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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.
Apr. 6, 2025
Speaker – Holly Alexander
Biography:
Holly joined NCUU shortly after moving to Florida in 2012. She was raised in the Congregational Church, a liberal Christian congregation similar to Universal Unitarianism. Born in St Louis, she has lived all over the country, south, north, east and west before moving to Wichita, Kansas for her career as a Clinical Microbiologist. (When people asked what she did for a living, she said “I had fun all day, and I got paid for it.”) After retiring she moved to Florida with her husband, Wayne, who died in 2020, two months before COVID changed everything. In Wichita, she started swimming for exercise, biking to go on a trip to France, and running so she could participate in triathlons. In Florida she added kayaking because of the wonderful opportunities in this area. She no longer runs or competes in triathlons, but she has added hiking because of the wonderful trails in this area. She is especially grateful for all the friends she has made here.
Topic: Cultivating Gratitude
In this difficult political time, it’s important for our mental health to find other ways of looking at the world. Gratitude starts with finding ways to appreciate goodness in situations, in people, in life. A simple “thank you” can create a ripple effect of positivity. We will explore the difference between “gratitude” and “thankfulness”, two terms that often are often used interchangeably. Studies have shown that thinking about gratitude and finding ways to express it has a number of health benefits and improves relationships.
Sunday, Apr. 13, 2025
Annual Meeting
Sunday, Apr. 20, 2025
Speaker – UU Rev Carole Yorke
Biography:
Rev Carole has been a minister for 27 years – all of those years in Florida. About 10 of those years have been in retirement (guest preaching all around), with yet another chapter opening up. She has moved to “North Florida” with her two Pomeranians.
Topic: All Dressed up with Nowhere to Go?
As Unitarian Universalists we find ourselves in an awkward place on this particular Sunday. Thousands of Christian congregations in America are spiritually united in celebrating the literal resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Even though both Unitarians and Universalists began as decidedly liberal Christian sects in early America, we have totally moved past the traditional Christian understanding of the resurrection—a few centuries ago. Let’s explore.
Sunday, Apr. 27, 2025
Speaker – UU Rev Steve Crump
Biography:
The Reverend Dr. Steve J. Crump is Minister Emeritus of the congregation of the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge. He holds religion and ministry degrees from the University of Chicago Divinity School and Meadville-Lombard Theological School, Chicago. He is an occasional guest host for a local public radio talk show in Baton Rouge.
Topic: Possibilities & Irreconcilables
We run into folk, perhaps on a regular basis, who just don’t get how we see current national politics, religion, and the world in general. In this era in which we are bombarded with a daily stream of facts and so-called “alternate facts,” what are we to do? First, we must try to understand the cultural moment in which we live. That’s difficult for all of us, young and old alike, because we are all living in the middle of it. We do not have the ability to foresee how this chapter will work out within a generation or two. But we have the ability to check trends, capture certain artifacts of history in our understanding, and be as wise as we can possible be. Thus, we are called to be faithful.
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