Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane

Our Mission: We join together to create an inspiring liberal religious home and to champion justice, diversity, and environmental stewardship in the wider world.

Services & Sermon Archive
 
May 19, 2013

Common Roots:
Social Justice as the Context for Religion


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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May 12, 2013

Todd's Search for Meaning:
My Personal Journey So Far


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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April 28, 2013

The Creation Spirituality of John Denver


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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On Sunday, April 28th, there will one, 90 minute service starting at 11 am.
This special service will explore Creation Spirituality through the life, work, and music of John Denver, and will include several live performances of his songs. Creation Spirituality is the name defrocked Catholic priest, Matthew Fox, gives to those ancient multicultural mystical traditions emphasizing the wonder of nature, care for the environment, and social justice. 

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Via Transformativa (mp3)Via Transformativa (wma)
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April 21, 2013

My One True Guide:
The Only Inerrant, Infallible, Authoritative Word


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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April 14, 2013

Why I am a Hedonist:
Following the Law of the Flesh


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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April 7, 2013

Japan's Tsunami Brings
Waves of Transformation

Bob Stilger, Guest Speaker

On April 7, our guest speaker is Bob Stilger. Bob's community development work started in Spokane and the Northwest, then for the past ten years the global south, and more recently Japan, where the triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami and radiation are becoming a spiritual and community journey to create transformation.

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March 31, 2013

Mission Possible:
This Message will Not Self-Destruct

Should You Choose to Accept It       


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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March 24, 2013

You’re Never too Young:
Teenagers Who Made History


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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March 17, 2013

Black is Beautiful:
Darkness, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Dark Skin


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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March 10, 2013

Our Hunger for Beauty — Our Hunger for Justice

Pat McCormick, Guest Speaker

On March 10, our guest speaker in the pulpit will be Pat McCormick. Pat has taught Christian Ethics at Gonzaga for nearly 20 years and speaks extensively on how God calls all believers to make peace, practice justice and tend to creation. His most recent book, “God’s Beauty: A Call to Justice” explores how the beauty of the just community, the neighbor, and the world call us out of ourselves and into community.


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March 3, 2013

The Ragged Individual:
Toward a New American Ethic


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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February 24, 2013

My First and Only "Star Trek Geek" Sermon:
Please indulge me just this once!

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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February 17, 2013

The Feminization of Frogs
and the Return of
Mother Nature

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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February 10, 2013
Annual Partner Church Sunday

Life-Changing Encounters*

Rev. Adél Nagy, Guest UU Minister

Rev. Adél Nagy is the visiting 2012—2013 Balazs Scholar from Transylvania. According to Rev Nagy, her sermon takes off from the following tableau: "You are on a trip and stop at a cafe on the highway and the place is packed. The only seat is at the counter where people are watching Fox News on a large screen TV on the wall. You hesitate a moment, then take a seat and are soon in conversation with the person next to you who is engrossed in the Fox News program. How do you have a real conversation with the person who may have a very different view of the world than you?"

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February 3, 2013

Survival of the Friendliest:
Cooperation and Fairness in Evolution


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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January 27, 2013

Environmental Justice

Patricia Jones
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Guest Speaker

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January 20, 2013

The Archetype of the Hanged Man:
Sticking Around to Work on Our Hang Ups


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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January 13, 2013

A Kinder, Gentler Nation:
Peace through Nonviolence


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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January 6, 2013

Requiem Service

Sara Edlin-Marlowe, Myrta Ladich,
Melissa Parker & Susan Virnig, Worship Leaders

Today UUCS member/lay leaders will honor people who have died
during the year 2012 and share a few of their words, their deeds, and their songs.
This is a salute and a “thank you” to individuals for having lived their lives.


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December 30, 2012

Resolution Revolution —
Reflections on the Creative Life


Lisa Conger, UUCS Member & Guest Speaker

Today UUCS hosts Lisa Conger in our pulpit.
Lisa has been a member of the UU Church of Spokane since 1989.
She is an artist and poet, and teaches creative writing to senior citizens
and reflective writing to first year medical students.

