February 7, 2021

• Bill Mitchell
• Jen Jaksa
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Ron Willett
• football
• theology

Before the Super Bowl, on February 7, 2021, the service was “Theology of Football”! If you watch on YouTube, click on “Show more” to see the Order of Service.

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January 31, 2021

• Anna Fadden
• Emily Welch
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• coronavirus
• cosmos
• covid-19
• geology
• Great Unconformity
• imagination
• online worship
• time
• Time for All Ages
• Vishnu Schist

My sermon explores the meaning of time. The service features a special video with pieces by FCU artists (from the Arts Playshop of Niela Miller). If you watch on YouTube, click “show more” to see the order of service.

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January 24, 2021

• Karen Tucker-Barisano
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Jackie Clement
• awkwardness
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• imperfection
• online worship
• Time for All Ages

On January 24, 2021, our own FCU-member Rev. Jackie Clement delivered the sermon and led the service! If you watch on YouTube, click “show more” to see the Order of Service.

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January 17, 2021

• Araya Fast
• Caroline Marvin
• Martha Childs
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• The Radical King
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• imagination
• Martin Luther King
• online worship
• racism
• satyagraha
• Time for All Ages

Our annual MLK Sunday service. If you watch on YouTube, click “show more” to see the order of service.

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January 10, 2021

• Bill Duston
• Eric Semple
• Laura Semple
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• democracy
• election
• imagination
• insurrection
• online worship
• Time for All Ages

On January 10, 2021 we used the Soul Matters theme of “imagination” to look at what we are called to do after the January 6th attempted coup. If you watch on YouTube, click on “show more” to see the Order of Service.

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January 3, 2021

• Andy Leyenaar
• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Tatum Joy Hammer
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• death
• online worship
• remembrance
• Time for All Ages

It is a tradition of FCU to have a “Remembrance Sunday” on the first Sunday of the new year, remembering those we lost in the past year, as well as welcoming those who were born in the past year. We light candles to remember, and to welcome. The Deacons co-lead the service.

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December 27, 2020

• Andy Leyenaar
• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• online worship
• potpourri

It is a tradition of FCU to have a “Potpourri Service” the Sunday after Christmas, led by our Deacons. It is a casual service where participants have a chance to share a favorite reading or something they’ve written, or a story.

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December 24, 2020

• Andy Leyenaar
• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Gospel of Luke
• Gospel of Matthew
• Christmas
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• online worship

On December 24, 2020, we had a virtual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on the Zoom platform. If you watch on YouTube, click on “show more” to see the Order of Service.

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December 20, 2020

• Andy Leyenaar
• Carole Tillis
• Madelyn Hammer
• Martha Childs
• Meg Low
• Patti Sardella
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• online worship
• solstice
• stillness
• Time for All Ages
• Yule

On December 20, 2020, we had a special service in honor of the Winter Solstice and Yule. Normally this celebration takes place on the Saturday night before the solstice, but due to the pandemic we decided to have this for our Sunday morning offering instead. If you watch on Youtube, click “Show More” to see the Order of Service.

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December 13, 2020

• Cindy Malley
• Jen Jaksa
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• coronavirus
• covid-19
• Hanukkah
• Judaism
• online worship
• Time for All Ages

The online-only, live service on December 13 was “Hanukkah Light”. If you watch on Youtube, click “Show More” to see the Order of Service.

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