Decoration Day, Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair, May 25, 2025
Release Date: 05/25/2025
Fire in Our Bones, Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair, August 3, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
What does it mean to be Unitarian Universalist in this moment? In an anxious age, it is not sufficient for us to retreat from the world into intellectual contemplation. Instead, our faith calls us to engage, fully, with our souls, each other, and the world around us.
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How Shall We Be Known? Unity's Act for the Earth Team, July 27, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
Alana Howey | Anna Newton | Lisa Burke Unity's Act for the Earth Community Outreach Ministry Team With chaos all around us, action grounded in spiritual practice can help us move forward. Anna Newton, Alana Howey, and Lisa Burke, members of Unity’s Act for the Earth Team, will share their approach to this work. This service begins with a reflection by Anna Newton which is followed by a collage of voices from members of Unity's Act for the Earth Team, and concludes with a refelction by Lisa Burke.
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Building Power to Meet the Moment, Rev. Terri Burnor, July 20, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
The question we need to be asking in our justice efforts is what are we building together, not what are we doing. Weaving relationships, growing capacity, grounding in our values — these are what build power and make a difference over the long-haul of change. Rev. Terri Burnor (she/her) is Executive Director of (the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance). She also serves the St. Croix Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Wisconsin as their quarter-time minister and has been a member at Unity Church since 2005. Terri is a lifelong Minnesotan who lives in St. Paul with her...
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Living in this Moment, Rev. Laura Smidzik, July 13, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
As the world around us changes at a rapid and discouraging pace, how do we keep ourselves grounded and continue to build resilience for the years ahead? What practices both spiritual and otherwise do we need to establish and maintain in order to continue to live lives of integrity, service, and joy?
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Pollinator Perennials: The Spiritual Practice of Noticing What You Notice, Peggy Lin, July 6, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
This sermon podcast begins with a reflection by Worship Associate Dick Buggs. Most summer Sundays, Peggy Lin can be found at "dirt church": digging around in the dirt in her home gardens. Called two winters ago by Act for the Earth to overwinter pollinator perennials, she hasn't looked back. This Sunday, she'll reflect on the spiritual practice of noticing what you notice and how that practice can shape your religious journey at Unity Church.
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Pride in Passing, Isaac Fried, June 29, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
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Prophets Speak Love, Rev. George Anastos, June 22, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
It is no secret that mainline churches are rapidly losing members. In fact, research shows that, religiously speaking, the only category where there is growth is among the "Nones" — those who have no church affiliation and don't want one. Yet Unity Church–Unitarian is growing. What are we doing that is different? What are we offering that people want to join with us? This sermon podcast from Rev. George Anastos begins with a reflection offered by Worship Associate Chris Russert.
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Folklore Fatherhood, Ari Giles and Veronica Nordeng DeVillez, June 15, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
This sermon podcast is a reflection on Father's Day through a series of stories by Worship Leader Ari Giles and Worship Associate Veronica Nordeng DeVillez. Find the whole service on our YouTube channel:
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This Joy That I Have, Rev. Lara Cowtan, June 8, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
At Rev. Lara Cowtan’s final worship service as Unity Church’s Minister of Congregational Care, we gather to reflect on her ministry in Saint Paul, to celebrate community and care, and to practice opening to what comes next. View the whole service on Unity's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/Cf2KCcHW0qk?si=vDNdJG5fIHqX3IlY
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Improv as Spiritual Practice, Rev. Meg Riley, June 1, 2025
Sunday Sermon Podcast
Meg Riley serves as co-moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association, the Chief Governance Officer of the Association. Come hear how the practice of improv has shaped her service, and become a spiritual practice. Watch the full service on our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/live/_RmTQBA4-GE
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Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer, as school graduations start and Unity Church moves to a single service on Sunday mornings. This morning we’ll explore the holiday’s origins as Decoration Day, a ritual of remembrance created in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
Complete Sunday services are on Unity's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/@unitychurchunitarian