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December 23, 2012

Winter Holiday Pageant

UUCS Children & Youth

Single Service at 11 am

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December 16, 2012

Yes, Einstein. There is a Santa Claus

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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December 9, 2012

Unitarian Universalism and Philosophy:
The Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Reason,
and Aesthetics of our Faith


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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December 2, 2012

Religious but not Spiritual:
Grounding our Faith


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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November 25, 2012

Nones and the Not Religion:
Unitarian Universalism and the New Demographic
 

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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November 18, 2012

King Midas & the Queen of Death Valley:
Two Environmental Myths


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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November 11, 2012

Who is Calling Us? Church Beyond Theology

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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November 4, 2012

Standing on the Side of Life: 
Reflections on the Death Penalty

Victoria Thorpe, Guest Speaker

Victoria Thorpe, who has a sister on death row, is a co-chair
of the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane's Inland
Northwest Death Penalty Abolition Group. She is an artist, mother,
human rights activist, and the author of Cages, a moving true story
about her sister's harrowing journey through the U.S. death penalty system.
 

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October 28, 2012

The Presence of the Church and the Problem of God:
Do Either Really Exist?

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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October 21, 2012

The Art of Second Chances:
A Pragmatist’s View of Redemption

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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October 14, 2012

Gandhi on Drugs:
Nonviolence and the “Drug War”

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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October 7, 2012

Radio Rant:  How to Hear from the Heart

Venerable Thubton Chodrun, Guest Speaker

The Venerable Thubten Chodron, Abbess of Sravasti Abbey,
says establishing the abbey fulfilled a long-held vision —
to share the Buddha's teachings with Western sangha
and incorporate the best elements of Western society,
including gender equality and using technology, to spread
the Dharma. Ven. Chodron is an author of many books
and teaches around the world. Don’t miss this inspiring speaker!


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September 30, 2012

Aikido Living:
Practicing the Way of Harmony in Everyday Life

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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September 23, 2012

Conversation with Todd


Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

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September 16, 2012

Prophetic Drama:
The Ancient Art of Activism


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

Note: Our annual, multigenerational Water Service is today.
There are no Religious Education classes.

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September 9, 2012

The UU Identity Crisis:
Moving Beyond Our Denominational Adolescence


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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September 2, 2012

Spotted Goats, Picket Fences,
Polyester and Other Obvious Sins


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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August 26, 2012

Coming to Terms with Our Individuality

Kurt Olson, Guest UU Minister

Kurt Olson is a 26-year old ordained UU minister — and a man who “wears many hats.” He is chief copy editor of The Easterner (EWU’s student newspaper) and competed in the National Poetry Competition and Individual World Poetry Competition in 2009.  For three years Kurt was in the award-winning local band “Mon Cheri” and he states he is interested in trying to figure out how to be a peg in a world of square holes. Kurt is currently attending EWU to pursue a career as a high school English teacher.

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August 19, 2012

Dooming Doomsday:
From Paranoia to Progress


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister


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August 12, 2012

Horizontal Transcendentalism:
Outward not Upward


Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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August 5, 2012

Ex Nihilo: Grace, Wu Wei, Shabbat, & Other Ways
to Accomplish Everything by Doing Nothing

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

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July 29, 2012


Word Garden Poetry Service

UUCS Word Garden Poets, Guest Speakers



 
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July 22, 2012


Theories of Justice

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister

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July 15, 2012


Dumbed Down:
Reflections on Education in America

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister

One Service at 10 am
Religious Education 10 — 11:15 am

Special Congregational Meeting
to follow service

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July 8, 2012


Walking Brahman:
The Coming Cosmic Consciousness

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister

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July 1, 2012


The Three Faces of Freedom

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister

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June 24, 2012


37 Years of Sitting with the Dying:
Some Stories I'd Like to Tell You

Tess Taft, UUCS Member Guest Speaker

Tess Taft is an oncology stress management specialist and psychotherapist who has provided service to cancer patients and their loved ones in hospitals, cancer clinics, homes, nursing homes, hospices and private practice settings for 38 years.



