2025 - 2026
| Date | Event | Planner | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun-Aug 31, 10AM | No Service | ||
| Sun-Sep 7, 10AM | You Can’t See What You’re Not Looking For | Rev. Beverly Seese | Paying Attention You might think you're focused and observant, until Christopher Chabris points out the invisible gorilla in the room. |
| Sun-Sep 14, 10AM | video at church | Sarah Stevens | Artists who Inspire series: Dolly Parton, sermon by Rev. T J Fitzgerald of UU Church of Dallas 7/20/25 |
| Sun-Sep 21, 10AM | Regular order of service with UU video sermon | Doug Eglen | Rev. Todd Ekloff (UU Church of Spokane, ) speaks on Unitarianism & Humanism (34 min). |
| Sun-Sep 28, 10AM | TED video at the church | Doug Eglen | Psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the "moral roots of liberals & conservatives' in a 2008 TED talk. [video] (18:22) |
| Sun-Oct 5, 10AM | Social Status - How it Operates | Rev. Beverly Seese | What determines social status and who is affected by this measurement?
Reference: Anointed - The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World, by Toby Stuart |
| Sun-Oct 12, 10AM | "Go Deep" - Rev Oscar Sinclair, St Paul Unity-Unitarian Church | Doug Eglen | The expectation of the membership at Unity Church is that their members will develop the skills of small group intimacy that will let you go quickly with strangers, among this community, the skills of connection deepen our ties and begin to connect our personal practices and lives with the broader world.
[video] starts at 46:15 and ends at 1:09:50 |
| Sun-Oct 19, 10AM | Everything you Wanted to Know About Neoliberalism, but Were Afraid to Ask | Sarah Stevens | Scott Blackwell a member of the IUK faculty will present a talk of the history and evolution of neoliberalism from John Locke to today.
[Meditation Music]Cinema Paradiso Theme By Itzhak Perlman & The City of Praga Orchestra (3:19) |
| Sun-Oct 26, 10AM | TED video on "When God talks back" | Doug Eglen | An anthropologist relays her experience studying people who talk with God. [video] (14:04) |
| Sun-Nov 2, 10AM | What Might We Be Grateful For? | Rev. Beverly Seese | TBA |
| Sun-Nov 9, 10AM | 2 videos featuring the thoughts of English philosopher A C Grayling. has been associated with New Atheist movement, center-left political positions and changing voting systems so as to prevent results such as Brexit and Donald Trump. Explore more about Grayling on Wikipedia. | Doug Eglen | ● Why science and religion think differently [video](10:14)
● Forget the golden rule [video](3:17) |
| Sun-Nov 16, 10AM | YouTube video from Erica Chenoweth , Harvard Political Science professor who did research on non-violent resistance to governments >10 yrs. ago. This is an update. | Doug Eglen | History and Practice of Nonviolent Resistance (17:30) As background, you may want to watch the following video first to see Chenoweth's original work. The success of nonviolent civil resistance (12:33) |
| Sun-Nov 23, 10AM | Judy Berkshire speaker | Beverly Seese | Our Native American Siblings - A Tumultuous Relationship |
| Sun-Nov 30, 10AM
CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW |
"The transient and the permanent: What Truly Lasts in Faith and Life"
YouTube video from Dallas UU church by Rev. Daniel Kanter |
Doug Eglen | We take a break from current events and focus on tenets of our history. [video] |
| Dec. 4 & Dec 5
4pm - 8pm | Visitation for Sarah Stevens
UU Fellowship 1704 W. Boulevard Street Kokomo, IN |
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| Sat-Dec 6,
● 9AM-3PM |
Celebration of Life for Sarah Stevens | ||
| ● 11AM: Memories Shared ● 12NOON: Luncheon | |||
| Sun-Dec 7, 10AM | Winter Holiday Observances that Sustain Our Sense of Community | Rev. Beverly Seese | TBA |
| Sun-Dec 14, 10AM
CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW |
"Understanding Mythology" with Joseph Campbell (27:50) | Doug Eglen | interview of world famous scholar
Christmas is ostensibly the celebration of Christ's birth. Many other religions have celebrations of their founder/prophet, etc. all of which mutually consider anything other than their beliefs as mythology - what is mythology? |
| Sun-Dec 21, 10AM | 2 short UU Christmas Videos:
1) 'what does Christmas mean to Unitarians' (10:50) from UU Dallas 2) 'How Unitarians Saved Christmas' (12:40) from UU St. Geneva (Chicago) |
Doug Eglen | Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree |
| Sun-Dec 28, 10AM | No in-church service - view video anytime on your own. | Doug Eglen | "Reflection on the Moment"
a sermon by Rev. Peggy Clarke from Community Church UU of NYC (Sermon starts at 36:55)
Ref: some ministerial thoughts 11/9 after Z. Mamdani's recent mayoral victory. |
| Sun-Jan 4, 10AM | No in-church service - view videos anytime on your own.
1. "The big problem with microplastics" (45 min) 2. Why Are Poor Countries Poor? or Poverty is Expensive (both under 8 min.) |
Doug Eglen | John & Hank Green, brothers, born in Indy, have video blogged since 2007 discussing a variety of topics. They are not experts on any specific topic, but do a good job of explaining and providing good points of reference for discussion. They also do educational videos on Crash Course. |