Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation's Podcast

Sermon delivered by Minister of Faith Development Rev. Emily Gage on October 2, 2016. Emily doesn't think it’s an overstatement to say that in some ways, we have fallen into divisions so deep that we…

Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on September 25, 2016. The sermon is preceded by a reading given by Membership Director Tina Lewis. Creating healthy beloved community takes a lot…

Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on September 18, 2016. What binds us together as a community? There’s a lot to criticize about the early Puritans. But their notion of covenant ha…

Sermon delivered by Senior Minister Rev. Alan Taylor on September 11, 2016. This was homecoming Sunday and the beginning of the 2016-2017 church year. What does it mean to live in covenant with other…

Sermon delivered by Heather Godbout on September 4, 2016. Heather has been an educator in public schools for 23 years. She spent the first two decades of her career teaching special education and cur…

Sermon delivered by Tony Mitchell on August 28, 2016. An Oak Park resident and Chicago area native, Tony joined Unity Temple in the spring of 2015. He currently is enrolled in the Masters of Divinity…

Sermon delivered by Kellie C. Kelly on August 21, 2016. Kellie is a student at Meadville Lombard Theological School, steering committee chairperson of UU Class Conversations, and Unity Temple's incom…

Sermon delivered by Rev. Scott Aaseng on August 14, 2016. In this sermon, Scott wants us to ask ourselves if we are as good at receiving as we are at giving. Rev. Aaseng was a musician, a community a…

Sermon delivered by Rev. Brian Chenowith on August 7, 2016. Brian is a lifelong Chicagoan with roots in the South Side. His spiritual upbringing was Catholic and Anglican though he came to Unitarian …

This service from July 31, 2016 was presented by members of the UTUUC Reproductive Justice Committee along with Dr. Cassing Hammond. Dr. Hammond, who delivers the sermon, practices General Obstetrics…

Sermon delivered on July 24, 2016 by Minister of Faith Development Rev. Emily Gage. "As I hear news that feels to me so overwhelming that it makes it hard to know how to keep going, I wonder about ho…

Sermon delivered by Rev. Colleen Vahey on July 17, 2016. In September 2015, Colleen joined the Unity Temple staff as our part-time Faith in Action Coordinator. She is an ordained UU minister who, ove…

This service was presented on July 10, 2014 by the Unity Temple Mental Health Awareness Team (MyHAT). Members of the team who offered their reflections here are, in order, LeeLee Ward, Aaron Grace, a…

Sermon delivered by UTUUC member Christine Steyer on July 3, 2016. Soprano Christine Steyer was a recent winner of six national awards, including The American Prize in Art Song and The Johnny Mercer …

Sermon delivered by Rob Breymaier on June 26, 2016. Rob has been working on fair housing policy for over 20 years. As Executive Director of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, he leads the nation's…

Sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Marcenia J. Richards on June 19, 2016. Rev. Dr. Marcenia J. Richards has served as Pastor of The Life Center Ministries and as Executive Director of The Peace Coalition a…

Reading and sermon delivered by Senior Minster Rev. Alan Taylor on May 8, 2016. Rev. Taylor explores how simplicity often means cultivating a sense of unity in oneself, and he shares a personal refle…

Sermon delivered by guest preacher Rabbi Robin Damsky on May 29, 2016. Rabbi Robin is the founder and director of In the Gardens, a nonprofit combining mindfulness practice with edible, organic garde…