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Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - ”Love Your Neighbors?” (06/26/2022)Come listen to a WUU service!
One photo accompanying one Facebook post changed me forever. It’s an ongoing journey, and a lot of work, to free ourselves of the lies that shaped and formed us for so long. Today I want to share with you one of the most important times for me in my journey, and hopefully challenge and inspire us all to live more freely, truly, courageously, and compassionately.
About Rev. Max Blalock: Rev. Max Blalock serves as the Campus Minister at the Wesley, the campus ministry sponsored by the United Methodist Ch...
2022-07-171h 01Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - ”Welcome It All: Celebrating Blessings in a Mixed-Bag World” (06/19/2022)Come listen to a WUU service!
In a world on fire, celebrating our blessings might seem like putting our heads in the sand. But we can find blessings in everything, even the "bad stuff." And when we do, our lives can become beacons of hope for everyone around us.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Carolyn Greathouse, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
The YouTube version is here
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.
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2022-07-1759 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service: ”Messengers of Fellowship and Love”: Flower Communion Sunday (06/12/22)Come listen to a WUU service!
100 years ago, Czech Unitarian ministers Norbert and Maja Čapek created the Flower Celebration to honor the values of community and diversity. Today we celebrate this beloved annual tradition at WUU, both in person and online. In-person participants, please bring a cut flower to share, and you'll get to take another one home. Zoom participants, we have a special blessing planned for you too. We'll also welcome our newest members and thank our Board for all that they do.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of R...
2022-07-091h 03Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - ”A Shared Journey of Transition & Love” (06/05/2022)Come listen to a WUU service!
David Fabian, MD, struggled with his male identity for much of his first 62 years. Finally, 20 years into his marriage to Leslie, Deborah emerged full-time, in 2011. During the 2-year transition, Leslie was compelled to write about the challenges of supporting her beloved, as she relinquished her male spouse. Her efforts resulted in the 2014 publication of her book, My Husband's a Woman Now: A Shared Journey of Transition and Love. In this service, the Fabians will share a bit of the transgender story, and tell how their marriage has endured, and their mutual...
2022-06-171h 03Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - “Charter Sunday: Building Beloved Community” (02/06/2022)Come listen to our WUU service!
Let's celebrate WUU's 33rd birthday! This Charter Sunday, we'll hear from WUUs new and old about their hopes and dreams for the congregation, then and now. And, of course, we will add another bolt to the spiral sculpture in our sanctuary that represents the shared journey of this community.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Joelle Griffin Russell, Piano
Jane Ferguson and David Welch, Vocalists
Winsome: Fred Gilbertson, David Wilcox, BethAnne Klaver
The Youtube version is here:
If you have not yet, please...
2022-02-1254 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - ”Rescued: Animal Blessing Service” (08/08/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm that all of our voices matter, and our questions are as valuable as our certainties. Today, you're invited to bring your questions about religion, spirituality, ethics, or anything else keeping you up at night. Rev. Laura will respond to as many as time allows, and all of us will have opportunities to share our own answers after the service.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
WUU Women’s Choir, Offertory Mu...
2021-12-101h 00Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - ”Question Everything” (08/01/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm that all of our voices matter, and our questions are as valuable as our certainties. Today, you're invited to bring your questions about religion, spirituality, ethics, or anything else keeping you up at night. Rev. Laura will respond to as many as time allows, and all of us will have opportunities to share our own answers after the service.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nan Hart, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is...
2021-10-2956 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - ”Justice, Healing, Courage: What We Learned & Where We‘re Going” (07/25/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Last month, eight WUUs got online along with nearly 5000 other UUs to participate in the UUA General Assembly, the largest annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists. Today we'll share what we learned and what we're committing to going forward.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Ellie Ransom, Reflection
Music from the 2021 UUA General Assembly
The YouTube version is here
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2021-10-2151 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - ”Salvation by Character” (07/18/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
This sermon strives to answer two simple questions. Do others really see us, as we see ourselves? And two, how do people muster the strength and fortitude to live into the best of oneself?
Rev. Kaaren Anderson, Guest Worship Leader David Hopkinson, Worship Associate Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano Neva Tayler, Music
Rev. Kaaren Anderson has been a UU minister for the past 26 years. She has served congregations in MA and NY, most recently at First Unitarian in Rochester, NY. She...
2021-09-0243 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - ”Imagine: The Story of My Journey” (07/04/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
We are thrilled to be joined again today by guests from the Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha. Sangha member and our Quaker Neighbor Friend Darrell Key will share the story of his journey from growing up in the deep South to his life in the United States military to his world today in Williamsburg.
Darrell Key, Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha, Guest Worship Leader
Mary McGovern, Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha, Guest Worship Leader
Susan Childs, Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha, Guest Worship Leader
Nicki Peet, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
John Chowning, Music
2021-09-0250 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Seriously Playful" (06/20/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Playing games, telling jokes, having fun--the lighter side of being human, right? And maybe something more: today we'll explore the deeper meanings of play as resistance and deep spiritual connection.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
The YouTube version is here
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.
