Join us for worship each Sunday. Our services and RE program for children begin at 10:30 AM and generally lasts 1 hour. We have coffee and refreshments following the service, and frequently an opportunity to discuss the service topic and share ideas.
Worship at UUMeriden
You are welcome here!
Whoever you are, wherever you come from, whomever you love, you are welcome at The Unitarian Universalist Church in Meriden. We are a faith community made up of people from all walks of life, all ages, and a variety of religious beliefs. Bring your spouse, your children, your family - no matter what kind of family you have. We welcome and celebrate all people of every gender expression and affectional orientation.
Upcoming Worship Schedule
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May Contributions
Each week 25% of the undesignated cash offerings in the Sunday collection plate are donated to a worthwhile community organization chosen by the Social Responsibility Committee. For the month of May the recipient is Project R.E.A.C.H. Project R.E.A.C.H. (Reaching Every Adolescent to Create Hope) is dedicated to providing services that empower youth ages 13 to 21 to make choices in the best interest of their safety, well-being and future selves through intervention, education, case management, supportive counseling, and service linkages. Specific services are provided through their Shelter Services and Street Outreach Services. Project REACH’s Street Outreach Services, through the Women and Families Center, works with UU Meriden and Chrysalis to provide the weekly LGBT Teen Safe Space. Their expertise in working with the teens in the surrounding communities has been an immeasurable help with getting this project started and continuing.
Beginning with our September services you can now read a copy of
most of our services here on the website, and beginning with the October services you can listen to a recording of the sermon. GO TO THE SERMON PAGE
May 5th
“Shared Ministry - The Language of Committment."
SERVICE LEADER: Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
“Being a generous person or family,” observes Unitarian Universalist minister Michael Durall, “is one of life’s great privileges.” How does this play out in the ministry we share, a ministry of moving beyond the confines of our individual selves into the spaciousness of expansive community whose motivating core is love? Love lived calls for commitment-commitment of time, talent, and treasure. Let’s explore what the language of commitment sounds like and feel like and how we can become fluent in this language newly understood.
SERVICE LEADER / Pulpit Guest: Matt Meyer
“Hope is a Lawyer, Not a Martyr"
May 12th
SERVICE LEADER: Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
“What's Spiritual?"
May 19th
May 26th
Memorial Day Service
-- "Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere."
-- "Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere."
SERVICE LEADER: Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
This service takes its title from a 1994 book, The Psychology of Hope: You Can Get Here from There, by C.R. Snyder. We will explore information from Snyder’s work as well as Jerome Groopman’s 2004 book, The Anatomy of Hope. Readings, affirmation, poetry, and recitation of contemporary quotes will engage the congregation. The opening words (#419) begin with: “Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life….” The choir’s closing hymn is “Gaudeamus Hodie,” which translates to “Let us rejoice this day.”
“To define the spiritual,” observed my mentor Victor Carpenter, “is like bottling fog.” Yet we hear again and again the proclamation, “I’m spiritual, not religious.” How tempted we are to nod knowingly. What exactly is spiritual? As amorphous as fog? As clear as the horizon on a sunny day? As high resolution as state of the art video technology is for our senses? To be continued.
These final words of the beloved tale of Margaret Wise Brown have offered children a tranquil segue into sleep for decades. On this Memorial Day Sunday, let’s contemplate segues into sleep and more for ourselves and for those whom we have loved and lost.
