Past Services and Recordings
June 18, 2023
- Well Beyond Wordle
- Worship Leader: Rev. Alison Eskildsen
- Music: Judith Lyon-Mitchell, soloist
Popular word games, like “Wordle”, challenge players to find the right word in a limited number of tries. We Unitarian Universalists also struggle to find the right words in our limited time on Sunday mornings.
June 11, 2023
- Delight Amidst the Challenge
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jim Lewis
- Music: Kristi & Andren Chilton; Pam DiLavore – Vocals, Devin Chilton – Percussion and Ukelele; Kate Lewis – Pianist, Wendy Looker – Music Director
In the hard times, it can be difficult to connect to delight in our world. Why is it important to embrace those delights even as we may hold the challenges?
Generosity Sundays offer the ERUUF community to practice collective generosity by designating the collection plate offering to a local Durham nonprofit working for social justice in ways aligned to UU values. The recipient this Sunday will be The Durham Crisis Response Center.
June 4, 2023
- Choosing Delight
- Worship Leaders: Rev. Jim Lewis and CUUPS
- Music: Jewelsong; Kate Lewis - Pianist; Wendy Looker - Music Director
Eno River CUUPS will be leading the service, on the subject of “Choosing Delight.” As part of Covenant of UU Pagans, we see the earth as part of the sacred whole of life. By being present to the delights in our lives we can find energy and hope.
May 28, 2023
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett with Simon Kaplan - Worship Associate
- Music: Shape Note Shifters; Claudia Kaplan - Cantor; Kate Lewis - Pianist
It is said that "gratitude is the heart's memory"; our experiences of it can surface in both the praise and lamentations of life. This Sunday we will explore the depths and dimensions of gratitude and its value to us as a spiritual practice.
May 21, 2023
- Common Ground
- Worship Leaders: Rev. Jim Lewis and the Nontheist Group
- Music: Eno River Singers, Eric Thomas, Kate Lewis - Pianist, Wendy Looker - Music Director
Today ERUUF's newest sources group, Nontheists, will explore some of the reasons why nontheists might expend considerable amounts of their time, talent, and treasure supporting a community like ERUUF. After all, isn’t Unitarian Universalism a religion? And doesn’t religion mean you believe in god? And isn’t the very definition of a nontheist someone who doesn’t believe in god? Also on this Sunday, we will celebrate our Bridging High School Seniors as they cross the threshold into young adulthood.
May 14, 2023
- Finding A Path to Tomorrow
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jim Lewis and Coming of Age, Worship Leaders
- Music: Chalice Singers
ERUUF's Coming of Age Youth present their thoughts and beliefs in a service created by them. The Coming of Age youth have spent the year examining themselves, how they live, and what they believe and present this service as part of their journey with the ERUUF community.
May 7, 2023
- What If?
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus
This Sunday we widen our circle of beloved community by welcoming 38 new members. What if we understood this as an invitation to actively align our intentions with the new possibilities and creative potential their presence represents? What if we embraced it as an opportunity to recognize our interconnectedness with all of life, to open ourselves up to new ideas, experiences, and ways of being?
April 30, 2023
- Sabbath As Resistance
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Kidznotes
This week we'll explore the distinction between a pause for self-care and the sabbath rest in our 24/7, non-stop, go go go culture -- and why both are needed. We'll also recognize the end of Rev. Stacy Grove's tenure with us.
April 23, 2023
- It is Time Now: Earth Day 2023
- Worship Leaders: Rev. Jim Lewis and the Earth Justice Action Group
- Music: Sunshine Kids, Chalice Singers, and Jewelsong
As the Earth changes our society must undergo rapid transformation. Children, youth and adults all have a voice in how we perceive the challenges and respond in these times of disintegration and renewal.
April 16, 2023
- Spiritual Journey
- Worship Leader, Rev. Daniel Trollinger
- Music: Eno River Singers, Kate Lewis - Pianist, Wendy Looker - Music Director
Living life as a sacred journey is an invitation to open our eyes, hearts, and minds in new ways. It is a call to outward practice and inner reflection. This week over 50 people from ERUUF traveled on a pilgrimage to civil rights sites in Alabama as part of deepening the journey into the work of racial equity and inclusion. In story and song, we will explore the gifts of the spiritual journey.
Generosity Sundays offer the ERUUF community to practice collective generosity by designating the collection plate offering to a local Durham nonprofit working for social justice in ways aligned to UU values. The recipient this Sunday will be Senior PharmAssist.
April 9, 2023
- Easter Sunday
- Worship Leader, Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Eno River Singers, Kate Lewis - Pianist, Wendy Looker - Music Director
In this Sunday's multigenerational holiday celebrations, Rev. Stacy will sound the shofar in celebration of Passover, and we'll also share in a flower communion and end with a rousing congregational singing of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus in celebration of Easter. We invite all to bring a flower from your garden or elsewhere, and leave with the gift of someone else's flower.
April 2, 2023
- Life Hacks From the Buddha
- Minister Emeritus, Rev. Arvid Straube
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus
ERUUF's Minister Emeritus, the Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube, leads a service that explores the Buddha's great ancient wisdom which applies to modern-day life. Steve Seiberling, leader of our own Eno River Buddhist Community, will join him as Worship Associate.
