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
January 4
10:00 AM Family Worship: Meditation, Sound, and Music
Our guests (see today’s 10:30 service description) will lead our children and families in a journey of meditation and sound at this special service to ring in the new year. Interactive, hands-on, healing vibrations for all ages.
10:30 AM Worship: Sound Healing Journey
Local holistic healer and friend of UCS Barbara Strassman will lead us in this special worship service, with help from our Five Points Cluster friend, Don Swanson of UU Braintree. During this immersive experience, we will be guided through a meditative journey using a variety of instruments. See further on in this newsletter for a full description. Rev. Jolie will assist in leading worship today.
January 11
10:00 AM Family Worship: Community Care
Today’s family service is inspired by several of our most recent question box questions. How can we help our friends and loved ones? What do we do when someone we love is having a hard time? How do we show it’s ok to ask for help?
10:30 AM Worship: Searching For Healing
Today’s worship is inspired in part by a book on Alzheimer’s caregiving by UU minister, Jade Angelica, which asks about the difference between finding cures and finding healing. While some of today’s sermon will relate specifically to the challenges faced by caregivers and patients with long-term or irreversible conditions, the matter of healing versus cure is larger than illness. How do we find hope and healing in a difficult world? Rev. Jolie preaching.
January 18
10:00 AM Family Worship: Freedom
Inspired by the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr, as well as another of our question box questions, we will dig into the topic of freedom. What does freedom look like or mean?
10:30 AM Worship: March On
It’s been almost 60 years since Dr. King delivered the 1966 Ware Lecture at the General Assembly of Unitarian Universalists, but the messages in this speech and in so many of his speeches still resonate. On the one hand, we may feel demoralized that the “three evils of society” that Dr. King often spoke about towards the end of his life – racism, poverty, and war – still haunt us today. On the other hand, we know we stand on the shoulders of giants and we march on.
January 25
10:00 AM Family Worship: TBD
We will have family worship this Sunday, and we’ll let you know what the topic is as soon as we can.
10:30 AM Worship: Guest Preacher Ylisse Bess
We will be led in worship today by Ylisse Bess (she/they), Board Certified Chaplain with experience in hospital and college chaplaincy. They will bring their passion for spiritual exploration, trauma support, and justice to our worship service. Rev. Jolie first met Chaplain Ylisse when they were students together at BU School of Theology. A service description and a full bio will be available closer to the date
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