Upcoming Worship Services
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NOVEMBER 2025 – Nurturing Gratitude
Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 5:30 pm
“Samhain Celebration”
Worship Leaders: Mystic Grove CUUPs
Location: Gore Hall
Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 10:30 am
“AI: Ought We To Be Grateful or Indignant?- A ‘Let’s Talk About Bruno’ Worship Series
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping our world—our work, our relationships, even our sense of what it means to be human. Is this a gift to be grateful for, or a force to approach with caution—or even indignation? As part of our “Let’s Talk About Bruno” series, where we face complex and often uncomfortable topics with honesty and curiosity, we’ll explore the promises and perils of AI. Join us as we ask not only what AI can do, but what it ought to do—and how we, as people of conscience and faith, might respond.
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 10:30am
“Gratitude For Space at The Table: UUSC Guest At Your Table Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
Guest at Your Table is the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s annual intergenerational program to raise awareness and support for critical human rights issues. Come let us have our awareness raised.
Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:30am
“Grace Enough for This Moment”
When life feels like too much—too heavy, too uncertain, too fast—grace has a way of finding us anyway. It may not take away the struggle, but it steadies the heart and opens space for serenity amid the storm. In this service, we’ll reflect on the quiet strength of grace: the kind that meets us when we fall short, holds us when life unravels,
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 10:30 am
“Grateful for the Opportunity to Give: A Thanksgiving Service”
Join us for our Thanksgiving service for another fresh and new rendition of “Stone Soup.
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario / Judith Stein-Farrall
Sunday, November 31, 2025 at 10:30am
Worship Leaders: Rev. Kierstin Homblette Allen / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
DECEMBER 2025 – Choosing Hope
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 10:30 am
“New Member Ritual Worship Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
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Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 10:30 am
“Holiday Pageant & Child Dedication Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
Together this Sunday, we remember the bright stars that light our sky. We will welcome young lives into our midst and promise to help support them on their journey. We will follow a young angel as they model our values of wonder and open minds as they investigate the great celebrations of this season and find what they need to find, just the right light for their corner of the sky.
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Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 10:30 am
A Christmas “Unboxing Day” Worship Service
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario / Judith Stein-Farrall
Let’s come together to celebrate and unwrap the gift of Christmas. Families with youths and young children are especially welcome to this service.
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Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 6:00 pm
“Winter Solstice Celebration Service”
Worship Leaders: Mystic Grove
Blurb: Through songs, poems, stories, and more, we celebrate the longest night of the year and our hope for the returning light of the sun.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 7 pm
“Blue Christmas Worship Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire
Come as you are to 1U’s Blue Christmas Service on zoom. We recognize that the holiday season can be a sad and difficult time for some. We want to acknowledge this and make room for it; for you, if this is your story. So, we invite you to come and be in a reflective space for the holding of your spirit without the trappings of commercialism. As so moved, we will sing, meditate, and reflect in a warm and supportive setting. Come co-create this supportive and loving space with us.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 6:00 pm
“Christmas Eve First Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly – Candelario /
Let’s come together and celebrate the Christmas holiday.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 8:00 pm
“Christmas Eve Second Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly – Candelario /
Let’s come together and celebrate the Christmas holiday.
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JANUARY 2026
Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 10:30 am
“Let Go, Get Grounded, Reach Out – Annual Stations Service” (Intergenerational)
Worship Leaders: Judith Stein-Farrall
Come, come as you are to a ritual for All Ages. So often in our lives, we rush headlong into the next thing on our to-do list. In this second service of the calendar year, let’s create sacred space with one another, slow down long enough to let go of that which no longer serves us, plant seeds of intention to grow in the new year, bless each other, and imagine ways we can reach out to continue to grow together.
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Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 5:30pm
“Imbolc Celebration”
Worship Leaders: Mystic Grove CUUPs
Location: Gore Hall
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FEBRUARY 2026
Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 10:30 am
“Animal Blessing Worship Service”
Worship Leaders: Judith Stein-Farrall /
Come and bring your furry beloveds with you. Let us all be in the presence of these wonderful creatures who bring so much love into our lives. Let us be thankful and grateful for that and for them. *Bring your pet(s) or a picture of them.
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Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 10:30am
“Sermon on the aMount”
Worship Leaders: TBA
It is time to recommit financially, as you are able, to our 1U community. Let us show up fully and intentionally for this community that gives so much to us.
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Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 10:30 am
“Fat Liberation” (Let’s Talk About Bruno Worship Service)
Worship Leaders: Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
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MARCH 2026
Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 5:30 pm
“Ostara / Spring Equinox Celebration”
Worship Leaders: Mystic Grove CUUPs
Location: Gore Hall
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APRIL 2026
Friday, April 3, 2026 at 7:30 pm
“Tenebrae Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
Tenebrae is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by gradual extinguishing of candles, and by a “strepitus” or “loud noise” taking place in total darkness near the end of the service.
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Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 10:30am
“Easter Worship Service“
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 10:30 am
“Earth Day Worship Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie or Green Team
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MAY 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 5:30 pm
“Beltane Ritual”
Worship Leaders: Mystic Grove CUUPs
Location: Gore Hall
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Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 10:30am
“The RE Service and Child Dedication”
Worship Leaders: Judith Stein-Farrall / RE Committee / Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
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Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 10:30 am
“New Member Ritual & Mother’s Day”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 10:30 am
Let’s Talk About Bruno Worship Service
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
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JUNE 2026
Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 10:30 am
“Flower Communion Worship Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
Come… Let us engage in our flower communion ritual in an intentional way and in the name of freedom in a time where that seems scarce. And don’t forget to bring flowers to commune with those that others bring.
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Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 10:30 am
“Volunteer Appreciation & Inverse Water Communion Service”
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario
Come be celebrated for all that you do and how you give freely. 1U doesn’t happen without you. So come and be celebrated.