Theme: Today is Palm Sunday. In the Christian tradition, this is an observance that begins Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter. On Palm Sunday, Jesus is welcomed into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, with people spreading palms before them as he arrives. By the end of the week, welcome has turned into condemnation, … Continue reading “Surrender” with Rev. Jen Raffensperger
Sermon transcript Sunday service begins at 11:00 am. Most people arrive by 10:45 am to greet each other and find seats in the sanctuary. Learn more about Visiting UUCR, including location and accessibility information.
Sermon Transcript: March 15, 2026 Sunday service begins at 11:00 am. Most people arrive by 10:45 am to greet each other and find seats in the sanctuary. Learn more about Visiting UUCR, including location and accessibility information.
The choir was joined by acclaimed clarinetist Mark Gallagher. Our “Sermon in Song” was a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Ten Songs of William Blake by Mark and Scotty. These miniature musical portraits express a range of human emotion through the eyes of childhood wonder and the bittersweet experiences of adulthood. Sunday service begins at … Continue reading “Songs of Innocence and Experience” Music Sunday with Scott Williamson
What do you do when the life you’d imagined for yourself is stuck in committee? Join us for the story of the UU Hysterical Society… The practical joke that accidentally turned into a 300-thousand-person UU community on Facebook. It’s a story of feeling lost, finding yourself, and UUism-outside-the-box with UUHS founder Liz James. Sunday service … Continue reading “Inherent Mirth and Dignity” with Liz James from the Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society and Rev. Jen
The single universal experience for humanity is death. Every culture and religion has their own approach – to the death of the body, to what happens to the spirit, and to what the work of grief asks of those of us who remain. Today, we’ll take a closer look at how humans deal with this … Continue reading “Memento Mori” with Rev. Jen Raffensperger
Sermon Transcript – February 15, 2026 Sunday service begins at 11:00 am. Most people arrive by 10:45 am to greet each other and find seats in the sanctuary. Learn more about Visiting UUCR, including location and accessibility information.
Immediately following this service, the membership was invited to stay and cast their vote on the proposal to call the Reverend Jen Raffensperger to Settled Ministry with UUCR. The motion carried with 98% approval. Sermon Transcript Sunday service begins at 11:00 am. Most people arrive by 10:45 am to greet each other and find seats … Continue reading “Not Unspectacular: On Relationship” with Rev. Jen Raffensperger
(No video) Sunday service begins at 11:00 am. Most people arrive by 10:45 am to greet each other and find seats in the sanctuary. Learn more about Visiting UUCR, including location and accessibility information.
(No video) Sunday service begins at 11:00 am. Most people arrive by 10:45 am to greet each other and find seats in the sanctuary. Learn more about Visiting UUCR, including location and accessibility information.
