Please join us on Aug. 1, when Jennifer will read from W.E. Channing's sermon "Unitarian Christianity." (1819) This address is probably the single most important sermon in Unitarian history, and it was thought so at the  time too. William Ellery Channing (1780-1842), minister of the Federal Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, 1803-42, was a spokesman during the Unitarian controversy for those liberal—or Unitarian—churches within Massachusetts' Standing Order of churches. His Christian humanism inspired both religious and literary features of the Transcendentalist movement. An exemplar of Christian piety and a champion of human rights and dignity, he effectively fostered social reform in areas of free speech, education, peace, relief for the poor, and anti-slavery.

Sunday we will be meeting at Wilkes Family Central at Lincoln Heights. Directions are from the mid-town intersection in Wilkesboro. This is the intersection where Wilkesboro Blvd, Main Street and Oakwoods Rd all intersect. Traveling east through Wilkesboro, once you go thru the light and up the hill you are on East Main. Continue on for .9 of a mile from the intersection. Turn right at the Wilkes Family Central at Lincoln Heights sign. It's a yellow, red, black and white sign on a brick structure. Go .3 of a mile, through a residentilal area. You will see a gate and a drive that goes straight off the road, while the road turns to the left. There are at least 3 buildings that look to be part of this campus. As you dirve through the gates and down the hill you will see a parking lot on the right and the outdoor play area up against the building. Next is the building that we meet in, then another parking lot and another building. There are picnic tables at the corner of the building. Come in the brown doors. Go about half way down the hall to the Family Room, number 107 on the left.

Coffee and socializing at 10:00 AM

Childcare will be provided.

 For a sampling of recent sermons and programs, go to Sermon Archives above.

 
 Three practical ideals for getting through the day

1. Want what you have;

2. Do what you can; and

3. Be who you are.

From Forest Church's sermon, "How to Make the Most of Hard Times", see Sermon Archives  or click here.

"Our Liberal Faith" 

UU Faith is not a believe whatever you choose to believe faith, rather it is a faith in which each of us is free to believe what we are each compelled to believe based upon a free and disciplined search for truth…

Excerpt taken from UU Faith Sermon by D. Doreion Colter, see Sermon Archives "Our Liberal Faith".


 

Sundays  10 AM  coffee time and socializing
10:30 to 11:30   Morning Lay Led Service 
coffee and socializing also following the service

We currently do not have a permanet place to meet.  Rose Glen Village has asked us to find a new location.  Some of the residents were upset at our presence and since Rose Glen is their home, the director felt that she had to ask us to leave. 

We have some ideas that we are pursuing. If you have any suggestions, please contact Clyde Ingle at 973-7839.   We cannot afford to pay very much rent.  We need two rooms, one for the service and a smaller one for religious education for the kids (usually just 2 or 3).  We need restroom facilities.