September 7, 2025 | "Water Ingathering" with Rev. Sara Smalley and Audrey McCann
Join us for our fall ingathering as we launch the 2025-26 church year! Bring a vial of water from a place that holds meaning to you so that we might mingle the waters of memories and hope.
September 14, 2025 | "Welcoming and Belonging" with Lauren Wyeth and Rev. Sara Smalley
Even in our loneliest hours, our very longing for belonging can feel risky. What will we be asked to sacrifice in order to belong? What harm might we experience if we let others close? What will others think of us if we reveal who we truly are? It's perhaps easier for many of us to focus on the work of creating welcoming places for others than it is to acknowledge our own needs. Yet our wish to be welcoming is intertwined with and deeply related to our human need for belonging. Neither can be realized separately from the other. What new possibilities might emerge when we practice both being the stranger and welcoming the stranger?
Join us for this special Sunday as we welcome our guest speaker, Lauren Wyeth, to UUFN. Lauren is the Faith Development Specialist and a Congregational Life Consultant with the MidAmerica Regional Staff. She is an Advanced Level Credentialed Religious Educator who is passionate about growing interdependent, joyful, justice-seeking, liberating communities for people of all ages and diverse identities.
September 21, 2025 | "Making Space: Celebrating Our Building Addition" with Rev. Sara Smalley
Today we’ll bless our new building addition and celebrate all that we create together, including making more space for connection and belonging in a hurting world.
September 28, 2025 | "Building Our Beloved Community" (+ Bring a Friend Sunday + Sign Up Sunday!) with Rev. Sara Smalley
Join us as we reflect on the beautiful, messy work of building community. Bring a friend and stay after the service for Sign Up Sunday to get more involved!