 
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June 17, 2012


To Be or Not to Be:
The Creature that Questions Itself

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister

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June 10, 2012


Youth Sunday

Emma Wert, UUCS Sr Hi Guest Speaker
Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, Minister

Come celebrate our graduating Seniors!

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June 3, 2012

PRIDE Sunday

Beyond Tolerance:
Celebrating Our GBLTQ
Members & Mentors

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister

One Service at 10 am
Religious Education 10 — 11:15 am

Annual Congregational Meeting
to follow service

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May 27, 2012


Committed to Justice:
Organizing for Our Future

Carol Krawczyk, Guest Speaker

Carol Krawczyk is the lead organizer
for the Spokane Alliance.



 
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May 20, 2012


Journeys to Unitarian Universalism:
Stories from Three Members

Angie Dierdoff, Cindy Fine, Laurie Harris
UUCS Member Guest Speakers


 
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May 13, 2012


Crying Over Spilt Milk:
Visions of What Could Have Been
and What Can Be

Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, UUCS Minister


 
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May 6, 2012

Bloomsday Sunday

No Services


 
APRIL 29, 2012


Walking the Red Road

Agnes Broncheau, Guest Speaker

Agnes Broncheau
is of Colville & Nez Perce descent,
a long-time community activist,
a mother & a grandmother,
a student & a volunteer,
and a woman strongly committed
to her spiritual path.



 
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APRIL 22, 2012


Dark Energy:
If Enough Faith Can Move Mountains,
Can Enough Faith Restore Them?

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

Service music today by
emma's revolution

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APRIL 15, 2012


The Grapes of Shame:
The Plight of Immigrants
in Fiction and Real Life

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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APRIL 8, 2012


The History & Future
of Resurrection:
An Unorthodox Easter Sermon

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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APRIL 1, 2012


Comic Relief:
Laughter is the Best Medicine

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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New Member Ceremony
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MARCH 25, 2012


I’ll Meet You There:
Reflections on Rumi

Dr. Bill Miller, Guest Speaker


 
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MARCH 18, 2012


Stages of Openness:
Open Eyes, Open Minds,
Open Hearts, Open Hands,
Open Doors, Open Arms

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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MARCH 11, 2012


Todd’s Sermon on the Mount:
What’s that?
You said, “Amount?”  Oh, my bad;
Todd’s Sermon on the “Amount”

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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MARCH 4, 2012


The Virtue of Stupidity:
Risking Awkwardness in an
Upright (Uptight) Culture

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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FEBRUARY 26, 2012


Manichean Morality:
A Public Response to Jonathan Haidt’s
Discussion on the Moral Roots
of Liberals and Conservatives

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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FEBRUARY 19, 2012


A Light Before Dawn:
Progressive Faith in Our Time

Rev. Andy Burnette, Guest Minister

 
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FEBRUARY 12, 2012


The Sensual Way:
Science as Mysticism

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

 
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FEBRUARY 5, 2012


 

Wars of Word:
From Discussion to Dialogue

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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JANUARY 29, 2012


Praise for the Journey
UUCS Partner Church Team Members

Partner Church Sunday

 
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JANUARY 22, 2012


We are God’s Advocates for Justice

Rev. Paul Benz, Guest Speaker
Faith Action Network (FAN) Co-Director

 
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JANUARY 15, 2012


The Seven Billion Musketeers:
All for One and One for All

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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JANUARY 8, 2012


Get Smart:
The Myth of Redemptive Violence
and the Sanctity of Partnership

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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JANUARY 1, 2012


In the Beginning:
An Autobiography of the Universe

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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DECEMBER 25, 2011




10 am
Rudolph, Santa & the Red Scare:
We’re All on the Island of Misfit Toys

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

Single, Multigenerational Service;
No Religious Education Classes


 
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DECEMBER 24, 2011


6 pm
Cosmic Advent Service


Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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DECEMBER 18, 2011


9:15 am
What Child is This?

