May 4th International Sunday: Transylvanian Unitarians (or “Wait, I didn’t know we were related to VAMPIRES ! “ 
You can listen to the Rev. Eva Cameron and be inspired by the deep history of our Transylvanian Unitarian ‘cousins’ by clicking here.
This April 27th service had the Rev Eva Cameron and member Jim Paprocki exchanging views and responding to questions about what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist and a Christian. To listen to this service click here.
An April 20th Earth Day Celebration of our Mother Earth with all our hearts, minds and senses. Lots of music, stories and sing - alongs. To listen to this service click here.
During the April 13th service about the conflict in Northern Ireland and the efforts at reconciliation, Pam Hays did a children’s story time about conflict and resolution. To listen to the story click here.
Al & Pam gav a brief historical overview of how the conflict in Northern Ireland emerged and then presented a readers theater based on the reflections of people in adjoining Pretestant and Catholic communities about their efforts at working togehter. This presentation was done on Sunday April 13th. To listen to the service click here.
A very talented group of UUs and friends got together to entertain each other with songs and music and stories to raise funds and send 2 of our UU musicians to Unitarian Universalist Musician’s Network Conference in Boston.
The conference provides professional development and networking opportunities for Music Directors, Choir Directors, Church Musicians, and Composers of [...]
Silent Thunder ~~ Rev. Eva Cameron, Julie Fischer to hear this presentation about inspiration and science based on the book Silent Thunder click here.
Rev. Eva Cameron shares her experiences growing up as a “minority” in the community, and her views on liberation theology and the Rev. Wright’s sermons. This timely service looks at more then the “sound bites” which have been in the news about the Rev Wright and to the historical context of liberation [...]
Rev. Eva Cameron shares the story of Easter with the children on Easter Sunday. To listen to this Easter story click here.
Tim Purdum, explores the meaning of Palm Sunday from the point of view of a UU Christian. Where can UU’s find meaning in this story.To listen to this service click here.
March is Women’s History Month and UU Karen Impola looks at the contribution of some UU women from the past. To listen to this service click here.
The Director of Religious Education, Kathy Klink-Zeitz told the children a story about a famous Unitarian Universalist woman Dorthea Dix. To listen to this story click here.
This Sunday Service was presented by the Finance Committee. The subject of the sermon, by Mike Knapp, was The Generosity of Giving. This years the stewardship committee asked members and friends to bring their pledges to the service and they were collected during the service after a special meditation led by Mary Kay [...]
During the Stewardship Sunday Service we had a special treat, when 3 of our members sang an original song about their favorite UU things sung to the tune of a familiar song. To Listen to the song click here.
(to the tune of “My Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music).
“Interesting sermons and music and [...]
This service was a pulpit exchange. Pastor Susan Janzen is with the Cedar Falls Mennonite Church. She shared with us her experiences as a life long Mennonite and as a Pastor for the last 10 years. This is part of our “Shouting Over the Back of the Elephant” experience. To listen [...]
During this service we recognized some of our new members with a short ceremony. The service theme was an exploration on the theme of “love” using the tradition of valentines. To Listen to this creative exploration about this key element ( Love) of most religious faiths click here.
One of our members, a recently retired professor of geology looks at one of our UU Principles. To listen to this service click here.
We say we celebrate the inherent goodness in each person, but sometimes, when it comes right down to it, many of our interactions here at church have to do with business. What can we do to take the time to really sow our interest and care? To listen to this service click here.
In today’s service lay member Lara Martinsen-Burell introduced the concept of contact improvisational dance and shared some thoughts of her personal journey. To listen to this service click here.
During what has become annual event, members of the congregation had the opportunity to put questions for the Minister in a “Question Box” located in the fellowship hall for several weeks. During this service the Rev. Eva Cameron answered as many as she could. To listen to this service click here.
Drawing on the rich legacy of African American spiritual and gospel music, we explore the role that music played during the civil rights movement and how music can give us courage to continue our quest for social justice today.To listen to this service click here. Celeste Bembry and members of the UNI George Walker [...]
This celebration of our anniversary in the Cedar Valley begins with an original piano piece by one of our members. This celebration recalls Jan. 5, 1875 when the Universalist Church was established in Waterloo. Del Carpenter and Eva revisit an old Universalist sermon, old hymns and share a communion with the congregation using [...]
The Rev. Eva Cameron and Worship Associate John Miller lead the congregation in a service of carols, scripture and a modern tale. To listen to this sevice click here
Listen as members of the congregation preform a Christmas Pagent. Click here.
Service for All Ages Team. During the service which incorporates music, poetry, pagentry and ritual we examine what people across the nothern hemisphere have done through the ages to find light and hope at the darkest time of year. To listen to this service click here.
The darker side of the season, the things we or our children think we “want” for Christmas. Does our vision of the ‘perfect’ Christmas never turn out exactly as we dreamed - this side of longing. To listen to this service click here.
Sometimes our sense of health, of purpose, of interconnectedness can only be born when we deeply examine our lives - what we have been given. In this season of anticipation of a great event, let’s begin by taking a look at our spiritual birth. To listen to this service click here.
