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With Scott Russell Sanders and Liz Nolan-Greven   How do we define our home ground, the place where we feel a sense of belonging and responsibility? How can we protect and enhance the cultural and natural goods of this place? How can we mend what is damaged? How can we provide what is lacking?    0:06 Opening Words  1:47 Wonderbox  5:42 Reading  10:14 Reflection ...

Join Adrienne Summerlot and Skye Nicholson for this All Ages Service.   Drawing inspiration from the Pixar film Inside Out and the work of Brené Brown in Atlas of the heart, this service will talk about the complexity of feelings, sensations, and sometimes holding several at the same time. We invite you to an interactive service with stations to explore and engage fully with emotions and...

This Sunday, we begin to explore our individual and communal stories and journeys. What gets in the way of our stories integrating and connecting? In this service, we invite a tender-hold of what we wrestle with, of the ways in which we've been hurt in religious/spiritual communities. Being in a space where we wrestle with a both/and is OK and part of allowing transition to happen.   0:05 Gat...

With Rev. Sarah Gettie McNeill   Soils tell the stories of a place, bearing remnants of past actions of its inhabitants.  From soils, we can learn of the past’s weather from year to year or glean how healthy the microbiome is. And soil allows for so much creativity! From lush gardens to the mud pies of children, soil is full of potential. If we were to look at the soils of UUCCI – both l...

With Elizabeth Valencia-Gutierrez This Sunday, we continue on the topic of change and transition and extend it to the community. How do we cultivate curiosity for the journeys of others, here at UUCCI and outside of our community? How do we cultivate as a community the ability to let others continue to change and transition? 0:06 Gathering Words  1:36 Wonderbox  8:47 Reading  10:10...

With Adrienne Summerlot and Kevin Altevog   We are always learning, growing, and evolving in our own understanding of what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist.  Love, however, is always central to putting our UU values into action.  In this service designed for All Ages to participate together, we will sing, share stories, and reflect on words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tha...

We begin with Elizabeth Valencia-Gutierrez by reflecting on change and transition. Author William Bridges made a distinction between change and transitions. Bridges writes, "without a transition, a change is just a rearrangement of the furniture. Unless transition happens, the change won't work, because it doesn't 'take'. Whatever word we use, our society talks a lot about change; but it seldom de...

0:06 Gathering Words  1:48 Spreading Light: An Interfaith Tale  19:33 Benediction   Follow us on Facebook to see what exciting events and projects are happening in the UUCCI community https://www.facebook.com/uucci Receive weekly updates in your inbox when you sign up for our Friday Reminders! Send an email to admin@uucci.org to join the mailing list!

0:05 Gathering Words  1:01 Wonderbox  10:00 Reading  11:53 Sermon  36:34 Sabbatical Blessings   Follow us on Facebook to see what exciting events and projects are happening in the UUCCI community https://www.facebook.com/uucci Receive weekly updates in your inbox when you sign up for our Friday Reminders! Send an email to admin@uucci.org to join the mailing list!

Our Minister Emeritus, Rev. Dennis McCarty, will return to speak on "The Challenge of Beloved Community." It's easy to talk about equality and diversity. But actually listening to people with different cultural experience--forming a truly diverse community--can be difficult. Rev. Dennis will share some of his cultural struggles, as well as his thoughts on the Unitarian Universalist Association's p...

Author of Wilderness Plots, The Conservationist Manifesto, Divine Animal, and 17 other books, and known around Indiana for his story-telling skills, Scott has appeared previously at UUCCI in concerts and Sunday services. After reading Dr. Sanders’ essay collection Staying Put, Rev. Nic was inspired to make its ideas the focus of his upcoming sabbatical and to invite Sanders to conduct a weekend re...

Marge Piercy says, "Every gardener knows that after the digging, after the planting, after the long season of tending and growth, the harvest comes." Rev. Nic concludes our six-part Life Roots Sermon Series, as we celebrate the fruits of our labor and the aspirations we have for the coming year. On this Generosity Sunday, we are invited to appreciate the gardener's patience, as embodied in the wis...

The second half of the Life Roots Sermon Series considers the impact of change, loss, death, and what comes after these catalytic events. What happens when great trees fall? Is that the end of their story or does something await? Before we can find out, Rev. Nic will help us to pause to acknowledge those who have died in this annual memorial service at UUCCI.

Join our Children's Ministry Coordinator Adrienne Summerlot for reflections on what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist at this moment in a time when our faith is continually evolving.  Adrienne will share her recent experience gathering with other UU religious educators to explore the history and racial justice in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama.

Beyond our biological and spiritual ancestors, the final journey down into our roots has to do with our local and congregational context. While we may all come from different contexts, we are in relationship now through being a part of the UUCCI community. Rev. Nic will look back to the roots of UUCCI to a time when we were known as the UU Fellowship of Bartholomew County. How might this experienc...

The Life Roots Sermon Series continues as we turn to the roots of our Unitarian Universalist tradition. What are the roots of UUism and how might those clarify the existential question for us as individuals and as a congregation. Rev. Nic will explore these themes while responding to James Luther Adams assertion, "by their roots ye shall know them."

"Family: We All Have One, Now What?" In the first of a six-part sermon series titled, Life Roots, Rev. Nic Cable will explore what it means to be connected to an ancestral line of people. Families come in all kinds and sizes, and play a major part in our orientation in the world. Sometimes positive, sometimes negative, our family roots offer important lessons for our lives as individuals and as a...

"We Are Stronger Together" We are stronger: across congregations, generations, classes, ethnicities, racism, religious perspectives geographies, genders… Our diversity is our strength. Join Rev. Katie Romano Griffin, Senior Minister at All Souls, and Rev. Nic, as we welcome new children to our faith, join two congregations in worship, and delve deeply into these important topics.

"Radicals & Radicants: Getting Down To Our Life Roots" with Rev. Nic Cable

This special service marks the beginning of our congregation year! Join us as we come together to bless the waters that we share.

August 28, 2022 Sunset Stories Rev. Nic Cable and Liz Nolan-Greven As we welcome Rev. Nic back to our pulpit after his parental leave, we seek during this evening service to rid ourselves of feelings we don't need, to seek meaning in shared stories, and to prepare ourselves in hope for the new week to come.

August 7, 2022 "New Journey, New Year" Adrienne Summerlot As we usher in a new school year we welcome a new year to learn and grow together.  We will have a special time at the beginning of service for our congregation to bless our backpack charms for our children, youth, and learners of all ages.  We will explore how we can unpack our own knapsacks of privilege.

July 31, 2022 "Crossroads and Companions": Adrienne Summerlot's Spiritual Journey Adrienne tells us of her life spanning an Irish Catholic upbringing and her moves to the Bible Belt and the Midwest. Along the way she has found herself at crossroads in her own spiritual journey and has found that the companions along the way are just as important to the journey as the road.

July 24, 2022 "Reclaiming My Life": Jan Lucas' Spiritual Journey This week, Jan takes us on a journey of life, love, and the pursuit of happiness in the face of heartbreak.

July 17, 2022 "The Rebel and the Preacher's Daughter": Bud and Ann Herron's Spiritual Journey This week, Bud and Ann let us into their stories. We hear their trials, tribulations and joys, and leave with a sense of unparalleled love.