Sunday Services
Worship services at the Unitarian Church of Sharon are currently both in person and on Zoom. Our in-person services are mask-optional in a ventilated sanctuary.
Details of the upcoming Sunday service are posted at https://www.uusharon.org/oos/ by Saturday morning. If you’d like to attend virtually, navigate to this page on Sunday mornings and use the link below – or click the Watch Live button in the blue banner of this or the Home page.
10:30 am Worship Service From September through June we have a regular church service from 10:30 – 11:30 am which is followed by a time of fellowship. All ages are welcome at this service although we do have a service geared especially for families with children in grades 8 and under. See below for details. About once per month, we combine these two services into one 10:30 intergenerational service, usually for special occasions such as holidays and holy days.
10 a.m. Family Service Our interactive family worship services support parents and children in talking with one another about Unitarian Universalist values. We explore big topics and ask big questions. We make meaning through dialogue and are encouraged to continue the conversation beyond worship. Watch this space for upcoming topics.
Meeting ID: 999 3466 3296
Password: 3652
UCS Zoom link for Sunday Worship services
For more information on Zoom scroll to next page.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
April 5
10:30 am Worship: Keep Rising
On this Easter Sunday, we will talk about the message of this most important Christian holiday and what meaning we can derive from it as Unitarian Universalists. How can we keep rising in difficult times, in our lives and in our world? No family service today; after a brief Time For All Ages, our children and youth will go outside for our annual Can Hunt. Join us for the PanWaff youth fundraising breakfast before worship today! Rev. Jolie preaching.
April 12
10:00 am Family Worship: What Is This Place?
Back in November we held a “Question Box” service, and several of the questions submitted were about our church. When was it founded? What was it like in the early days? What’s the point of this place anyway? We’ll get into these questions during family worship today.
10:30 am Worship: To Support One Another
Our sermon series on our mission statement continues with the line that is at the very core of our mission: to support one another. How do we do this? Why is being a support community so important to the spiritual life of our congregation? Rev. Jolie Olivetti preaching.
April 19
10:00 am Family Worship: The Story of Our Flaming Chalice
Do you know why we light a chalice at our UU worship services every week? During today’s service we will hear the story behind this symbol, and we will talk about why it still inspires us today.
10:30 am Worship: “Bending the Moral Arc – Lessons in UU History”
Guest Preacher Rev. Mark Harris
In January, I travelled to the island of St. John with my wife Andrea to preach for the local UU fellowship. While we were there, and about to take a walk to one of St. John’s beautiful beaches, my phone rang. It was a woman who received a grant from the charitable fund I administer, which provides help for retired clergy with serious financial needs. (Rev. Jolie is also on the Board of this group). The caller needed help, and we provided her with a grant. Sadly, the surgery we helped pay for failed. What lessons do we learn from failure?
Rev. Mark W. Harris is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister, who served three congregations in MA, most recently Watertown, where his ministry spanned 23 years, 1996-2019. Part of that time he served with his wife Andrea Greenwood in a co-ministry. Harris also served as Director of Information at the UUA. He is the father of four children and has taught and written extensively about UU History. Mark and Andrea live in Lowell. Rev. Jolie was the ninth and last intern that he supervised in Watertown.
April 26
10:00 am Family Worship: TBA
We will have our usual highly interactive family worship this morning, and we’ll let you know what the topic will be closer to the date.
10:30 am Worship: Keep Going, Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen, Guest Preacher
Stories, wisdom and tales on keeping going. Of course, there’s a lot to be said for the wisdom of quitting too but this morning we’re focused on how to keep going – from potty training to pilgrimage!
Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen co-directs the National Bail Fund Network with Community Justice Exchange. She is a Unitarian Universalist community minister affiliated at First Parish in Malden and part of the founding team of the Beyond Bond Fund in Boston.
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