Standing on the Side of Love – Rev Eva Cameron

During this Chapel service the Rev Eva Cameron introduced us to this year’s theme, Standing on the Side of Love.  Which is also the denomination’s theme for the year.  To listen to this service click here.

HalfTime:Planning the Second Half of Your Life – Sean McNally

This chapel service was presented by member Sean McNally. To listen to the service click here.

Poetry Sunday – Rev. Eva Cameron

A Celebration of the lyrical voice of our hearts and souls.  The congregation was asked to bring a poem, one their own or by someone else to share.  To listen to this service click here.

Not Only a Fair Weather Faith – Jim Paprocki

Jim Paprocki’s talk comes from the book, “Not Only  a Fair Weather Faith” by the Rev. William Murry.  The intro includes a solo instrumental from one of the youth.  To listen to the service click here.

Summer Solstice Celebration

The summer solstice celebration was led by Al Hays.  Due to the weather the celebration was held indoors.  The podcast of the ceremony follows, but the last section where the congregation moves into the circle is not picked up well by the microphones and may be difficult to hear.  To listen click here.

Harvesting The Energy Through Sacred Dance

Harvesting the Energy Through Sacred Dance Join Deblyn Russell and Lara Martinsen-Burrell as they integrate breath and movement from different traditions.  To Listen click here

Feeling Crabby

March is supposed to “come in like a lion” but sometimes it seems to bring a lot more crabs than lions as we are all weary of winter weather.  What can we do with the upsets, angers and crabbiness we find popping up in our lives?
To listen to the opening words, chalice lighting, children’s story, [...]

Where Do My Passions Meet the World’s Deepest Needs?

Reflections On Postville.
Perry-O Sliwa brought us her ongoing story of intentional living and thoughtful action as she shared her story of thougts and vocation and her engagement with a family profoundly changed since the Postville Immigration raids.
To listen to the choir and then to Perry-O tell the children a story about the family click here.
To [...]

UU Christmas Pageant

The Service For All Ages Team , Rev. Eva , and others enacted the Christmas story with reflection on just what it all means from voices of UUs with differing theological points of view–funny, respectful, and inspiring.   To listen to the service click here.

Day of the Dead/All Souls Day

Attendees were asked to bring mementos or photos of loved one who were no longer with us to decorate the alter on this day as we honored the dead.  We shared stories and remembered those who helped shape our lives.  The family Choir sang, Al Hays shared some words from favorite poets and the Rev [...]

Yom Kippur – Rev. Eva Cameron

This is the time set aside in the Jewish calendar for reconnecting ourselves to others, to the world, to God. It is a time of reconciliation. Each year we follow the lead of this ancient tradition, and pause, reflect on our lives, and work towards at-one-ment yet again. Rev Eva Cameron, Bill [...]

Dare to Grow – Meditation from Service -Rev. Eva Cameron

To listen to the Time for Meditation and Journaling click here.

The Cruel Sea – Rev Eva Cameron

This Sermon was sold at the Annual Auction. Bob Robinson bought the Sermon and ask the Rev Eva Cameron to do the Sermon on the book “The Cruel Sea” a novel written out of World War II drawn out of the actual service in the Royal Navy by the Author. To listen to [...]

Earth Day: A Service for All Ages

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.

UU Prairie Home Entertainment Fundraiser – April 9 2008

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 [...]

Children’s Story – Easter Sunday – Rev. Eva Cameron

Rev. Eva Cameron shares the story of Easter with the children on Easter Sunday.  To listen to this Easter story click here.

Children’s Story – Dorthea Dix – Kathy Klink-Zeitz

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.

Stewardship Sunday – Finance Committee

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 [...]

My Favorite Things – Brittany,Sue & Coltan

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 [...]

Why I’m a Mennonite – Rev. Susan Janzen

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 [...]

Love – The Service For All Ages Team

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.

Christmas Pagent – Service for All Ages

Listen as members of the congregation preform a Christmas Pagent. Click here.

Midwinter Revels-Light in the Time of Darkness

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.

Longing – The Rev. Eva Cameron

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.

Looking Inside – Rev Eva Cameron

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.

New Member In-Gathering Nov 11th 2007

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.

Fall Equinox: A Service for All Ages

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.

Water Communion: A Service for All Ages

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.

Even UU’s Get the Blues – Karen Impola

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 [...]

Earth Day – Service For All Ages Team

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.

Annual Meeting – April 29, 2007

The business meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk County.  To listen to the recorded session of the meeting click here.

Celebration RE Youth

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.

Child Dedication April 2007

Click here to listen to this years Child Dedication

First Friday – Bahai Faith Celebration

Members of the Bahai faith were invited to our monthly First Friday potluck to share with us about their faith. To listen click here.

Our Lady of Guadelupe – First Friday Celebration

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.
To listen to this program click here

Midwinter Revels

A celebration of winter with  music. To listen to the service click here