Past Services and Recordings
November 3, 2024
- A Celebration of All Souls
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: The ERUUF House Band (11:00 am); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
REMEMBER TO TURN CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR
Worship Theme: Repair
The 11:00 service is multi-generational.
Justice Sunday
From the Earth and the Universe we come.
To the Earth and the Universe we return.
On this Sunday we honor our ancestors in ritual and candle lighting. All are encouraged to bring a photograph or small object of remembrance as together we construct a community altar to honor ancestors we call forward from memory.
Sarah Rose Nordgren - Worship Associate (11:00 am)
October 27, 2024
- Gateway to Deeper Listening
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus (11:00); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
Worship Theme: Deep Listening
Generosity Sunday: Equity Before Birth
This morning we’ll explore the gifts we receive as we recognize when we are not only heard, but deeply listened to. How might such gifts contribute to our own ability to listen?
October 20, 2024
- CaringListening
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jim Lewis
- Music: Chalice Singers & Sunshine Kids; Pam DiLavore & Joyce Kurpiers – vocalists (11:00); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Judith Ann Lyon-Mitchell – Cantor (9:00 am); Pam DiLavore – Cantor (11:00 am)
Worship Theme: Deep Listening
Eno River Foundation Week
October 13, 2024
- Listening to Root Causes and Conditions
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett; Worship Participants: Glen Alfredson, John Chase, Julie Edmunds, Sara Terry, Peggy Schaeffer, Anne Tomalin
- Music: Eno River Singers; John Carmichael–Percussion (11:00); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
Worship Theme: Deep Listening
Eno River Fellowship Foundation Week
In September, a delegation of ERUUFians traveled to Honduras to listen and learn about root causes and conditions of Central American migration. This morning they’ll share with you the impact of their deep listening.
October 6, 2024
- The Urgency of Now
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett; Guest Speaker, Floyd McKissick, Jr.
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus and debut of the ERUUF House Band (11:00); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy – Music Director
Worship Theme: Deep Listening
Special Collection for Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief
Justice Sunday - Pride+ Action Group
In addition to his frequent presence at ERUUF on Sunday mornings, Floyd McKissick Jr is a former NC State Senator and currently serves on the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
Today he’ll share thoughts about the moral crossroads that are before us as we approach the upcoming elections and the implications of our decisions.
September 29, 2024
- Blessings for Pride
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
ONE MULTIGENERATIONAL SERVICE:
9:00-9:45 am
We invite people of all ages to join us for this multigenerational service, during which we’ll celebrate Durham Pride with blessings, songs, and a candle-lighting ritual. Afterward, anyone who wishes to do so is invited to join our ministers on Duke’s East Campus as we gather with other ERUUFians as participants in or observers of the Durham Pride Parade, which begins at 11:00 am and is hosted by the LGBTQ Center of Durham.
September 26, 2024
- Flowering Spirits: Multifaith Pride Vespers
- Worship Leader, Rev. Jim Lewis joined by other local clergy.
- Music: Triangle Gay Men's Chorus
Join us as we give our ancestors their flowers and hold the possibility for all queer folk who desire a deep and/or spiritual life.
Worship Associate: Lisa Jones
Participants:
Durham Congregations in Action
Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church
Won Buddhism Meditation Temple
September 22, 2024
- A Living Invitation
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jim Lewis
- Music: River Folk (11:00 am); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Judith Ann Lyon-Mitchell – Cantor (9:00 am); Joyce Kurpiers – Cantor (11:00 am)
Worship Associate: Jaye Vaughn
Dedication of the Religious Exploration Volunteers (11:00 am).
When we live into a practice of invitation, we create a welcoming today while transforming our spaces for a welcoming tomorrow.
September 15, 2024
- To Rest in the Grace of the World
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett, Rev. Deborah Cayer, Guest Preacher
- Music: Eno River Singers (11:00 am); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
Worship Associate: Joan Tilghman (11:00 am)
In troubled times it’s easy to forget that we’re part of the natural world, that in fact we’re held within a larger natural web of all there is. What happens when we intentionally remember?
Rev. Deborah Cayer served ERUUF from 2008 to 2022. She currently divides her time between Durham and New England. She keeps busy with extended family, travel, deep listening, and messy, undisciplined art projects.
September 8, 2024
- An Inviting Welcome
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus (11:00 am); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
TWO SERVICES BEGIN: 9:00 am (in person) and 11:00 am (in person and online)
Religious Exploration classes for children and youth begin.
September 1, 2024
- The Practice of Invitation
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Vocal Trio - Pam DiLavore, Kristi Chilton, Claudia Kaplan
Worship Associate: Lisa Jones
August 25, 2024
- Annual Ingathering
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus; Eno River Singers; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy – Music Director
We celebrate the beginning of a new program year with a multi-generational service during which we'll pour libations, reconnect with one another, hear the choirs, and celebrate through a ritual that marks the gathering of the waters of our lives into beloved community. It is customary to bring a small jar of water from a place you may have visited this summer or even from your home tap.
