Archives: Services

An Intro to Widening the Circle

We will reflect on some of the gathered information that was presented at UUA General Assembly, and focus the bulk of our time introducing the report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change. This culmination of 3 years of work is a tone and culture-shifting document — driven to ask us to look forward.

Note: Below is new login information for our weekly worship services.

Please join us for worship service via Zoom at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82318384686?pwd=MjVXY2dIUGlDRGRubUJicE5KdWhlUT09
Password: 253
You can also listen on your phone by dialing 253-215-8782 with Webinar ID: 823 1838 4686 to hear the worship service.

UUA General Assembly Online Worship Service and TUUC Virtual Coffee Hour

UUA General Assembly Online Worship Service
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TUUC Virtual Coffee Hour
Sunday, June 28, 2020
10:00 a.m.

Log in to the worship service from our virtual UUA General Assembly! Connect directly to the worship service at 10:00 a.m. Pacific. The link to the online worship service and the order of service is here: https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2020/sunday-worship

Following the UUA General Assembly Worship Service, we will host a virtual coffee hour for members and friends to connect here:
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81771712652?pwd=ZEtaajZXcmI4cFlvZVBEeXdVR3E2Zz09
Meeting ID: 817 7171 2652
Password: 253
Coffee Hour will begin 15 minutes after the close of the worship service to allow time for a bio-break.

Annual Flower Service

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Send us a picture of you with some flowers!

Our online service will recognize the solstice and have our traditional flower service! While we won’t be exchanging flowers, we’ll see each other and hear the story. This celebration of our community, the longest day, and the abundance of late spring. Send your picture to Erien Babcock, Ministerial Intern, at ministerial.intern@tahomauu.com by Wednesday, June 17.

Please join us for worship service via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/581391656 .
You can also listen on your phone by dialing 253-215-8782 with Webinar ID: 581 391 656 to hear the worship service.

This worship service was rescheduled from a previously announced date.

No Justice, No Peace

The past few weeks have laid bare again the racial divides in this country. UU minister Karen Hutt preached a powerful sermon in Minneapolis on May 31. In service of lifting up Black voices, we’ll hear her sermon as the center of our worship.

“Challenging Conversations” message shared by Nancy Slocum, Director of Religious Exploration during the Sunday, June 14, 2020 “No Justice, No Peace” worship service.

You can also watch the recorded message by Rev. Karen Hutt of First Universalist Church of Minneapolis that was shared as part of our worship service.

Talking to Grief

As our time of isolation continues, we probably will experience grief: from the loss of face to face community, people we love who are dying, fractured relationships, all of it. We need a place to hold our grief. This service will offer some perspective and a brief ritual for acknowledging our losses.

Thresholds – Online Worship Service

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Late spring is always a time for changes. People who are in school change grades or graduate. We begin to transition to summer pursuits It’s a time to pause and recognize changes that have happened. This service will recognize our graduating high school seniors and celebrate our new members who have joined this year. We’ll offer a blessing to recently born Ira Gene Arnold. Matt Aspin, newly graduated, will stop in for a visit, too.

Online Worship Service Postponed for Sunday, May 17 – Blessing of the Animals

Due to a global outage of Zoom, this worship service is postponed until Sunday, May 24 at 10:30 a.m. See more details at this link.

Our companion animals are an important part of our families. They bring us love and company, perspective, and joy and laughter. (Laughing *with* them, that is.) We’ll celebrate our shared love in this service of blessing. Send a picture of your animal(s) along with their name(s) to Rev. Linda (minister@tahomauu.com) so we can all see them as we offer blessings.

Please join us for worship service via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/581391656 . 
You can also listen on your phone by dialing 253-215-8782 to hear the worship service.

What Gets Us Through

May 4th is the 50th anniversary of the shooting at Kent State University. Four students were killed by members of the National Guard. As we make our way through the time of pandemic, it may help to look at what we have done in the past to create meaning in the midst of hard times. A reflection from Rev. Barbara Childs who was there that day and who has returned every year will invite us into a reflection on meaning making by Rev. Linda.