The Light on the Horizon (Christmas Eve)
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Sermon for Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016, by Reverend Kate R. Walker.
The Prophetic Imperative: Living the UU Social Gospel
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Sermon and service notes for Sunday, November 29th, lead by Mount Vernon Unitarian Church member, Betsy Yarrison
Betsy will share some of her experiences as a Unitarian teenager in Memphis during the years of the civil rights movement and, more recently, as a professor at the University of Baltimore, where last spring she found herself in a time warp – teaching through riots and fires and curfews and marches and thinking long and hard about what we have and haven’t accomplished in the fifty years since Selma.
This is a multi-generational service and suitable for all ages. Childcare will be provided.
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The Trial Never Ends – Rev. Dr. Kate Walker
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Lessons from Q, a favorite omnipotent being in Star Trek: The Next Generation. This topic comes from Gabe Chesney, the winner of the Sermon Auction.
The View From the Ground – Rev. Dr. Kate Walker
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Sermon for Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017, by the Reverend Kate R. Walker.
Oh great earth! Our Theme of the Month is Vision, so we look up from beneath the rocky layers to see what rituals, songs and stories support our life and love for this spinning beauty in space.
Touching Inward Springs
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Sermon for October 22, 2017 by the Reverend Betty Jo Middleton
Our speaker, the Reverend Betty Jo Middleton, asks the question “Why do people go to church anyway?” and shares her musings in response. Betty Jo was MVUC’s first Minister of Religious Education, serving from 1984 to 1990. She and her husband are long-time members of the congregation.
Unconditional Love – Rev. Dr. Kate Walker
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Sermon for May 14, 2017, by Rev. Dr. Kate Walker.
Even the misfit needs love and affirmation, so how do we push past our resistance to difference?
Watering the Roots of Life – Rev. Dr. Kate Walker
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This service celebrates our annual Gathering of the Waters ritual, which helps us look at how to nourish our soul and life itself.
What Can Islam Teach Us About Gratitude
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A Sermon for November 8, 2015 by the Rev. Kate R. Walker
No other faith is so feared and so misunderstood as Islam; yet gratitude, so deeply embedded in humanity, is also deeply embedded in Islam.
What Do 50 Other UU Congregations Tell Us About MVUC?
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Sermon for July 10, 2016, by MVUC member Bill Clontz.
“Over the past few years I have worked one-on-one with about 50 Unitarian Universalist congregations, and with a few dozen more in clusters or similar gatherings, and at General Assembly. Through that experience I have developed a short list of what makes a great, vibrant, congregation in which its members feel called and feel lucky to be a part of what they have. What are those traits and how many do we claim as our own at Mount Vernon Unitarian Church? Let’s find out.”
What Grounds Us in a Universe of Love? (Part One) – February 2016
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Our Theme of the Month for February is Love. In this two-part sermon we will look at how love intersects with morality and ethics, and what goes on in the brain’s chemical cooking process.
*Introit: MVUC Choir Standing on the Side of Love/One Love, Jason Shelton and Bob Marley
Chalice Lighting/Opening Words by Steve Dick
!Hymn: No 1024 When the Spirit Says Do
I Am a UU, and MVUC Is My Home by Linda Doyle
Music: When You Say Nothing at All, Don Schultz and Paul Overstreet, arr. Jon Schmidt
Sharing Our Gifts♡ The Frog Pond Early Learning Center
*Anthem: Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind, William Shakespeare and George Shearing
Sung Response: Hymn No 1029 Love Knocks and Waits for Us to Hear
Readings: Love Abundant by Patty Willis
Sermon: What Grounds Us in a Universe of Love? Part Two
Hymn No 1014 Standing on the Side of Love
Presented by Rev. Kate Walker February 7, 2016
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What Grounds Us in a Universe of Love? (Part Two) – February 2016
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Our Theme of the Month for February is Love. In this two-part sermon we will look at how love intersects with morality and ethics, and what goes on in the brain’s chemical cooking process.
Sermon for February 14, 2016 by Rev. Kate R. Walker
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What is the Truth Your Life Depends On?
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Sermon for March 20, 2016, by Rev. Kate R. Walker and the Stewardship Team
What is the truth that you believe you were put on earth to tell?
This is our Stewardship Sunday, a day upon which we celebrate truth, commitment, and generosity in community.
What Would Jesus Do? Radically Love You! – February 2016
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Presented by Rev. Kate Walker
February 28, 2016
This spring we are studying Christianity as part of our rotation of the world’s religions.
Chalice Lighting/Opening Words by John Cummins
Hymn No 23 Bring Many Names
I Am a UU, and MVUC Is My Home: Jim Burke
Reading: WWJD? by Patrick Murfin Name
Sermon: What Would Jesus Do? Radically Love You!
Hymn No 26 Holy, Holy, Holy
Extinguishing the Chalice (No 456)
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Where is the Religion in This Presidential Election?
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Sermon for August 14, 2016, by Mary Beth Matthews, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Mary Washington.
While We live – May 15 Second Service
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Sermon for May 15, 2016, by Rev. Phyllis Hubbell and Rev. John Manwell.
In his song, “When I’ve Gone,” the late protest singer Phil Ochs wrote of the many things he would not be able to do when he’s gone. Our guest preachers reflect on using each moment we have “while we live.”
Who Are We? Citizenship and Immigration in the U.S.
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Sermon for July 2, 2017 by Sarah Cade
Immigration and refugee issues are often in the news, but this area of law isn’t well understood. We look at the history of U.S. citizenship and immigration, from the Constitution to the present, and ask what it shows about who “we” are as a people.
Working Together For Our Earth
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Sermon for June 11, 2017 by the Reverend Dr. Kate R. Walker.
The Coming of Age class and Rev. Walker offer a worship service with an environmental call to action focused on climate change. We will celebrate our graduating youth in our annual Bridging Ceremony for 8th and 12th graders.
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