Speaker: Rev. Ruth Vann Lillian

Embracing Our Fears

Some dangers are manufactured and others are very real. Is there a way to make positive use of our fears to enrich our lives? Or at least make them easier to live with? For this multigenerational service, everyone is invited to wear a costume in … read more.

Bibles, Religions and Other Idols

(Recorded in Panama City)

Even as we promote a free and responsible search for truth and meaning (our 4th Principle) we may also succumb to the temptation to make idols out of our beliefs, practices and objects. What is so sacred that it cannot be changed? … read more.

But I Don’t Want to Love My Enemy

Most of the great religious traditions teach something about loving folk who behave like enemies. Such love doesn’t come naturally to most of us. Is such teaching worth considering in modern times?

2nd Hour Groups:

Buddhistarians led by Bill Campbell – Library
Choir Rehearsal – Harmony … read more.

Rules for a Free Faith

What does “Free Faith” mean? Can UUs believe anything they want? Where does the 4th Principle about a “Free and responsible search” come in?

Welcome at a Whole New Level

We are living at a time of great discovery about human sexuality. LGBTQIA+ can seem intimidating and all those pronouns breaking the rules we learned in school! Old slurs are now new identifiers, and either/or has turned into both/and/all and why not? … read more.

A Home We’ve Created

For some, home is a safe place of loving relationships. Sadly for others, it is not. Our Fellowship is a kind of home we have made together, and every time new folk come in they help re-make our faith home. Today we officially return from … read more.

Humanity and Full Autonomy

In the wake of the overturn of Roe vs. Wade, citizens of this country are struggling again over access to abortion services. Whose humanity is at risk now? (Trigger warning: strong, frank discussion of abortion and reproductive rights)(pre-recorded)

2nd Hour Small Groups:

TED TALKS, led by Josh … read more.

Fully Human Together

Full humanity is not a solitary phenomenon. It is not possible to be fully human without recognizing the full humanity of others. How does community and relationship figure into our quest to become fully human?

( & REFRESHMENTS ARE RETURNING!!)
Everyone is invited to … read more.

Becoming Fully Human

Reverend Ruth Vann Lilian returns to the pulpit and a new church year officially begins.

In this first of a sermon series, we will take a closer look at human nature, consider the teachings of several religious traditions, and explore what it means to … read more.

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

Watch a pre-recorded sermon from Rev. Ruth, who asks:

“When we take risks, we make mistakes, and then feel regret and sometimes remorse. Can we have a rich, full life without risks? When they ask what we did best, what shall we tell them?”  (Trigger warning: abortion … read more.