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Services start at 10:30 a.m.
Our services are also available live via Zoom. Please send a request to [email protected] for the link.
Feb. 1, 2026
Speaker – UU Rev Janet Onnie
Biography:
The Reverend Janet Onnie has supplied pulpits, trained congregations in Lay Pastoral Care, and facilitated workshops on organizational and leadership development and conflict management. She was named Minister Emerita of the Tri-County Unitarian Universalists (FL) and served first, as treasurer, then as president of the Florida Chapter of the UU Ministers Association. As a founder of and contributor to interfaith organizations she is a passionate advocate for social justice issues in cooperation with interfaith partners and allies and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and public forums. Rev. Onnie is semi-retired in Asheville, North Carolina. She recently completed service as the sabbatical minister to the Eugene, Oregon congregation, and continues to supply pulpits nationwide via Zoom.
Topic: Lessons from a Giant
Even though the future of our country seems uncertain, this is not the first time in human history that Empire has seemed to prevail. What can we learn from times when it looked like the powerful had an upper hand? How might we transform despondency to hope?
Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026
Speaker – UU Rev Scott Alexander
Biography:
Rev. Scott Alexander is a third-generation Wisconsin Unitarian Universalist with nearly 50 years of continuous ministry experience. He grew up in Racine and Port Washington/Belgium, earned his undergraduate degree from Lawrence University, a Master of Divinity from Starr King School for Ministry, and completed extensive Clinical Pastoral Education training. Ordained in 1974, he has served six full-time ministries across the Eastern U.S., including congregations in Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as national leadership roles with the Unitarian Universalist Association.
A respected author, teacher, and speaker, Rev. Alexander has written or edited five books on ministry, spirituality, and congregational life, and has taught homiletics at both Andover Newton and Meadville Lombard. He has been deeply involved in community service and social justice work, particularly in the fight against AIDS/HIV, hunger, and poverty, raising over $250,000 through charity bike rides and earning national recognition for his philanthropic efforts. He lives in Milwaukee and Sheboygan with his partner of 43 years, H. Collins Mikesell.
Topic: UUism: 99.9% Right!
The centuries old question of the proper interplay between science and religion takes on a new urgency in these complicated and troubling times. Do be with us as we explore together this important topic.
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026
Speaker – Joe Jencks
Biography:
Joe Jencks is a 25-year veteran of the international Folk circuit, an award-winning songwriter and a celebrated vocalist based in the Chicago area. He is known for his performances of musical beauty, social consciousness and spiritual exploration. Joe delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove and grit. Blending well-crafted instrumentals and vivid songwriting, Jencks serves it all up with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel. Co-founder of the harmony trio Brother Sun, Jencks has penned several #1 Folk-songs including the ever-relevant Lady of The Harbor. He has become a fan favorite throughout North America and beyond. Joe has performed and preached in over 200 Unitarian Universalist congregations in the US, Canada, and Ireland, and is also a dual US-Irish citizen. Jencks has also been a Cultural Ambassador with the US State Department.
For more info, please visit: www.joejencks.com.
Topic: Changeable & Changed
It is the work of transformation in the world and in ourselves – to be both changeable, and changed. To enter the world with a willingness to be open to new ideas and to evolve out thinking to meet the moment. But to be flexible in our thinking while remaining steadfast in our core principals can feel like a fine line to walk. And still, it is at the heart of meaningful transformational work to be able to do both. In this service, Joe Jencks helps us explore some measure of what it means to hold onto inspiration, to hold onto possibility, and to remain grounded in the process. To be changeable and changed is both a spiritual and pragmatic invitation.
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026
Speaker – Dr. Jeff Nall-Bradford
Biography:
Dr. Jeffrey Nall-Bradford is a husband, father, and civically engaged scholar and writer. Dr. Nall-Bradford is dedicated to connecting the wisdom of the humanities—from philosophy, history, and the arts—to the issues we face in our daily lives. He brings this mission to the courses he teaches for Florida Atlantic University and the University of Central Florida. His Substack newsletter, “Humanities in Revolt,” is read by more than 4,000 subscribers across 50 states and 97 countries. You can explore his work and subscribe at JeffreyNall dot Substack dot com.
Topic: What Would MLK Do? Lessons from Rev. King for Everyone,
from the Left, Right, and Center
From hyper-partisan politics, authoritarian overreach, to public violence, U.S. society has left many Americans frustrated and demoralized. In this talk, Dr. Jeffrey Nall-Bradford asks the question, “What would Martin Luther King do?” According to Nall, Rev. King’s philosophical and spiritual wisdom offers clarifying guidance to people across the political spectrum, from left, right, and middle. King reminds the left of the folly of resorting to violence and instructs the right that might-cannot-make right, nor can the othering of our human family be justified. For those in the political middle, Rev. King teaches that calling for “moderation” or splitting the difference between two opposing sides aren’t always the rational or ethical options. A “peace” premised on passivity and the preservation of an unjust status-quo, King made clear, was a false peace unworthy of the name. Though the present may seem bleak, Rev. King’s courageous and principled confrontation with injustice illuminates a pathway through the present darkness toward a just society rooted in love.
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