Hybrid Worship Service - The Choice is Yours
We continue to broadcast our Worship Service via Zoom and are now offering a
Hybrid Service. Invitations to all services and other meetings will be sent via
the huu-activities list. If you are not subscribed to that list, please
contact office@huuweb.org
As we move forward from a Zoom only worship platform, it seems appropriate to bring everyone up to date on its purpose and progress.
The Mission of HUU states: "Our purpose is to support each other in our various inward journeys toward truth. We endeavor to do this in an atmosphere of mutual acceptance, openness, and friendship. Committed social action on behalf of the local and global communities will be a natural expression of this purpose."
The purpose of the Online/Hybrid Service is to maximize inclusion and access for all.
We all yearn for the way things used to be, however, we also must adapt to the times we are in. We are reaching people through Zoom who may never have considered HUU in the pre-COVID environment. Hopefully, all this good work by the Pandemic Task Force, Tech Team, Hybrid Task Force, Board and Worship Committee to make this happen will lead to even greater participation, access, and inclusion.
All are welcome in person and all are welcome online. The choice is yours.
If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to email those to office@huuweb.org and I well direct those to the responsible person(s).
After the service, we invite you to stay coffee and conversation in our Community Cafe. On the first Sunday of each month, we invite you to join us for potluck. Below is a list of upcoming sermon topics. You can read previous sermons from some of the speakers on our sermon archives page and on our Community Cafe blog.
Hybrid Worship Service
Starting at 10:30 AM
Led by the Worship Committee
November 3 - Kristen Barner will bring us this morning's message, Blessing of the Animals. We will show respect to our other animal species with Rev Kristen Barner delivering the message. Rev Barner has performed such a service for us once before Covid, but is also well known for performing an Animal Blessing service at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton each New Years Day. You are invited to bring any and all domesticated animals to church. Well mannered, quiet, smaller animals, collared or otherwise restrained, (aquariums are best for fish!) may be brought into the sanctuary during the service, but larger animals need to remain outside. Please be mindful that although some people enjoy a wild romp with a pet, for others it is frightening even to be in close proximity to such behavior. We will do our best to amplify the service so that those outside the building watching over their animals can hear Rev Barner's message. The service will dismiss ten to fifteen minutes earlier than usual to give Rev Barner time to give individual attention to the animals.
Potluck following the service.
November 10 - Rev Janet Onnie will bring us this morning's message, "Unitarian Universalists in Hard Places — Again"
November 17 - Rev Janet Onnie will bring us this morning's message, A Mind to Work.
November 24 - Join Merle Wenger for Giving Thanks.
December 1 - Tom Hook will bring us this mornings message.
Potluck following the service.
December 8 - Join us for Action Sunday.
December 15 - Rev Janet Onnie will bring us this morning's message.
December 22 - Bill Howe will deliver this mornings message Winter Solstice.
December 24 4PM - Join Rev Janet Onnie for our Christmas Eve service.
December 29 - Join us as we share Our Favorite Things.
Children's Religious Exploration 10:30-11:30 led by Paula Bennet.
For the latest sermons and events at HUU, visit our Community Cafe.
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