The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia

We believe that children are born inherently good and complete. Rather than needing to be cleansed of original sin, the child is given the freedom to discover their own spiritual/religious path as they grow. This ritual formally introduces our children to the community. This service will be multigenerational; children and youth will stay with their families for the whole service.

Rev. Lisa Bovee Kemper, Kelli Danaker, Tom Benjamin, Michael Adcock, Liam Estell, Regina Verow, Kathy Leonard

As Christ United Methodist Church and UUCC join together to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride month, we’ll consider the importance of brave and holy spaces that honor and welcome the full spectrum of human identity and expression.

Rev. Lisa Bovee Kemper, Rev. Angela Wells, Rev. Dr. Lydia Muñoz, Ching-Ju Cheng, Michael Adcock, Becky Reese, Greg Swirdovich, Judy Pittman, Jacquie Weinberg

Listen to stories from our Unitarian, Universalist, and UU histories: stories about how ordinary people showed up, in very different ways and in particular contexts, to side with love and show up for justice.

April Huff, Tina Horn, Melissa Affolter, Kathy Leonard, Jenny Bonilla, Lukas Bonilla, Stacy Huh, Kelli Danaker, Tom Benjamin (clarinet), Jim Stivers (guitar), Regina Verow, Lisa Marini, Alex Cauthen-Zach, Abby Hendrix

This Sunday, please bring a flower – from your garden, one you found growing wild, or store-bought – to share as part of our communal bouquet. Although the annual Flower Ceremony ritual is focused on flowers, it is also a celebration of human community – all the many stories we bring to this place. We’ll collect flowers at the front of Sanctuary C and then congregants will come forward later in the service and choose a flower different from the one they brought. If you forget to bring a flower, we will have extras. 

Rev. Lisa Bovee Kemper, Kelli Danaker, Tom Monroe, Tina Horn, Steve Parr

A sense of place is the foundation for our personal well being, ability to be a good neighbor, and to be citizens of our community in the world. Let’s reflect together about how our individual sense of place contributes to the common good.

Cynthia Marshall, Kelli Danaker, Michael Adcock, Regina Verow, Gabriel Hightower, Lorien Haavik

In the Christian tradition, Pentecost marks the moment when the Holy Spirit came down “like tongues of fire” and was revealed to many people, when previously it had only been known to the 12 disciples.  A small fire sits at the center of our flaming chalice symbol, and is an elemental representation of commitment and transformation.  What can we learn from the intangibles of “spirit” and “fire?” And how might we invite transformative power into our own lives?

Rev. Lisa Bovee Kemper, Kelli Danaker, Tom Monroe, Lorien Haavik, Michael Phillips

Join Rev. Lisa for an interactive worship service that will explore our varied experiences of welcome and belonging and feeling seen and unseen.

We are pleased to welcome back talented UUCC member Dave Lopes, who will offer some special music for us. Dave will sing and lead us in a well-known Bob Dylan song — and share another unique song by a musical group known as Fruition — out of Portland, Oregon.

Rev. Lisa Bovee Kemper, Michael Adcock, Dave Lopes, Betsy Osterman, Jen Siegal

Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate those who nurture, while we also acknowledge the varied experiences of being and having mothers. Join together at 10AM in a supportive environment on this holiday full of varied experiences and complex feelings.

For this Mother’s Day service, the choir offers a sweetly nostalgic song from 1938, “M-O-T-H-E-R”, as the introit. And for the morning’s anthem, we will repeat one of the most-appreciated pieces from our recent Earth-Day inspired music service, “For the Beauty of the Earth”.

Rev. Lisa Bovee Kemper, Kelli Danaker, Michael Adcock, The Chalice Choir, Renee Lau, Alex Cauthen-Zach, Steve Parr

May is a big month for Unitarian Universalist anniversaries. On May 2, 1819, William Ellery Channing’s Baltimore Sermon took the pejorative “Unitarian” and declared it a liberal faith. On May 12, 1961, the consolidation of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America created the Unitarian Universalist Association to which we belong today. Let’s explore this history and these anniversaries together.

This Sunday, we welcome guest French Horn player Kyle Pompei in worship.

Rev. Lisa Bovee Kemper, Kelli Danaker, Michael Adcock, Kyle Pompei, Lisa Marini, Jen Siegal

Join UUCC’s Chalice Choir for their annual Spring Music Service! This year’s music service will be an Earth-based worship experience, inspired by Earth Day on April 22. The Chalice Choir, Director of Music Ministries Michael Adcock, and Worship Associate Betsy Osterman in conjunction with the UUCC Climate Team, create a blended service of poems, readings, and music to honor our planet. Highlights include “Earth Song” by Frank Tichelli, an arrangement of “For the Beauty of the Earth” by John Rutter, and “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” by Dolly Parton – with Vickie Beck, soloist.

Michael Adcock, Chalice Choir, Chalice Singers, Vickie Beck, Tom Monroe, Betsy Osterman, Jill Cairns, Tim Lattimer, Trish Steinhilber, Chris Crandell