By Donna Johnson
The worship team is looking forward to the 2020-2021 church year with our new minister, Dan Lillie.
WUUC subscribes to Soul Matters. The Soul Matters web site says, “The Soul Matters Sharing Circle is a network of Unitarian Universalist congregations who follow the same monthly themes so we can more easily share small group material, as well as worship, sermon, music and children’s religious education resources. We are a web of support and connection. Companions traveling a new journey together each month.”
The themes for 2020-2021 are:
September: Renewal
October: Deep Listening
November: Healing
December: Stillness
January: Imagination
February: Beloved Community
March: Commitment
April: Becoming
May: Story
June: Play
The Minister, Worship Team, and Religious Education committee use these themes to help plan the focus of each month during the church year. Each month a member of the Worship Team writes an article for the WUUC newsletter about the theme of the month. This month Linda Sherry provides an article on “Renewal” based on the September Soul Matters materials.
Please let the Worship Team know if you have contributions for worship based on one of the themes for the upcoming year. Once a month our minister is not “in the pulpit,” and we welcome lay speakers and worship leaders to provide sermons and homilies. We also welcome short reflections, readings, poems, music, and art based on the Soul Matters themes.