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Services

What to Expect

What to Expect

Each service contains instrumental and vocal music, a 15- to 20-minute message, a joys, sorrows and concerns ritual, an offering, a story relating to the message, and a period of meditation or prayer. The Sunday service begins at 9:00 a.m. and lasts 60 minutes, followed by a period where people may respond to the message of the day.  

 

Each service begins with the lighting of our flaming chalice, a distinctive symbol of UU.

The design originated during WWII as a symbol on documents given to refugees who fled without their identification papers.

 

NOTE: Participation via Zoom is provided, in-person attendance is a richer experience.  Please follow your own counsel on this.
(links available on the Home page).  

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Upcoming Sevices
Upcoming Sevices

Upcoming Services

​December

Spiritual Theme: Mystery.

 

Dec 1st, 9am

Opening to Mystery.

Rev. Kristina Spaude

The Christian season of Advent begins today, a season that celebrates "hopeful expectation."  We will reflect on the joys and importance of mystery in our daily living. We will also be celebrating all the members who have joined TriUU at our recent Nu to UU class!

 

Dec 8th, 9 am

In Praise of Mystery

Rev. Kristina Spaude

During these uncertain times, we may be finding ourselves uncomfortable with the unknown. But embracing the unknown, in the form of mystery, is a vital source of inspiration in our tradition. Let's wonder and celebrate together at the mysteries before us. This service will be another opportunity to ask Rev. Kristina the questions you might have about mystery in relationship with our faith. 

 

Dec 15, 9 am

Cultivating Paradise: A Gift Economy.

TriUU member Linda Starkweather

We’ve all heard the famous words of advice from Albert Einstein: "The world’s problems will not be solved by the same people who created them.” Or “We will not evolve past our current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.”  A Gift Economy might just be a creative and revolutionary way to survive what is coming and to change our ways of thinking about economics and the myth of scarcity.

 

Dec 22nd, 9 am

Starry Night.

Rev. Kristina Spaude

As the Winter Solstice approaches, we are taking time to celebrate the different gifts that winter brings, including the darkness.

 

Dec 24th: Service at 4 pm!

Mystery and Miracle

Rev. Kristina Spaude

Join us for this special service at 4 pm, when we celebrate Christmas Eve with a mix of contemporary readings and traditional carols. Together we will wonder at the mysteries and miracles of this day, that we will carry into our daily lives.

 

Dec 29th, 9 am

Home for the Holidays:  Christmas in Laos

Barbara Woodson

 

What is home?  Is it the safe or safest place?  When we leave home, are we doomed to spend our whole lives trying to get back there?  Barbara Woodson examines one Christmas she experienced in Vietnam in 1969 when she attempted to bring "home" to the GIs in Laos and Cambodia.

January

Spiritual Theme: Liberating Love.


Jan 5, 9 am

Love Liberates: Lessons from 'The Bear.

Rev. Kristina Spaude

 

Streaming on Hulu, "The Bear" is a show set in a restaurant kitchen that explores the awkward, painful, and at times freeing moments of being human. Many themes are addressed: belonging, family, layers of grief, and the something more that somehow makes it all worthwhile.


Jan 12, 9 am

Legacies of Love

Rev. Kristina Spaude

MLK Jr Day is Jan 20, which is also Inauguration Day this year. In this service, we'll explore some of our own UU heritages of love, and using these, we will talk about how we can work to bring into being the world we dream about. 

 

Jan 19, 9 am:

Getting to know you

Eileen McCabe,
 

Jan 26, 9 am

Keep on Loving Boldly

Rev. Kristina Spaude

It's Stewardship Sunday and we'll be celebrating TriUU! What is the call of this congregation as we look to the future? Together we'll consider our hopes for the coming year and the stories that can help guide us. 

Service Inspirations

Service Inspirations

Our worship services focus on a wide variety of religious, philosophical, personal, and social issues. Although each service is different, we gather weekly to consider, individually and collectively, that which we hold of highest worth. For some, it’s the community; for others, it’s the natural world; and for still for others, it’s a sense of some sort of something  beyond our imagination.

 

Our inspiration comes from a variety of sources: the wisdom of world religions, teachings from humanist and earth-centered traditions, words and deeds of prophetic people, and the direct experience of individuals.  


Our principal service is on Sundays at 9:00 a.m., at Tri-County Unitarian Universalist and also on zoom. Please see the Home page for details and links.

Where we’re located and how to get there.

Music & Choir

Tri-UU Choir Videos

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Music & Choir

We sing traditional hymns, gospel, folk tunes and more, in multi-part harmony. The Choir rehearsals will be set by our new director. Everyone who enjoys singing is encouraged to join! 

 

Here is a growing collection of Tri-UU choir videos: 

Most are performed by our former music director, Donna Kagan, and Tri-UU Choir members with music arrangements and editing by Frank Kelly.   Enjoy!

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And to hear any of nearly 100 Tri-UU hymn favorites, all with on-screen lyrics . . .
click here!

Past Services

Past Services

Videos of select past sermons are on our Facebook pageClick here  .

We have a Tri-UU YouTube Channel.   Everyone subscribe okay?

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