Worship

Worship Ministry

Enter the Sanctuary on Sunday morning: the vibrancy and energy are contagious. Worship is where UUCF’s messages of love, inclusion, and welcoming start. And those messages and energy flow into all aspects of congregational life at UUCF. 

Sermon Videos & Podcasts

January 19, 2025 Worship Service

“Let Your Life Speak” – In person in the Sanctuary and via livestream at 10am.
Worship Leader: Senior Minister Rev. David A. Miller
Worship participants: Intern Minister Cara Fortner, Director of Family Ministries and Lifespan Faith Formation Diana Tycer, and Director of Music & Arts Laura Weiss
Music: Parker’s Arc Worship Band: Bob Carr, guitar; Munit Mesfin, vocals; Pete Rafle, bass; Jon Modell, drumset; Consuelo Sevilla, violin, Laura Weiss, keyboard
Religious Exploration: Ages 2-4 start in the Program Building, Room 7. Ages 5 through grade 12 start in the Sanctuary and then process to the Program Building for classes. Child care available in the Sanctuary Nursery.
Audiovisual Support: led by A/V Specialist 1 Ben Mellott, the team is made up of the following staff/volunteers: Dave Anderson, Bill Braband, Leigh Eggleston, Donny Emerick, Raina G., Tom Hettenhouser, and Mary Lareau.
Rebroadcasts: The service is rebroadcast on the livestreaming page on Sunday at 1 and 7pm and Monday and Tuesday at 7pm.

Order of Worship

  • Announcements Video

  • Music:
    Tryin’ Times by Roberta Flack. Performed by Parker’s Arc Worship Band

  • Welcome Song: You Are Welcome/Here Together by Laura Weiss/David Glasgow

  • Greeting: Senior Minister Rev. David A. Miller

  • Land Acknowledgement Prayer: Intern Minister Cara Fortner

  • Chalice Lighting

  • Hymn: We Rise by Batya Levine

  • Time for All Ages: Let The Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson, illustrated by Frank Morrison. Read by Director of Family Ministries and Lifespan Faith Formation Diana Tycer

  • Singing the Children to RE: We Send You on Your Way. Tune: Halle, Halle, Halle | Caribbean folk song

  • Prayer: Cara Fortner

  • Ritual of Candle Lighting

  • Song of Prayer: Sanctuary. Words: David Ruffin | Music: Randy Scruggs and John W. Thompson

  • Offering Introduction: Mark Monson

  • Offertory: I Believe in Being Ready by Rising Appalachia. Performed by Parker’s Arc Worship Band

  • Offering Dedication

  • Reading

  • Sermon: Rev. David Miller

  • Music Meditation: Shake it Out by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth. Performed by Parker’s Arc Worship Band

  • Extinguishing the Chalice

  • Announcements: Rev. David Miller

  • Benediction: Rev. David Miller

  • Closing Hymn: Keep on Moving Forward by Pat Humphreys, adapted

Share the Plate

UUCF shares half of its weekly offering with a nonprofit doing work consistent with UUCF’s mission. The Share the Plate recipient for January is Food Justice DMV, a volunteer collective delivering food throughout the DMV and acting in solidarity with thousands of immigrant neighbors. Since 2020, the organization has delivered food to nearly 1 million people – the vast majority of whom are neighbors of color who are undocumented or asylum seekers with no economic safety net. DONATE HERE.
 

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