First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

Rev Chris Jimmerson and Rev Dr Nicole Kirk's service delivered on July 20, 2025. For this special service we stream Rev. Dr. Nicole Kirk's sermon delivered at our annual Unitarian Universalist General Assembly. She examines how our ancestry, heritage, and religious values have prepared us for the challenges and opportunities of our time.

Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on July 13, 2025. Over the past decade, First UU Church of Austin has twice offered immigration sanctuary to immigrants fearing unjust detention and deportation. What might being a sanctuary church look like, given the racist, police state tactics we are currently witnessing under the intentionally deceptive guise of national security and immigration enforce...

Guest Speaker, AJ Juraska's service delivered on July 6, 2025. At the 2024 General Assembly, UUs adopted an Action of Immediate Witness titled "Solidarity with Palestinians", yet many UUs have remained relatively quiet on the subject of Palestine. What do our values tell us about what is happening in Palestine? Join AJ Juraska as we explore how our UU values help us move past silence into solidari...

Guest Speaker, Rev. Carrie Holley-Hurt's service delivered on June 29, 2025. Join Rev. Carrie as she explores how our UU history and values help us meet the moment we find ourselves in.

Guest Speaker, UUA fellowshiping candidate Nancy Mohn Benard's service delivered on June 22, 2025. Putting Love at the center. How centering love can help us build bridges during polarizing times.

Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on June 15, 2025. For individuals, feeling a part of something larger than oneself can increase happiness, enhance well-being, create a greater sense of purpose and meaning in life, give us a sense of belonging, and improve mental health in a variety of areas. First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin is a part of our larger UU faith and an even larger e...

Rev Chris Jimmerson and Chalice Camp Youth's service delivered on June 8, 2025. We often think of freedom as an individualistic act of escaping that which limits us. And that may be a part of the whole. What if a more complete understanding of freedom involves a communal embrace of our interdependence and the choices we make in order to live love?

Rev Michelle LaGrange and Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on June 1, 2025. Today's service will be our last with Rev. Michelle. Join us as we celebrate the good work we have done together and wish each other well with blessings for the journey.

Rev Michelle LaGrange and Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on May 25, 2025. Rev. Michelle and Rev. Chris will answer questions about the church, life, the universe, and everything (though neither will pretend to have the answers to all that).

Rev Michelle LaGrange's service delivered on May 18, 2025. Theology, as well as its scriptural sources, tends to come with a lot of baggage, both personal and cultural. How might we unpack, or set aside, this baggage to reclaim lost sources of spiritual wisdom? What new insights might we gain? Let's bring our sense of imagination out to play in the spiritual realm.

Rev Chris Jimmerson and Michelle LaGrange's service delivered on May 11, 2025. Join with us in this much-loved Unitarian Universalist ritual where we bring flowers to add to the large bouquet we create and take a different flower with you, symbolizing both the unique, sacred beauty of each of us and the even greater beauty we create when we share that sacred uniqueness with one another.

Rev Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on May 4, 2025. Unitarian Universalism recently centered our faith in love. But this is not an abstract, overly sentimental love that allows us to linger in a liminal space, feeling it only from the sidelines. It is a love that calls us to action - to engage in our world, grounded in a self-love that empowers us to boldly create and demand even more love and...

Rev Erin Walter's service delivered on April 27, 2025. We continue the celebration of Earth Day and April's worship theme (joy) by exploring the role of hope and pleasure in movements for climate justice. Join Rev. Erin Walter in a service that shares some of the latest strategies for Climate Justice and invites us to bask in the beauty of the earth and the possibilities of a thriving planet.

Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on April 20, 2025. Join us as we celebrate Easter. The service includes joyful music, a child dedication, and Rev. Michelle LaGrave's retelling of the Easter Story.

Rev Erin Walter's service delivered on April 13, 2025. Who has time or energy for joy these days? Scholars, activists, artists, and theologians offer us paths to seek that spark of life, even in seasons of struggle. Rev. Erin Walter explores this month's spiritual theme - joy - and how it can enliven our daily lives.

Service delivered on April 6, 2025. The high school youth group will challenge us to consider the theme of Attraction Beyond the Binary. Rejecting heteronormative expectations for relationships, whether you're queer or not, is part of growing up UU.

Rev Erin Walter's service delivered on March 30, 2025. On the eve of Trans Day of Visibility, Rev. Erin Walter and Bis Thornton bring wisdom and beauty from diverse trans leaders, within and beyond Unitarian Universalism, as well as reflections and learnings from the recent All In For Equality Day and Texas UU Justice Ministry day at the Capitol.

Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on March 23, 2025. Join us for a restful service full of stories and music about finding Holy Ground. Rev. Michelle LaGrave weaves together a tapestry of stories accompanied by the atmospheric/symphonic stylings of music guests Thor and Friends. Take some time for rest and reflection in the midst of an increasingly chaotic world.

Rev Michelle LaGrave's sermon delivered on March 16, 2025. Rest has long been a spiritual practice or even a religious mandate of many people. Yet, life can feel so busy that we imagine there is no time to rest. How might we come to a better sense of balance in our lives that honors the need to rest?

Rev Michelle LaGrave's sermon delivered on March 9, 2025. Trust is an important component of beloved community. How are communities of trust built? kept? restored? What does it look like when a community leads with trust in each other and the greater community?

Guest Speaker Rev Kiya Heartwood's sermon delivered on March 2, 2025. In these challenging times, Joy is one of our super powers. Learning to stay in the struggle with rest, community, and joy. That's how we win.

Rev Michelle LaGraves's sermon delivered on February 23, 2025. Rev. Michelle reflects on this month's theme of inclusivity and what this means for our mission of doing justice. So often we think about doing justice so that all will be included. But what might it look like to include ALL in doing justice?

Rev Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on February 16, 2025. We have just celebrated another Valentine's Day, so let's explore the practices that help us create healthy, successful romantic relationships and how many of those same practices might also enhance our love for family, friends, and others - and might even lead us to Agape - selfless, unconditional, divine love.

Rev Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on February 9, 2025. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught inclusion so rooted in love that it would become liberatory for all. Perhaps reclaiming the collective love and liberation that is at the heart of our UU Christian heritage is how we best counter an ideology of exclusion that has arisen in our state and our country.

Rev Chris Jimmerson's sermon delivered on February 2, 2025. Join us for an all-ages service to bless the beloved animal companions in your lives. All friendly, well-behaved creatures, young, old, great and small, furry and scaly, are invited to this cherished annual tradition. In these challenging times, let us honor our animal companions, who are such a vital source of our joy and resilience.