ERUUF Sermons & Readings

 

 To Work and To Love [24:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (214)

2008-08-31
Rev. Deborah Cayer with Worship Associate: Victoria Zula

Freud thought that human beings have two great needs, to work and to love. Is work then something we do to earn a living, or is it something more? How might our work contribute to what theologian Matthew Fox calls “The Great Work of the Universe”?

Rev. Cayer has recently joined the ERUUF ministerial staff as the Assistant Minister for Spiritual Development after twelve years as the minister at the Unitarian Church of Sharon, Massachusetts.

On the Podcast:

0:00-6:10 Reflection - Victoria Zula
6:11-24:03 Sermon – To Work and To Love - Rev Deborah Cayer

 

 Lessons From Katrina [25:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (135)

2008-08-24
Rev. Don Southworth with Worship Associate: Juanita Johnson

This week it will be three years since the natural, and political, disaster that was Katrina. We will reflect on the lessons we have learned and those we still need to learn with people who have been in the Gulf Coast helping make things better.

On the Podcast:

0:00-1:06 Lessons From the Frontlines - Rev. Southworth
1:07-6:26 Lessons - Phill Trainor
6:27-11:06 Lessons - Barbara Putney
11:07-15:21 Reflection - Juanita Johnson
15:22-25:03 Lessons From Katrina - Rev. Don Southworth

 

 "Preacher’s Surprise" [28:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (209)

2008-08-17
Rev. Don Southworth with Worship Associate: Christine Amabile

We return to two services for Don’s annual Preacher’s Surprise sermon.

On the Podcast:

0:00-3:25 Story for All Ages - Rev. Don Southworth
3:26-8:28 Reflection - Christine Amabile
8:29-28:10 Preacher’s Surprise - Rev. Don Southworth

 

 Hard Hats and Life Preservers [30:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (186)

2008-08-10
Claudia Frost with Worship Associate: Lesley Looper

Should the church be a place where people’s lives can change for the better in some fundamental way? Poet Anne Dillard said people should be given hard hats and life preservers when they come to church. What does she mean by this?  What is the meaning of membership at ERUUF? Our mission is to transform lives by building a free and inclusive covenantal religious community of spirit, service, justice and love. Are you ready?

On the Podcast:

0:00-4:58 Reflection – The Meaning of Membership - Lesley Looper
4:59-9:56 Reading – Why I Come to Church by A. Powell Davies, read by Rev. Deborah Cayer
9:57-30:50 Hard Hats and Life Preservers - Claudia Frost

 

 A Traveler's Field Guide to Unitarians and Universalists [23:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (202)

2008-08-03
Rev. Dr. Barry Whittemore with Worship Associate: Ross McKinney

To some people, Unitarians and Universalists are a bit like Confusing Fall Warblers – hard to tell them apart and do I really care. This handy field guide will ease proper identification and give insight into both the past and the future, which may make the present a little less confusing. Our guest preacher will be the Rev Dr. Barry Whittemore, former ERUUF Ministerial Intern, who serves Outlaw’s Ridge Universalist Church in Duplin County NC.

On the Podcast:

0:00-1:11 Intro of Rev Dr. Barry Whittemore - Claudia Frost
1:12-23:02 A Traveler’s Field Guide to Unitarians and Universalists - Rev. Dr. Barry Whittemore