For our second Sunday of Advent 2019, we will hear testimony from Church of the River's own Jim Lanier about his work with MICAH, the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope. Rev. Sam will then discuss when disruption is a necessary aspect of peace.

How can we all honor the complicated feelings that many of us feel during this time of year while still working to find something of value in the Holiday Season?

The lifelong spiritual journey that we are all on is not always easy or pretty. It is often difficult, demanding, and weird. How can we all support and encourage each other while on our separate journeys?

A very special guest sermon from Rylie Duke, a member of our youth group. Rylie will reflect on the nature of life changes and challenges and her journey toward Unitarian Universalism.

This was a very special collaborative service with our friends at the Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church. Revs Beth Lefever and Sam Teitel took turns preaching mini sermons related to the topic, Journeying Together.

Our congregation is a truly miraculous place in so many ways. Even as we may feel increasing concern about what is happening in our world, we can also look to our world for stories of resiliency and hope.

Joy and woe are woven fine, one of the hymns in Singing the Living Tradition tells us. So much of the pain of living comes from what we lose along the way — keys and internet passwords on the lighter days, relationships and loved ones on harder ones. This morning as we remember congregants who’ve died over the past year, we will seek wisdom and insight on grief and longing from sources old and new.

In this sermon, the title of which is a misquote of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Trust Thyself, Rev. Beth Lefever will be using Emerson to explore how to live life as fully as possible.

This is the second sermon in Horror Bible 2019! This week: What do we do with people who have done terrible things? And what do we do with the knowledge that the list of people who have done terrible things includes basically all of us?

This is the first sermon in Horror Bible 2019! This week: What was The Satanic Panic of the 1980's really about? And what does that have to do with us as Unitarian Universalists in 2019?