Sunday Services
Worship services at the Unitarian Church of Sharon are currently both in person and on Zoom. Our in-person services are mask-optional in a ventilated sanctuary.
Details of the upcoming Sunday service are posted at https://www.uusharon.org/oos/ by Saturday morning. If you’d like to attend virtually, navigate to this page on Sunday mornings and use the link below – or click the Watch Live button in the blue banner of this or the Home page.
10:30 am Worship Service From September through June we have a regular church service from 10:30 – 11:30 am which is followed by a time of fellowship. All ages are welcome at this service although we do have a service geared especially for families with children in grades 8 and under. See below for details. About once per month, we combine these two services into one 10:30 intergenerational service, usually for special occasions such as holidays and holy days.
10 a.m. Family Service Our interactive family worship services support parents and children in talking with one another about Unitarian Universalist values. We explore big topics and ask big questions. We make meaning through dialogue and are encouraged to continue the conversation beyond worship. Watch this space for upcoming topics.
UCS Zoom link for Sunday Worship services
For more information on Zoom scroll to next page.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
December 1
10:30 AM Intergenerational Worship: Gratitude and Hope Worship Committee chair Ellen Bordman will lead us in a “chalice circle” on the theme of gratitude and hope. Our chalice circles follow the usual format of our worship services, with time for reflection and sharing from those present instead of a full sermon. Lay-led service.
December 8
10:00 AM Family Worship: Wintercake We will enjoy the book Wintercake by Lynne Ray Perkins and we will reflect on happy accidents in our lives.
10:30 AM Worship: Moving from Grief to Justice In a world where devastation is palpable every day, it is often difficult not to default to despair and fear. Though this despair is so present, there is hope in letting yourself grieve. Join us in investigating the importance of not defaulting to fear and despair, but to find space to grieve and then move from grief to justice work, finding joy and wonder in it all, sustaining ourselves and our communities. Guest preacher: Rev. Jo Murphy.
Preacher Bio: Rev. Jo is the Executive Director for UU Mass Action and is busy mobilizing and organizing with the many UU Mass Action campaigns. She is also quite busy with her one year old daughter, Simone, and doing per diem work as a chaplain at Beth Israel. She loves liberation, dreaming, the ocean, and a fine roast chicken dinner
December 15
10:00 AM Family Worship: Getting Ready for Hanukkah Though Hanukkah doesn’t start till December 25 this year, we are going to take some time in family worship and in our World Blessings class to reflect on the meaning of this Jewish holiday.
10:30 AM Worship: The Sense of Wonder According to Albert Einstein, “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” But honestly, sometimes life is just… life. What practices can help us cultivate a sense of wonder in our everyday lives? Rev. Jolie preaching.
December 22
10:30 AM Intergenerational Worship: Revels, With a Twist! For decades, the children and youth of UCS have helped us reflect on the holidays and holy days of the winter season with a very special worship service we call Revels. This year we will do this through a participatory, no-rehearsal Nativity Pageant (fear not: we will have a narrator and a script!). We will also enjoy our traditional Santa Lucia ceremony, though with no current 8th graders in our program, there will be no candles on anyone’s heads this year. Rev. Jolie and our RE Program will lead worship today, with help from Meg Dussault and Rebecca Kinraide.
December 24
4 PM & 5:30 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All ages are welcome to this service in which we reflect on the meaning and message of Christmas as Unitarian Universalists. Carols, candles, Rev. Jolie preaching. Both services will be about 50 minutes long and is identical.
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