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NOVEMBER 2025 – Nurturing Gratitude

Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 10:30am

“Gratitude for Space at the Table: UUSC Guest at Your Table” Worship Service

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.

Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire /  Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario

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 10:30am

“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 10:30am

“New Member Ritual Worship Service”

Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario 

Sunday, December 14, 2025, at 10:30am

“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.

Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 10:30am

A Christmas “Unboxing Day” Worship Service

Let’s come together to celebrate and unwrap the gift of Christmas. Families with youths and young children are especially welcome to this service.

Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario / Judith Stein-Farrall

Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 6pm

“Winter Solstice Celebration Service”

Through songs, poems, stories, and more, we celebrate the longest night of the year and our hope for the returning light of the sun.

Worship Leaders: Mystic Grove

Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 7pm

“Blue Christmas Worship Service”

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.

Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire

Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at 6pm

“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 8:00pm

“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 10:30am

“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 10:30am

“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 10:30am

“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 5:30pm

“Ostara / Spring Equinox Celebration”

Worship Leaders: Mystic Grove CUUPs

Location: Gore Hall

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APRIL 2026

Friday, April 3, 2026, at 7:30pm

“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 10:30am

“Earth Day Worship Service”

Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie or Green Team

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MAY 2026

Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 5:30pm

“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 10:30am

“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 10:30am

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 10:30am

“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 10:30am

“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.