Past Morning Services

Emergency Preparedness is vital knowledge, at home, work, and church. Being aware of your surroundings and knowing what to do in case of a medical or weather emergency or even a hostile situation can give you the confidence to save lives, including your own. We will discuss the various types of emergencies you may face here at church, what to do during those emergencies and what the EP Team is planning to make our gathering place safer for everyone.   View The Morning Program

Combining two near and dear Unitarian Universalist services, Earth Day and our flower communion, we ask everyone to bring at least one flower to share. Discussion will be on how plastic is not evil, but needs to be honored in what it offers to us as well as how we can rethink, renew, reduce, reuse, recycle, and upcycle!   Morning Program

In a world in which those in poverty and persons of color are much more likely to experience environmental injustice, what will it take to attain environmental justice and ensure that all persons have access to clean water, clean air, and nutritious food.   Morning Program

11:15 April 5 2026 – “Environmental Justice is Attainable” – -  Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies In a world in which those in poverty and persons of color are much more likely to experience environmental injustice, what will it take to attain environmental justice and ensure that all persons have access to clean water, clean air, and nutritious food. The Morning Program

Our democracy is at its weakest point since before the passage of the Voting Rights Act. We are currently characterized as a “flawed democracy” by the Economist Democracy Index, and we are in very real danger of becoming a failed democracy as we continue our fall into authoritarianism. What can be done to bring the dry bones of our democracy back to life?   The Morning Program

  This morning’s service is in our 5th Sunday format, even though it isn’t 5th Sunday. This format features a speaker, Walter Norris, who is a docent at the Dallas Holocaust Museum and will talk to us about visiting the museum,  followed by an activity - painting stones with names of children who died in the Holocaust for the Upstander Stone Project which will be returned to the project and included in the Holocaust Garden of Hope in Kingwood Texas. Stones have long been and continue to be used as historical grave markers; Jewish people bring small stones to leave on their loved ones’ gravesites, as stones are permanent (as opposed to flowers) and serve as a reminder that memories of our loved ones last [...]

  Robert Arnold is a man for the moment.  He provides eloquent, insightful, hopeful and sometimes angry analyses of the current state of our society.  He is 'a lot'.  Apart from his on-line presence, Arnold published a book of his essays and poetry in 2025.  You'll find his writing evocative, provocative, and aligned with UU principles. Download the Morning Program

In a universe with trillions of galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars, we should view our lives on this pale blue dot of a planet in a solar system on the edge of our galaxy with an appropriate amount of humility while embracing and treasuring the gift of experience that we all enjoy. What will it mean for us when we soon definitively discover that we are not alone and that the cosmos is teeming with life? We are not the center of the universe as so many past generations thought, but our lives and communities are nevertheless still important and possess inherent worth on this world that is our only home. The Morning Program