Doug Huigen, UUCS Member Speaker

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11 am
Would You Like to Hold the Baby?
Winter Holiday Children's Pageant

 
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DECEMBER 11, 2011


Not to Know Knowing:
An Introduction to San Juan de la Cruz

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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DECEMBER 4, 2011


Everything I Need to Know
I Learned in College:
Toward the Maturation of Morality

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

 
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NOVEMBER 27, 2011


Abraxan Service*

Sara Edlin-Marlowe & Cheryl Rohrig
UUCS Member Worship Leaders

* The Congregation of Abraxas was an order of UU ministers and lay people created for the purpose of liturgical renewal. “We believe the human enterprise and the health of our churches requires above all else the capacity and vehicles for genuine private and public worship. We want to renew liturgy in our lives so it will renew us and our society.”

Click here to learn more


 
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NOVEMBER 20, 2011


Fonzie’s Prayer:
The Discipline of Gratitude

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011


Invisible Ties that Bind:
Synchronicities, Extended Mind, Gravity,
Dark Matter and Other Ordinary Stuff"

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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New Member Ceremony
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NOVEMBER 6, 2011


"We Are the 99 Percent!"
Why Egalitarian Societies Fail and
Why This Time Might be Different

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Minister

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OCTOBER 30, 2011


"Embracing Your Inner Demon:
Possession Is 9/10ths of the Soul"


Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

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OCTOBER 23, 2011


"What Are You Afraid Of?"

Jeff Wasson, UUCS Member Guest Speaker

Guest Speaker Sunday

 
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OCTOBER 16, 2011

"The Sound of Peace:
Welcoming the Strangers Among Us
"

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

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OCTOBER 9, 2011

"Selfishness, Selflessness,
and Self Realization:
The Journey from other to Other
"

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

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OCTOBER 2, 2011

"Let Me Introduce You
to Some Friends of Mine…"

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

 
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2011


"If You Want to Walk on the Water,
You've Got to Get Out of the Boat"


Pastor Happy Watkins, Guest Speaker

Guest Speaker Sunday

 
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

"Being UU in an Age of Autism"

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

 
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

"Big Love:
A Little Bit Should
Go A Long Way"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

 
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AUGUST 28, 2011

"The Exciting Promise
of Humanism"

Fred Edwords, National Director
United Coalition of Reason

Guest Speaker Sunday

 
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SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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AUGUST 21, 2011

"From Person to Principle:
UU Theology in Terms of
Developmental Theory
"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

 
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AUGUST 14, 2011

"Prometheus & the Dragon:
The Difference Between Reflective
and Reflexive Thinking
"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

 
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AUGUST 7, 2011

"The Evolution of Indra:
Nonviolence as Recessive Meme
"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

Sermon Text

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

No audio available this week

 
 
JULY 31, 2011

"The Topmost Branch"

Word Garden Poets
Special Service


 
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SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JULY 24, 2011

"A Spirit on Fire:
Take Two Rumi’s and
Call Me in the Morning
"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JULY 17, 2011

"Bearing Life in the Necropolis:
Unitarian Universalism as an Alternative Lifestyle
"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

 
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JULY 10, 2011

"UU Worship
and the
Five W's"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

The Five W's:

What is it? Who Does it?
When does it Happen? Where does it Happen?
And, Why?


 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

Sermon Text

No sermon audio this week
due to technical difficulties.

