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First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus
Sunday Service Archives

Videos of our past Sunday Services can be found here and viewed at any time. Each Sunday’s service is livestreamed via Zoom on Sunday mornings at 10am and will be uploaded here (usually) within a few days of the service date.

Unless otherwise noted, services are led by Rev. Dr. Marian Stewart along with the ministry and music staff of First UU.

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Welcome to First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus' Sunday service. This summer we are visiting with other UU congregations through the Prairie Summer Worship Co-op, of which First UU is a member.

Today's Host Congregation: Unitarian Church of Lincoln

What I Know of Country
Rev. Oscar Sinclair

Listen, we need to talk,” to poet Richard Blanco writes of what he knows of country. In faith and in civic life, we have been confronted with the chasm between our highest aspirations and our lived history. As we move forward into this next season, how can we hold the tension between aspiration, history, and the present moment?

Rev. Oscar Sinclair has served the Unitarian Church of Lincoln since 2017. A graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland, Oscar holds a Masters of Divinity Degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC, where he is currently enrolled in the Doctorate of Ministry program. During the pandemic, Oscar and his spouse Stacie have enjoyed the challenge of keeping up with the combined enthusiasm of their three year old daughter and labrador retriever.

What I Know of Country - July 4, 2021

Welcome to First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus' Sunday service. This summer we are visiting with other UU congregations through the Prairie Summer Worship Co-op, of which First UU is a member.

Today's Host Congregation: Unitarian Church of Lincoln

What I Know of Country
Rev. Oscar Sinclair

Listen, we need to talk,” to poet Richard Blanco writes of what he knows of country. In faith and in civic life, we have been confronted with the chasm between our highest aspirations and our lived history. As we move forward into this next season, how can we hold the tension between aspiration, history, and the present moment?

Rev. Oscar Sinclair has served the Unitarian Church of Lincoln since 2017. A graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland, Oscar holds a Masters of Divinity Degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC, where he is currently enrolled in the Doctorate of Ministry program. During the pandemic, Oscar and his spouse Stacie have enjoyed the challenge of keeping up with the combined enthusiasm of their three year old daughter and labrador retriever.
Season of Endings and Beginnings - July 18, 2021

Welcome to First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus' Sunday service. This summer we are visiting with other UU congregations through the Prarie Summer Worship Co-Op, of which First UU is a member.

Today's Host Congregation: UU Fellowship of Manhattan, Kansas

Season of Endings and Beginnings
Rev. Jonalu Johnstone

The seasons of our lives bring continual endings and beginnings. We certainly are experiencing that now! The feelings swirl. The ups and downs of ending and beginning are real. And, in this particular time we have been assaulted by loss. How do we embrace the beginnings as we release what has been as we mourn the losses we have had?

Rev. Jonalu Johnstone has completed 28 years of ministry in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Kansas, culminating in six years of developmental ministry with the UU Fellowship of Manhattan. Originally from Virginia and shaped by growing up near the capital of the Confederacy, Jonalu has continually focused energy and advocacy on marginalized people. After today, she and her longtime partner Jane Powell start the new adventure of retirement.
Wait and See - First Unitarian Church of Omaha - July 25th, 2021

As we emerge from the pandemic, what will “the next normal” be like? How and how soon can we get there? Clues may come from a Taoist farmer, a prophetic sister, and a game of ping pong. “Wait and see, wait and see what a world there can be if we share, if we care, you and me” (#146).

Rev. Shari Woodbury seeks to create pathways for "the transforming power of love" to work in individual lives, in congregations, and beyond. This Iowa native previously served churches in Indiana and Texas, before being called home to the Midwest last summer by the First Unitarian Church of Omaha, Nebraska. Shari is sustained by music, meditation, hiking, and playing ping pong with her husband and tween.

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Event 501 at UUA General Assembly 2021

Sunday Morning Worship
All music included streamed with permission under WORSHIPcast license #7275.
Event 501 with ASL at UUA General Assembly 2021

Sunday Morning Worship with ASL
All music included streamed with permission under WORSHIPcast license #7275.
Living Waters - Meadville Lombard in the Pulpit - June 20th, 2021

Welcome to First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus' Sunday service. Today we are featuring a service prepared by Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago.

Living Waters
A special service offered by one of our UU seminaries, Meadville-Lombard in Chicago. The speaker will be Rev. Nancy McDonald-Ladd, MDiv ‘04, Senior Minister of River Road UU Congregation in Bethesda, MD, and special musical guest Mark Miller, faculty at Drew Theological School and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. This will be a worship service not to be missed. (Rev. Marian earned her M.Div. at Meadville.)
PRIDE: Then and Now - June 13th, 2021

Welcome to the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus' Sunday service. This morning we celebrate Pride with story, song, and hope. This is a moving service with special guest, the Rev. Dr. Mark Belletini.

PRIDE: Then and Now
Rev. Dr. Marian Stewart

June is PRIDE month! The Pride Rainbow alphabet keeps growing, including more people who identify themselves at varying points on the rainbow. In the early years, the alphabet was limited. LG. Then LGB. Then LGBT...LBBTQ... As identities have been recognized, our culture, language, and practices have changed as well. There is much to celebrate - and, as with all change, we have a long way to go. Let's take a look at the courage, bravery, and pride that lives on the rainbow.

Permissions:
"The Joke", words and music by Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth, and Tim Hanseroth; copyright Old No. 7, Warner-Tamerlane, et al, BMI/ASCAP. Permission to stream through CCS WorshipCast license.

"Turning it Over" by Meg Christian, copyright Thumbelina Music, BMI. Permission to stream through CCS WorshipCast license.

"Pink + White" by Christopher Breaux and Pharrell Williams, copyright Heavens Research, BMI. Permission to stream through CCS WorshipCast license.

"We Are a Gentle, Angry People, words and music by Holly Near. Permission to stream through OneLicense.
Can We Play Now? Bridging Ceremony - June 6th, 2021

Welcome to First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus' Sunday service. The monthly theme for June is Play - let's have some fun with it! In this service, we also celebrate seven graduating seniors in a ritual of bridging from youth to young adulthood.

Can We Play Now?
Rev. Dr. Marian Stewart

The best of childhood educators tell us kids of all ages need play in our lives. How might we use play to take the lessons of being apart and wrap it all up into big ideas of how we might come back together as a community?

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