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At the 2025 Auction, Dick Wiley purchased the rights to select a sermon topic for Rev. Nic. He chose the book Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono. Rev. Nic will plumb this classic text to see what wisdom and direction it can offer us as we continue into a new year together. 0:11 - Opening Words: "We Come Together Without Creed" by Rev. Maureen Killoran2:17 - Wonder Box: "Caps for Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina11:03 - Reflection: "A Larger Truth" by Chris Kevitt14:59 - Reading: Excerpt from "Six Thinking Hats" by Edward de Bono16:45 - Reading: Excerpt from Episode 7 of “We Can Do Hard Things,” a podcast by Glennon Doyle19:09 - Sermon: "There's A Cap For That" by Rev. Nic Cable

Service Description for January 4, 2026: As we ring in the New Year, we begin again in love the work of justice and of being the progressive religious community the world needs us to be. The Fire Communion service will help mark the beginning of our next chapter of shared ministry, where we will live into our strategic plan we call Imagine 2030. Come one and all as we rekindle a fire of commitment for the resilience, courage, and love we will need for whatever lies ahead. 0:11 - Opening Words: "Our Sacred Fire" by Rev. Elizabeth Harding2:34 - Wonder Box: "The Thing About Fear, The Thing About Fire" by Rev. Nic Cable7:59 - Reflection by Lin Montgomery11:03 - Reading: “Wasteland: on the California Wildfires” by Forrest Gander13:03 - Reading: "The History of Fire" by Linda Hogan14:04 - Sermon: "Dreaming of Ashes" bY Rev. Nic Cable

Every year, Rev. Nic leads a service that includes the mysterious Question Box. Those in attendance can submit any questions they want about subjects ranging from theology, history, ethics, politics, and personal curiosities, which Rev. Nic will collect during the service and answer during his sermon.0:04 - Opening Words: “Live the Questions” by Rainer Maria Rilke0:56 - Wonder Box: “What’s on the minds and hearts of our children?” by Rev. Nic CableQuestion Box Sermon11:47 - What do you see as a new challenge for UUCCI in 2026?13:25 - What is your favorite holiday cookie or dessert?13:45 - What do you want for Christmas?14:47 - Do you feel that organized religion has helped or hurt the world in the end?16:52 - If the UU church did not exist what type of church would you be involved with and would you still choose to be a minister?18:12 - Do you think giving churches tax exempt status is a violation of the separation of church and state?19:26 - Why do those who pursue absolute power do not understand or seem to care about the people or commitments they have to step on to get there?21:25 - Are you familiar with the concept of vertical and horizontal morality?23:06 - How do you define spirituality?24:21 - What do you think happens to you when you die?25:47 - Can one have a spiritual relationship with AI?27:03 - How do you stay so positive?27:43 - What is UUCCI’s position on Empty Bowls? 28:33 - What do you watch on a movie night?29:08 - Why do you want to run this church with hundreds of people?30:26 - Do you have time for pleasure reading?31:03 - What keeps your energy levels so lovingly high? What methods do you use to remain positive and genuine? What was your favorite thing to do as a child age 5-12?31:59 - What legacy do you hope to leave at UUCCI?33:03 - In today’s opening hymn, what is a “lover of leaving”?34:00 - What will change in your life and career when you complete the Doctor of Ministry degree?34:48 - Why does our fall into a fascist regime not seem to bother most people around us?

This service is from Sunday, August 17, 2025. Here is the description for the service:

It is sometimes easy to think that the most profound moments in our lives happen in our formative years as children and youth. However, we are in fact always "Coming of Age" throughout our lives. In fact, as we go further through life those thresholds of change are compounded by all of the accumulated transitions that happened earlier on the journey. As a community of all ages, we seek to be a space where we can all come of age, again and again, and support one another through it all.

William Blake suggested that "Joy and woe are woven fine. A clothing for the soul divine." In the turbulent times in which we are living, it is important to be among those who honor your joy and your woe, your happiness and your sorrow. For it is in that recognition of the "clothing" we wear that we come to honor the divine within each of us and foster an ethic of care for one another and the world. Rev. Nic will explore the sacred textile of our lives.

The theme for the 2025 General Assembly of the UUA was Meet the Moment. In every era, we must ask whether we were made for times such as these. Unitarian Universalists hold a bone-deep belief in our human capacity to rise to meet the needs of the day. However, this requires us to be deliberate in our reflection and action as individuals and a community. How might we prepare our hearts for the journey ahead? What will it take for us to truly "celebrate love and work for justice" in an increasingly polorized society and facing a more blatantly authoritarian adminstration? Rev. Nic will invite us to reflect and act in ways that help us to meet this moment together.

Charlie Wiles returns after many years to share insights from his interfaith journey. Charlie is the Director Emeritus for the Center of Interfaith Cooperation. He previously ran the Peace Learning Center. He will address identity, different faith communities, objectives, strategies and tactics for building interfaith relationships. We are honored to welcome Charlie back to UUCCI

Pet Sunday is a fun service where we celebrate our connection to animals both who live in our homes and in nature. We honor the interdependent web of all existence and will look to the special blessings pets play in making life meaningful and loving. Everyone is welcome to bring their pet (dog, cat, turtle, fish, snake, rat...) to the service. Rev. Nic will offer a special pet blessing for those who wish to participate.

Beacon Interfaith Dialogues are services that bring together Rev. Nic with a member of our interfaith community to engage in dialogue and shared learning. This Sunday, we welcome Srikanth Padmanhaban who has been a member of the Columbus community for over thirty years. He is one of the founders and leaders of the Hindu Society of Southern Indiana and was instrumental in constructing the Sri Ganesh Mandir (temple). Rev. Nic and Srikanth will discuss their faith journeys that started on opposite ends of the world, yet brought them together to foster interfaith community in the heartland of the United States.

Every year, Unitarian Universalists celebrated Flower Communion in which everyone is invited to bring a flower from their garden or the store. Rev. Nic will collect these flowers in a common space and everyone will be able to go home with a different flower symbolizing the beauty and diversity of our community and world. Join us as we retell the story of Czech Unitarian minister, Norbert Capek, and the Flower Communion.