Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington's Podcast

For the final week of November, Rev. Brian Chenowith brings us a message of gratitude. In line with a widely recognized American holiday tradition, we turn to the wisdom of indigenous peoples, this time listening to Australian voices. 

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This week's sermon addresses a misconception about Unitarian Universalism as a whole. Rev. Brian Chenowith speaks to what the principles mean to us, and how they are fundamentally different from dogmatic or creed based traditions. 

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For this week's sermon, Rev. Brian Chenowith celebrates his fifth year of ordination by sharing with us more information about how the process is traditionally handled, and how the Unitarian Universalist take on this faith tradition diverges from our larger Christian heritage. 

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For our service this week, our minister Rev. Brian Chenowith speaks on allowing ourselves to celebrate. The news of the president elect is a good thing, but over-indulging in that celebration is itself a folly. There is still much work to be done. 

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This week is the first week that our Rev. Brian Chenowith has returned from his small but much needed break. For this service he discusses what it was that he did with his time off, and also speaks to the work we will have to do looking at the election and beyond. Please, vote if you have not already. 

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For the month of October, our minister Rev. Brian Chenowith has been on a mini-sabbatical. This week we are joined by Lisa Jensen, who is a writer from Nicholasville KY. She shares with us her experiences of her long road with Corona Virus (COVID-19).  

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For the month of October, our minister Rev. Brian Chenowith is on a short break. Joining us this week is a guest minister, the Rev. Dr. Leah Schade. She has visited with us once before during this time of quarantine, and for this service she offered a subject matter near and dear to many people's hearts- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Other readings by Rachel Wade-Harper. 

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For the month of October, our minister Rev. Brian Chenowith is taking a mini-sabbatical. This week we are joined by Rev. Diana Hultgren, one of our community ministers. She brings us stories from her tribulations of keeping bees, and shows us what we can learn from these colonies. Also featured are Erika Emrick, Mya Wade-Harper, and Nathaniel Hocker who provide us with readings. 

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Starting off our October we have another special and favorite service for many UUs: the blessing of the animals. Our beloved Rev. Brian Chenowith is taking a mini-sabbatical for the month of October, and we will have a rotating cast of lovely guest speakers to fill in that space. This week we have a number of featured voices from our worship community, [in order of appearance] Stacey Stone (Director of Religious Exploration), Steve Conger(worship associate), Erin Stratton, Linda Combes, Rev. Diana Hultgren (One of our two community ministers who is available for pastoral care as noted in the episode), Nathan Hocker, and Sally McCord. 

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We begin this week's podcast with an acknowledgement of Yom Kippur. Featured is a performance by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, the Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City. The text is "Kol Nidre", an Aramaic recitation which precedes the evening service of Yom Kippur. Our podcast reflects this attitude of atonement, a difficult notion to achieve in these strange times. 

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