We will consider the history of July 4th celebrations both personal and historical and reconsider just what independence means and for whom.
 
Our theme for July is “Awakening.”
 
The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
Albert Schweitzer
 
The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
Pema Chodron
 
Becoming awake involves seeing our confusion more clearly…. Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.
Chögyam Trungpa

We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us for services online this Sunday.  However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the service.  Please contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you.  Please request link before Sunday.

As we did last year, we will join the wider UU community in the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. This service will be streamed through our online Zoom meeting space, and we will still hold a Coffee Hour at the end to connect with and catch up with each other.
Recognizing the importance of shared ministry and the many innovative approaches to worship created by congregations during the pandemic, UUA President, Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick Gray, selected the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis to serve as worship leaders for this year's GA Sunday Morning Service.

UUCO is a welcoming congregation and invites you join us this Sunday for online services.  However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the service.  Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you.  Please request link before Sunday.

​As a community, we will view a live-streamed production offered by Meadville Lombard Theological School, of which our very own Gail Stratton is an alum. The sermon will be presented by Rev. Nancy Ladd, “who is an excellent speaker” according to Gail.
Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, Senior Minister of River Road UU Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, will preach on "Going to the Well of Living Waters," based on the Gospel of John 4:1-26. A special musical guest is Mark Miller, faculty at Drew Theological School, and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University.
Coffee Hour will follow the live-streamed service.

UUCO is a welcoming congregation and invites you to join us online this Sunday.  However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the service.  Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you.  Please request link before Sunday.

​“Play” is a universal concept, or at least it should be. Play transcends generations, and it often identifies and unites us as a community. Sarah Schnaithman will present three different aspects of play: individual, partner, and with a group. She will share some of her own stories of what play means to her and then she will invite others from the congregation, both young and wise alike, to contribute to a community conversation about what play means to them. 

UUCO is a welcoming congregation and invites you to join us for services this Sunday via zoom.  Unfortunately, we are unable to publish the link to the service.  Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you.  Please request link before Sunday.

Oxford treasure Rebecca Jernigan will join us to both tell some stories and to share the many ways story telling can enhance our sense of community.

UUCO is a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us for services this Sunday.  However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the service.  Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you.  Please request link before Sunday morning.

Rev. Gail Tapscott comes from a family of story tellers and writers. She has asked some family members who are working on Memoirs or family histories to share tidbits that may have universal appeal. Rev. Gail and her sister Melrose Buchanan will share some stories of the very different ways they remember their mother to honor this special day for Mothers everywhere. Tupelo attorney and fly fisherman Mike Tapscott who is now publishing stories of his fishing adventures will share his version of some favorite family stories. Our hope is to convince you to start mining your own families for the stories that you don’t want to lose.

UUCO is a welcoming congregation and we invite you to join us online for services this Sunday.  However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the service.  Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you.  Please request link before Sunday morning.