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. |
| Sun-Jan 11, 10AM | And Now What? After the unexpected occurrences over the past year, what will we set our sights on as a community dedicated to unity and justice. | Rev. Beverly Seese speaker | Bring your predictions for the coming months for the prospects of our nation, our city, and our state. How can we best be involved in influencing the outcomes? |
| Sun-Jan 18, 10AM | "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]
[Meditation Music] Prayer for Ukraine by Mykola Lysenko (1885) (3:22) |
| Sun-Jan 25, 10AM
CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW |
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| Sun-Feb 1, 10AM | "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? [Meditation Music]Title (3:40) |
| Sun-Feb 8, 10AM | Is My Heart in the Right Place? | Rev. Beverly Seese | Heart In The Right Place, Memoir by Carolyn Jourdan |
| Sun-Feb 15, 10AM | Ann Arbor UU Guest sermon from Rev Eric Hausman | Doug Eglen | "Manifesting"
[video]
start at 39:07 end at 1:08:50
[Meditation Music] VOCES8 - Gjeilo: Still (2:28) |
| Sun-Feb 22, 10AM | TED video "The Roots of Religion" talk by anthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger. Univ of Victoria (Canada) | Doug Eglen | [video]
[Meditation Music]O Fortuna (3:38) |
| Sun-Mar 1, 10AM | UU in person | Tanya Busailah | I’d like to give a talk on March 1 about Chat GPT. I am using the app all February to help me with some health issues and I want to see what kind of feedback I will get and how effective it is as a life coach. I will explain how parishioners can use it to help them possibly.
[Meditation Music] Bach: Concerto in D Minor (4:17) |
| Sun-Mar 8, 10AM | Leonard Cohen - poet, novelist, songwriter exploring faith, love, loss and mortality [video] | Sandy McDowell | Bird On A Wire Joe Bonamassa (5:32)
[Meditation Music]Hallelujah K.D. Lang (6:16) |
| Sun-Mar 15, 10AM | Rev. Beverly Seese sermon | Rev. Beverly Seese | "Checking Back with my Religious Roots"
[Meditation Music]L’orfeo tocatta by Monteverdi played by Jordon Savall (1:40) |
| Sun-Mar 22, 10AM | A Unitarian Universalist Look at Prayer" by Rev. Lara Hoke UU Littleton, MA from 4/10/22 | Doug Eglen | [video] sermon is from 35:35 to 56:50
[Meditation Music]Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations (Nimrod) (4:07) |
| Sun-Mar 29, 10AM | TED video talk "The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death" | Doug Eglen | [video]
[Meditation Music]More To This by Marc Scibilia (2:52) |
| Sun-Apr 5, 10AM | "Season of Hope" | Rev. Beverly Seese | [Meditation Music]High Hopes - Frank Sinatra (2:34) |
| Sun-Apr 12, 10AM | "The True Origin Story" by Dr. Rev. Marlin Lananhar from All Souls, Tulsa,OK | Doug Eglen | [video] (25 min)
[Meditation Music]We are the world by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie(7:06) |
| Sun-Apr 19, 10AM | YouTube video for earth day | Doug Eglen | "Sir David Attenborough being iconic for 25 minutes"(25:44)
[Meditation Music]'You are our sunshine" (5:56) |
| Sun-Apr 26, 10AM | Guest Speaker Maria Renner, seminarian from All Souls, Indy | Doug Eglen | "Another Way to Listen" examines listening as a disciplined spiritual practice rather than a passive act.
[Meditation Music]#1008 When Our Heart Is In A Holy Place (2:41) [Meditation Music]#352 Find a Stillness (1:38) |
| Sun-May 3, 10AM | Video interview of History of Religion Professor Dr. Scott Billingsley by IUK Chancelor Dr. Mark Canada on 'Deism in Colonial America' | Doug Eglen | [Deism in Colonial American History (25:35)]
[Meditation Music]Appalachian Spring : Very Slowly - Aaron Copland(2:46) |
| Sun-May 10, 10AM | Video of sermon by Aurora Morales of First UU of Dallas ' Justice is Love. A Mothers' Day Sermon for the World We Must Build' | Doug Eglen |
[Meditation Music]
Taylor Swift - The Best Day (4:08)
[video ] (18:22) |
| Sun-May 17, 10AM | Celebrating 250 years of Democracy | Rev. Beverly Seese | [Meditation Music] "This land is your land"-Woody Guthrie (2:18) |
| Sun-May 24 | Memorial Weekend - No Service | ||
| Sun-May 31, 10AM | ● Flower Communion Service
● All-members Meeting ● Potluck Lunch |
Rev. Beverly Seese | Bring a flower to add to the group bouquet. |
| Sun-Jun 7, 10AM | Do Unitarians Have Free Will - Dick Wolfsie 4/12/26 | Doug Eglen | [video] 30:03 |
| Sun-Jun 14, 10AM | Video of sermon from 5/4/26, All Souls Tulsa, Rev. Marlin Lavanhar " Know Mercy, No Regrets" | Doug Eglen | In a preview for Chad before his move to Tulsa, we have Senior pastor Rev. Marlin Lavanhar who we have enjoyed before. [video] (25:29) |
| June 14-21, 2026 - UUA General Assembly - Louisville
See information online at UUA website. |
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| Sun-Jun 21, 10AM | youtube video about thoughts of Edgar Cayce "What God Really Is — Not What You Were Taught" | Sandy McDowell | [video] 30:58 min
[Music] Into the Mystic | Van Morrison (3:27) |
| Sun-Jun 28, 10AM | youtube video sermon from Rick Childs, UU Church of Mendicino, given at Boise UU July 2023 , "Creating More Spiritual Experiences ... UU Style" | Doug Eglen | [video] start @ 40:21 stop @ 1:03:31 |
| Sun-Jul 5, 10AM | Event - America 250 - a brief look at the constitution and 1st amendment | Doug Eglen |
● These United States - a history of the ConstitutionL 7:50 CBS Sunday morning with Jane Pauley
● The Gap - immigrants and the first amendment CSPAN winner 6:20 ● Protected - the First Amendment student view 2012 CSPAN doc. 8 min ● The First Amendment another CSPAN doc, 7 min ● First Amendment- Constitution 101 13 min from National constitution center |
| Sun-Jul 12, 10AM | "a Brilliant Mind vs. Addiction" , recovery story by Dr. Owen Flanagan | Doug Eglen | [video] 48 min |
| Sun-Jul 19, 10AM | "Alien life and the Fermi paradox" by physicist Dr. Brian Cox (Big Think series) start at 52:41 - 26 Min | Doug Eglen | . |
| Sun-Jul 26, 6PM | Summer picnic | Doug Eglen | Carry in dinner & socialization at Hobbit Farm |
| Sun-Aug 2, 10AM | "What? God got lost" Interview with UU minister, Robert Fulgham, author of 'All I Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten'. | Doug Eglen | [video] |
| Sun-Aug 9, 10AM | Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong's last lecture on Christianity in the 21st century | Doug Eglen | [video] 1 hour 8 min |
| Sun-Aug 16, 10AM | "We might be wrong about humanity's extinction" by archeologist Dr. Ella Al-Shamahi (New Scientist series) | Doug Eglen | . |
| Sun-Aug 23, 10AM | How to be a Stoic (its not what you likely think) by professor of philosphy at City College of NY, Massimo Pigliucci | Doug Eglen | [video] start at 1:20 (around one hour long.) |
| Sun-Aug 30, 10AM | The truth about sex differences - interview of psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams by Michael Shermer | Doug Eglen | [video] 55 min |