Contrary to the title, this is not about a system of religious beliefs or lack therof. To listen to this sermon about a faith stance we share and that is useable by anyone click here.
The Rev. Eva Cameron each year at the Treats and Talents Auction offers a sermon based on a book. To listen to this years sermon on”The Life of Pi” Click here.
This is the part of the Sunday Service where the newest members of this Unitarian Universalist Congregation were welcomed into the society. To listen to the ceremony click here.
At this special Sunday Service 3 persons were commissioned as Lay Ministers. The Rev. Eva Cameron discusses the different titles used for the leader of a religious congregation and each of the new Lay Ministers takes an opportunity to share with the congregation. To listen to this service click here.
We set aside this day to join with each other in honoring our larger movement. The theme is “Now is the Time”. Now is the time for growing our faith. Now is the time to reach out, with our unique message of how precious each and every body, each and every culture, [...]
Gandhi’s vision of creating change - large institutional, political change - altered the world. Not just in his lown life’s work, but in the vision he gave to the whole world. To listen to this celebration of Gandhi’s life click here. Hari Shankar also shares his story of his childhood in India [...]
Karen Impola and Deblyn Russell. Fall leaves, crisp apples, and woolen sweaters…this is what fall means to some. What does it mean spiritually? The service for all ages team led us in a celebration of fall. To listen to this service click here.
Judy Harrington and the Rev. Eva Cameron shared with us some of the Jewish thoughts and practices about Yom Kippur this special Day of Atonement. To listen to this service click here.
A line by E.B. White caught Eva’s eye, and made her think about the many times we are trapped between our many goals and dreams for life. To listen to this sedrvice about the exploration about seeking balance in our desire to save the world and to savor the world click here.
This Labor Day Service by Rev. Eva Cameron and Worship Associate Del Carpenter honors those who labor on our behalf. This was a chapel service followed by the singing of some traditional labor songs. Our annual work party and pot luck picnic followed the service. To listen to the service click here.
An end of summer service where attendees bring a vial of water that represents some thing or some place meaningful to them from the summer. To listen to this service click here.
Thoughts on this year’s Spiritual Theme. The Rev. Eva Cameron shares thoughts about this years theme which is based on the ancient Hindu story of the blind man and the elephant. To listen to this service click here.
In honor of Father’s Day, Sean McNally shares some thoughts on being a son and being a father in today’s society. To hear this service click here.
The Sass! Trio join us for a service on music that is sad, or “blue”, and why it can sometimes make us feel so GOOD: and also on humorous songs that make us laugh about things that we don’t usually consider funny. Guest presenters are the Sass! Trio ( Songwriters Sandy Andina and Susan [...]
Religion often speaks in terms of ‘refuge’, From Wildlife Refuges to taking Refuge in the Buddha, Eva will explore the significance of this concept in her life. To listen to this service click here.
Click here to hear this service of music, poetry and song put on by the Service for All Ages Team and the Family Choir. After the song the entire congregation went outside to tour the grounds and view the gardens.
The business meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk County. To listen to the recorded session of the meeting click here.
A special service for the UU youth that are moving on to adulthood, and to thank all the volunteers who helped with this years Religious Education of our UU youth. To listen to this service click here.
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Sue Wilson bid on a sermon preached from a book of her choice at the Treats & Talents action. She won a sermon, and picked the book “The Pickwick Papers” because she feels a strong resonance with the themes of the book in connecting with the world today. Come and hear Eva give her thoughts [...]
To listen to this service about Generousity and Stewardship click here.
Jim Paprocki and John Miller lead this lay service. To listen to this service click here.
Join the UU Youth as they show us around UUville. They have been inhabiting an imaginary private UU school and village where they make the rules. To Listen to the service click here.
After the UU Children present a Chinese New Year play, the Rev. Eva Cameron shared stories about New Year’s celebrations in China. To listen to this service click here.
The Rev. Eva Cameron shares what it means to be “called” to the ministry. To listen to this service click here.
Members of the Bahai faith were invited to our monthly First Friday potluck to share with us about their faith. To listen click here.
What messages and values are our children learning in this time? Is humankind progressing, or are we “going to hell in a hand-basket”? What might the future hold and what does that mean to us? To listen to this sermon click here.
An exploration of the connection/blending between a belief in God and a belief in technology. To listen to this service click here.
Rev. Eva Cameron shares her thoughts about the song “In Brokenness You Shine”. To listen to this service click here.
The Rev Eva Cameron takes us back over 100 years ago when the Rev Effie Jones was a Universalist Minister in Waterloo.
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A Christmas Eve service with the Rev Eva Cameron and John Miller. To listen to this service click here.
A service of music, with musical guests Bittersweet Christmas Band and the Cedar Valley Singers. To listen to this service click here.
