January 4, 2026
death
“Remembrance Service”
January 7, 2024
- Anna Fadden
- Cindy Malley
- Monica Pilman
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Thea Shapiro
- "I Live My Life in Widening Circles" (poem) by Rainer Maria Rilke
- death
- remembrance
- Time for All Ages
Our annual Remembrance Service, remembering those loved ones we lost in the last year, as well as babies born in the past year.
“Remembrance Service”
January 8, 2023
- Bill Duston
- Cindy Malley
- Karen Tucker-Barisano
- Monica Pilman
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Thea Shapiro
- afterlife
- death
- new life
- remembrance
- Time for All Ages
- Tree of Life
An annual tradition… we remember those we’ve lost in the past year and celebrate new life too.
“Dia de los Muertos”
October 30, 2022
- Peter Ersland
- Rev. Jackie Clement
- Thea Shapiro
- ancestors
- death
- Dia de los Muertos
- Native American
- Time for All Ages
FCU’s own (retired UU minister) Rev. Jackie Clement led a wonderful multigenerational service on “Dia de los Muertos” (“Day of the Dead”).
“Remembrance Sunday”
January 2, 2022
- Bill Duston
- Cindy Malley
- Martha Childs
- Monica Pilman
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Thea Shapiro
- afterlife
- death
- new life
- remembrance
- Time for All Ages
An annual tradition: on the first Sunday of the new year, we remember those we lost in the past year, and celebrate those born in the past year. Co-led by me (Rev. Lara) and the Deacons.
“Remembrance Sunday”
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.
“A Unitarian Universalist Look at the Afterlife”
November 1, 2020
- Emily Welch
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- afterlife
- coronavirus
- covid-19
- death
- mortality
- online worship
- Time for All Ages
We took a healing look at death and the afterlife from a UU perspective. Guest appearances by Carolyn McCreary and The Artemis Singers. If you watch on YouTube, click on “show more” to see the Order of Service.
“Web of Life”
January 5, 2020
“Remembrance Sunday” is an annual FCU tradition when we light Candles of Love and Memory to recall irreplaceable family and friends who died in the past year. We also light Candles of Hope and Joy to celebrate children dear to us who were born in the past year. This video shows the end of the service, where I share an excerpt from “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White and a brief sermon, “Web of Life”.