Unitarian Universalist Society Of Black Hawk County Sermons

Earth Day Festival Earth Day Festival Festival: Gardening With Gaia  ~~ Festival Sunday Team, Lynda Sutherland (WA) Join us for this Festival celebrating our Mother Earth. To Listen to this service click here. Advertisements

Community Gardening: Sprouting ~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Del Carpenter (WA) On this Sunday where we celebrate resurrections of all kinds and sorts, Rev. Eva will speak on the ‘art of pluckiness’. To listen to this service click here.

Some people seem to capture the public imagination. When leaders become Superstars, what does that mean for the cause(s) they promote?  To Listen to this service click here.        

~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Bill Chene (WA) Apparently I didn’t get the “timing” right on this one the first time around! A January blizzard kept us all at home. Part of planning a successful garden is figuring out what to plant when, when to start your seedlings, when to harvest. . .you need to understand the […]

Planting the Seeds of Modern Religion: The Long Shadow of Zarathustra ~~ Al Browne, Del Carpenter (WA) Do you teach Zoroastrianism to your children? If you practice any Abrahamic religion, you may be surprised to find that the answer is “yes”. This presentation describes how some of the core beliefs of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam […]

~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Maureen Murphy (WA)Each year at the annual Treats and Talents Auction, attendees have the chance to bid on a sermon to be based on a book of one’s choice. This year’s winner was Jan Gallagher, who chose the book Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver by Diane Ott Whealy, about the history of the […]

~~ Lynda Sutherland, Karen Impola (WA) Have you ever reached out to help someone, and received so much more in return than you ever gave? We’ll take a look at the book Tuesdays With Morrie, a poignant example of the power of relationship to bless and heal hearts. We explore ways in which the seeds of compassion […]

~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Lynda Sutherland (WA) Last month we explored our climate conditions; exploring what it’s like here in the Cedar Valley. This service is about authenticity, and accepting who we are, what we have to offer our world. Growing a strong community means starting from the ground up! To listen to this service click […]

 Stewardship Sunday ~ Stewardship Sunday ~~ Rev. Eva CameronOnce you’ve settled on what you are doing with your garden, the next step is commitment: you buy the seed. For our Iowa farmers, this can be many thousands of dollars, but also a commitment to what kind and variety of seed to choose. For the home […]

~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Karen Impola (WA)  One of the challenges of gardening is coming to terms with the idea that no matter how lovely the certain flower or fruit looks in the catalogue, if it is zoned for the deep south and you live in Iowa, it’s just not going to grow. Or if […]

~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Bill Chene (WA) This Sunday we continue to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy of living a life of purpose, as we explore how he used this tool to build a community of justice seekers. To Listen to this service click here.

Worship Associates Bill Chen and Del Carpenter bring us today’s message about how Dr. King and others in passive resistance movements displayed both courage and restraint in leading America’s civil rights movement. This will be the first of a two part series with Rev. Eva completing the message on the 19th.| To listen to this […]

Community Gardening: Remembering What Grandpa Taught Us ~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, John Miller (WA) Join us for our Anniversary Sunday communion, and a message about how we grow community as we remember those who have gone before us. To listen to this service click here.

Worship Associate Del Carpenter and Lay Minister John Miller presented this service regarding what is transient and permanent in UU beliefs.  To listen to this service click here.

  Once you’ve tucked your garden in bed, the winter darkens and you have to wait for the light. The advent season invites us to slow down and enjoy the anticipation. How can we use anticipation to help nurture and grow community?  To listen to this service click here. 

Community Gardening: Spirituality of Eating Community Gardening: Spirituality of Eating ~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Festival Sunday Team, John Miller (WA) Join us for our special Thanksgiving service. We will celebrate with the children for the beginning of the service. Then as they finish up in their classes, we’ll have a message about how eating can […]

~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Deblyn Russell (WA) A healthy community survives over the years if it figures out how to take the inexperienced and grow them into seasoned leaders.  As we live in our various communities, part of our personal challenge is to develop an increasing capacity to help lead our communities. How do we […]

An Alternate Look at the Book of Job  Lynn Brant, Del Carpenter (WA) The Book of Job raises the question, “If God is good and all-powerful, why is there evil in this world?”   Lynn believes the question arises out of an ancient cosmology and an elevated view of ourselves.    This talk  presents his thoughts on […]

Community Gardening: Saving the Seeds ~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, John Miller (WA)  An exploration on immortality and our compelling desire to leave our mark on the world.  To listen to this service click here.

~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Festival Sunday Team, Karen Impola (WA) Our annual service of remembrance. We honor those who are gone from our lives within the congregation and in our personal lives.  To listen to the service click here.