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to: https://www.facebook.com/share/16qvqnNFGu/ and click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Kate Kowalski joins us this week to offer reflections inspired by themes from the book, How We Learn To Be Brave, by Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. We will explore how decisive moments in our lives can offer an opportunity to act with courage. Kate will reflect on bravery as a learned practice and consider how courage is not the absence of fear, but a commitment to our true selves, our beliefs, and our values.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to: https://www.facebook.com/share/163p2AiBPi/ and click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Alli Johnson will offer a deeply personal and thought-provoking message about living with Moebius Syndrome and what it means to be truly seen, valued, and included. Through honest storytelling and reflection, she’ll explore how our culture defines worth—and how Unitarian Universalism calls us to something more expansive and loving. It’s a service about honoring difference, embracing wholeness, and creating communities where everyone truly belongs. 

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to: https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2kkcui52/ and click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Have you ever received advice that you didn’t want? How do you know if you’re truly being helpful when you try to help someone? This service tells the story of Motke the fish peddler, who was helped a little too much by his friends. The story, based on Simms Taback’s version of a Jewish folktale, leads to an exploration of the Buddhist concept of “right speech,“ in which we ask what we can do, in our congregation, to communicate in better and healthier ways.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to: https://www.facebook.com/share/16GcM566cp/ and click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Choosing to focus on beauty and goodness is crucial to our happiness and resilience, especially when there are so many things to fear in our world. When we choose hope and love over fear, tyrants who depend on fear to gain power and maintain control are diminished. This is a form of resistance. Like the flowers themselves, we continue to bloom. Please bring all that you are, all that you feel and a flower or flowers to share if you can. Let us cultivate gratitude in our hearts as we share the tangible beauty of Spring life with one another and take a minute to recognize our amazing Religious Exploration teachers! This is also Choir Sunday!

Choir Members, please gather in the Sanctuary at 9:45am for rehearsal.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to: https://www.facebook.com/share/16QEdxBFbM/ and click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Join us for this Web of Life Nature-Based Spirituality service to celebrate May Day (Beltane) and the gifts of High Spring! We will honor the Little People/Fae and weave the Maypole. You are encouraged to dress in your finest Fae clothing and wings as we enter the Unseen world of magic. All are welcome to stay for a potluck afterwards (please bring something to share if you can!). We hope to see you there!

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to: https://www.facebook.com/share/153AhBLW3T/ and click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Beauty through Art brings so much to our lives. Acknowledging the meaningful things in our world is very important, especially in times of turmoil. Come, sit, enjoy that which means something to your UUFF family. We will have poems and songs from our youth, our elders and lots of folks in between.

You can attend service in person at the fellowship building or view it remotely online via Facebook Live Stream. To attend live via Facebook, wait until 11am Central Standard Time (CST) and go to https://www.facebook.com/share/16KH8qeN4E/ and click on “Watch Live Video. A Facebook account is not required for viewing.

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Those attending in person, please plan to stick around after the April 27th service for lunch (provided) and a very important UUFF facilities space use discussion! We need your input! Details in your weekly eNews.