Sermon preached by Rev. Eva Cameron, with contribution by Del Carpenter, Worship Associate
Story for all Ages preceding Sermon
Many years ago, when I was a minister at another church, a kid asked me a question that I have always remembered. We were standing at Coffee Hour, and around us people were all munching on the [...]
by Rev. Eva Cameron and Jim Paprocki, Worship Associate
The whole idea of preaching this sermon started last summer, when I visited my old childhood home of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Some of you may have heard of Yellow Springs; it’s the home of Antioch College, which is a pretty radical campus. I lived there from 1967 [...]
This is one of our first Friday celebrations. On
the first friday of each month we have a pot-
luck and a celebration. This month we explored
the celebration by the Catholics of Our Lady of
Guadelupe.
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The Rev Eva Cameron answers questions placed
in the question box.
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A collection of thoughts and ideas by the congregational members who took the 5-week class. Click here to listen to the service.
This service was a collection of thoughts and ideas by the congregational members who took the 5-week class, Articulating Your UU Faith. The text for this service is not included in this [...]
A sermon about Harold Kushner’s book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. To listen to this service click here.
The text of the sermon begins here..
Today I will speak to you about Harold Kushner’s book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Kushner’s motivation in writing this book was the spiritual journey that he [...]
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Albert Einstein said: “A hundred times every day, I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
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While at General Assembly this summer I visited the local river boat casino one evening. On the cab ride back to my hotel, the cab driver suddenly turned to me and asked, “So, just what is it that Unitarians Universalists believe?”
Exploring the relationship between repentance and preventation. To listen to this service click here
Sermon in Conversation Form by Rev. Eva Cameron and Del Carpenter, Worship Associate
Eva: Today’s sermon title comes from a sign I saw on a church one time. It read “Repentance is Good, but Prevention is Better.” This really got me to thinking: [...]
The Rev Eva Cameron reflects on the Gospel song, I’m Still Here.
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I love listening to the smooth sound of the gospel song I’m Still Here. The lyrics remind that even if we still are in the middle of something we’d rather not be in, there is a reason to [...]
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I want to read a very special prayer for you today. This prayer is usually called the Prayer of St. Francis. St. Francis didn’t actually write this prayer, but it was often printed on a bookmark with a picture of St. Francis on the other side, so people got [...]
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I begin with these words of Victor Frankl, who says: “The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”
To me, the term Radical Acceptance invites us to explore this ‘last of the human freedoms.’ It invites us to think about what [...]
Living lightly, an exploration with the Rev Eva Cameron
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An Easter service about moments of grace and glory in our lives.
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Prophets of old had it lucky, if you could call it that. God talked to them in dramatic ways, you can almost read all the exclamation points—burning bushes, stone tablets, visitation by angels—
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I have to CONFESS: before I said I’d preach this sermon, I really didn’t know that much about the topic of Confession. I got interested in it when I was visiting the Unitarians in the Khasi Hills of India, and I noticed that in their weekly Wednesday evening [...]
I had no idea that when I selected this topic to preach on, last fall, I’d be stepping into the middle of a media controversy regarding a recently launched TV show. Never having been all that trendy, I’m not entirely sure what to do with this sudden rush of trendiness!
Members of the congregation join the Rev. Eva Cameron in telling about their experiences with the Civil Rights struggles. To listen to this service click here.
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[The Minister sings twice:] “Where do we come from, who are we, where are we going to?” [Then slowly, descending & ascending]: “Where do we come from?”
On the 131st year of our presence in this community, it’s a great question to ask. Sometimes we get so busy hurrying along, [...]
My introductory words come from the Maccabees, verses 7-13:
1. “Alas! Why was I born to see this, the ruin of my people, the ruin
of the holy city, and to live there when it was given over to the
enemy, the sanctuary given over to aliens?”
8. “Her temple has become like a person without honor.”
9. “Her glorious [...]
A celebration of winter with music. To listen to the service click here
To listen to this service click here.
I want to read a very special prayer for you today. This prayer is usually called the Prayer of St. Francis. St. Francis didn’t actually write this prayer, but it was often printed on a bookmark with a picture of St. Francis on the other side, so people got [...]
(Opening Words, #633 in our Hymnal)
This past week, we entered the holy month of Ramadan, for those who follow Islam. It is hard for many of us to understand why anyone would want to fast for a month, and just exactly why someone would do this
Rev Eva Cameron and her family lived for awhile with the Unitarians in the Kashi Hills. In this service they share their experiences.
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On the occasion of the Dedication of our New Building Entry, I want to tell you 3 short stories. First, I must say, it’s great to go through the fun of a dedication without the difficulty of having to raise the money, talk with the architects, or hassle with the contractors.
As many of you know, I spent part of last summer in Cambridge, England participating in a seminar on The Seven Deadly Sins in the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages, which covers the thousand years between 500 and 1500, numerous religious and theological treatises, artwork, sermons, and literary texts dealt with the Seven Deadly [...]
Last year at this time, I was handing out copies of a book review I had written. The book was by Kenneth S. Deffeyes called Hubert’s Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage. M. King Hubbert was a geologist at Shell Oil who predicted in 1956 that U.S. oil production (in the lower 48 states) would [...]
The UU Youth help with a service around the theme of Pay it Forward.
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