 
 
JULY 3, 2011

"First and Foremost:
Unitarian Universalism
as an American
Mystical Tradition"

Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, Minister

 
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JUNE 26, 2011

The End of an Interim Ministry:
A Commemoration & Celebration

Please join us as we
honor the service & good work of
UUCS's Interim Minister,
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg

 
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Litany of Separation (insert)
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JUNE 19, 2011

"Religion in the Year 106 AE
(After Einstein)"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

 
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SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JUNE 12, 2011

"Heritage of PRIDE"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

UUCS is a recognized
UUA Welcoming Congregation.
ALL ARE WELCOME HERE

 
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SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JUNE 5, 2011

Youth Sunday Service
Join our UUCS Youth Today

 
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SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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MAY 29, 2011

"Be Memorable:
Find a Sense of Purpose"
Michael Hoffman, Guest Speaker

 
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SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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MAY 22, 2011

"Thinking Inside the Box"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

UUCS Annual Congregational Meeting
will follow the service.


 
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MAY 15, 2011

"The Love Lives of Porcupines"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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MAY 8, 2011

"Calling All the Children Home"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweb, Interim Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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APRIL 24, 2011

"Hope for the Flowers"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

 
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APRIL 17, 2011
Candidating Week



"Duuwy, Duuing, Duu:
A Call for Acts of Social Witness"
Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, UUCS Ministerial Candidate

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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APRIL 10, 2011
Candidating Week

"The Heyoka:
Going Against the Grain"
Rev. Todd Eklof, UUCS Ministerial Candidate

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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APRIL 3, 2011

"Passages"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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MARCH 27, 2011

"Above Us Only Sky"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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MARCH 20, 2011
STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY

"In the Land of Beginning Again"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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MARCH 13, 2011

"Spiritual Practice
and the Evening News"

Venerable Thubten Chodron, Guest Speaker

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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MARCH 6, 2011

"Spiritual Composting"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

"Two Stories:
Immigrants in America
"
Rev. Ken Jones, Guest Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

"Visions of Greatness"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

"What's Love Got to Do With It?"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Interim Minister

Special Collection: Odyssey Youth Center
Click here to learn about Odyssey


 
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SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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FEBRUARY 6, 2011

"Flight Risk"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JANUARY 30, 2011

Partner Church Sunday
Jerry and Julie Jose, UUCS Members

Special Collection: Partner Church
Click here to learn about our UUCS
Partner Church program


 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JANUARY 23, 2011

"Welcoming the Stranger"
Rev. Tracy Springberry, Guest Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JANUARY 16, 2011

"The King's Speech"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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JANUARY 9, 2011

"When You Fall Off a Horse..."
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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Special reading referenced
in January 9 sermon

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JANUARY 2, 2011

"The Old is Made New
and the New is Made Holy"

Rabbi David Kominsky, Guest Speaker

No sermon audio available
due to technical difficulties


Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

 
 
 
DECEMBER 26, 2010

"Instant Sermons"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

One service only at 11 am
No Religious Education

NOTE: "Instant Sermons" were interrupted by a false fire alarm. PART 1 is the pre-alarm session. PART 2 is the post-alarm session.

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

9:15 am
"The Last Temptation"

Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

11 am
Children's Christmas Pageant

 
Order of Service — 9:15 am
Order of Service — 11 am
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

"Festivus:
Why Religious Tolerance Isn't"

Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

"The Second Path"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

"Abraxan Service"
Sara Edlin Marlowe & Cheryl Rohrig
Worship Leaders

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

"Cranberry Relics"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

Special Collection Sunday
Crosswalk Homeless Shelter

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

"An Adventitious Occasion"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

 
Order of Service
New Member Joining Ceremony (insert)
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

"The Interim Life"
Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

"A Spiritual Connection to the Land"
Barry Moses, Spokane Tribal Member

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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OCTOBER 24, 2010

"The Van Gogh Café"
Rev. Keith Kron
UU Transitions Director

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

"Don't Just Do Something...
Stand There"

Rev. Hollis Bredeweg, Minister

 
Order of Service
SUUNday Focus Bulletin

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