Voter Suppression is an unacknowledged part of American history. Today's service will spotlight the history of voter suppression both nationally and locally and provide steps you can take to challenge these laws and practices. When We All Vote… All Voices are Heard. Music by Joshua Long and the Awake Singers.

This is my last sermon until August. I'm taking a month off to rest. In this message, I talk about compassion and these exciting and excruciating times we live in. There are days when things seem surreal. If you are A UU with only a little time, go to the 17:00 mark and listen to my message directly pointed toward Unitarian Universalism and our present/future. Enjoy.

Listen to Rev. John as he shares his theological underpinnings and why he feels EL is humanity's salvation.

In this message, Rev. John puts social and spiritual context on what is happening today with the pandemic. He discusses his understanding Gaia (Mother Earth), karma/dharma/sin, history, and the lesson(s) we must learn. Enjoy.

It's late getting posted but here is Rev. Anastassia Zinke's candidating sermon before she was voted in as UUCA's minister of equal standing with Rev. John

Sunday, April 19, 2020 10:00 am Service Surrender to the Earth Reverend Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister On this Sunday before Earth Day, we, like the earth, are taking time to pause, reflect on how to respond to the immediate global crisis. Although Earth is getting a break from human-made environmental abuses, it's only a matter of time before humans return to our habits. How can we help the earth - and all species survive and thrive for the near and long-term future?

In this message, Rev. John looks at the themes of Easter and the symbolic meanings to this celebration and shows how regeneration is a teaching of nature and not just from traditional religion.

Convert and reframe where you are today.

Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr.

Rev. John answers the question: What is a real man? In this sermon he will focus on an Oprah endorsed book, "You Throw Like a Girl" written by a former pro athlete, Don McPherson, who tells the story about his blind spots as a cis-gendered male athlete raised with many stereotypical biases. Rev. John will offer his comments as well as his own personal narrative about his growth and struggles around gender, race, and manhood. Reverend John T. Crestwell, Jr., Minister

Awake or Woke? Reverend Kathleen C. Rolenz, Interim Minister UUCA adopted the 8th Principle in April 2018 – a move which has called the entire congregation into a journey to counter racism and oppression. Building Beloved Community (BBC) created the 8th Principle Practice Series in response to this commitment with the hope that all 381 members of UUCA take the class at least once as part of waking up to the realities of racism and white supremacy. At the same time, we acknowledge that waking up from the slumber of whiteness can be awkward and painful for white people; and frustrating and exhausting for people of color. How might we – as members striving to build Beloved Community, together, move from being asleep to awake to woke? UUCA Choir will provide.