2021-08-1251 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Flowering from Within" (06/13/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Most Unitarian Universalists are surprised to learn that we are the religious descendants of the Puritans and that the foundation of our living tradition comes from the Puritans’ interpretation of the Bible. Indeed, The Cambridge Platform of 1648 not only gave us freedom from kings and bishops but also placed us in mutual relationship with one another, both as individuals and as congregations.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
The YouTube version is here
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2021-07-0338 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "The Ways of Love, as Best We Can" (06/06/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
With Covid 19 restrictions being lifted, we are faced with a post pandemic reality very different from the life we led before the March 20 shutdown. How will we negotiate that crossing? What will we leave behind? What will we create that's new and life affirming? Coming as we are from a year of isolation and drastic societal changes?
Most Unitarian Universalists are surprised to learn that we are the religious descendants of the Puritans and that the foundation of our living tradition comes from the Puritans’ interpretation of the Bible. In...
2021-06-221h 04Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Many Rivers to Cross" (05/30/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
With Covid 19 restrictions being lifted, we are faced with a post pandemic reality very different from the life we led before the March 20 shutdown. How will we negotiate that crossing? What will we leave behind? What will we create that's new and life affirming? Coming as we are from a year of isolation and drastic societal changes?
The life we enter will seem strange as we take baby steps into the open air. Learning to breathe in this new atmosphere; overcoming our fear of both disease and one another...
2021-06-0348 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "True Stories, Truth Stories" (05/23/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
UU principles call us to "a free and responsible search for truth and meaning." In this time of "fake news" and lying for the sake of power, how can we contribute to rebuilding a culture of truth?
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.
2021-05-2948 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Crossing Over" (05/16/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Come celebrate with our high school seniors at our annual "Bridging" service!
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Emma's Revolution, "Swimming to the Other Side"
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.
2021-05-201h 01Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Two Windows, One Light" (05/09/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Each of us can tell the personal stories of our lives. But we're also held in the much larger stories of culture, religion, and the cosmos itself. On this 60th anniversary of the merger between the Unitarians and the Universalists, we'll celebrate the liberating stories of our historic faith...and tend to their shadow sides.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nicki Peet, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
WUU Choir, directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett, Director of Music
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you...
2021-05-1350 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "May Day Celebration: Celebrating Spring with Photos, Videos, Readings, Poetry" (05/02/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Please join us virtually in our annual May Day Gathering! We will be celebrating Spring, flowers and gardens. Please share photos and short videos of your gardens, family, outdoor movement, color, joy, flora! Come let us blossom together!
Liz Wiley, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Hayda Jinmaku-Brown, Offertory Music
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.
2021-05-0848 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Regenerating" (04/25/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Social worker JoLillian Zwerdling writes, "From Starfish I have learned that if we keep our core intact, we can regenerate. We can fall apart, lose limbs, and re-grow them as long as we don’t let anyone threaten that central disc’s integrity." How can we keep our own center strong in this time when so much change and creativity is needed?
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Paulette Amory, Piano
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you for list...
2021-05-0848 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Earth Day: This Home We Share" (04/18/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
It's human nature to create new things--crafts and tools, arts of all kinds...and, in the last 150 years, industrial technologies that, along with their many undeniable gifts, have also brought our planet to the brink of collapse. On this Earth Day Sunday, how can we shift our dreams of "more and better" toward being content with what is sustainable?
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nan Hart, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you...
2021-04-2255 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Let Me Listen to Who You Are: The Mystery of Friendship, Forgiveness, and New Life" (04/11/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
All around us we see signs of new life emerging from the stark landscape of winter. Flowers, birdsong, the drone of bees. The world is coming to life again. In the Northern hemisphere, spring happens to align (helpfully) with the Christian celebration of Easter - the essential and foundational event of the Christian community. Easter is really a story about new life - a story against despair and about the possibilities of rebirth and change. And it can also be read as a story of human friendship. Often when we try...
2021-04-2052 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Back to Life" (04/04/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
It has been a long, hard year...but in this season of Easter and spring, hope is rising at last. Today we celebrate the new life awakening in us and beckoning us forward.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
WUU Choir, directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett, Director of Music
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Kaya O’Brien-James, From the Heart
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or...
2021-04-2054 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Side with Love Sunday" (03/28/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
What if to "side with love" meant making bold, faith-full choices? What if it were even a little bit scary? This worship service brings together worship leaders and musicians from across the country to offer hopeful, moving, challenging reminders about what we, as Unitarian Universalists, are called to do, and BE, in the world.
Side with Love is an interfaith public advocacy campaign promoting respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Side with Love confronts issues of exclusion, oppression, and violence based on identity. With the...
2021-04-021h 02Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "The Greatest Love on Earth" (03/21/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Today we celebrate the story of Rev. Olympia Brown, the first woman to be ordained a Universalist minister, and her most famous congregant: the one and only P. T. Barnum, creator of the Greatest Show on Earth--and staunch supporter of his Universalist congregation. And though we might not have tightrope walkers or flame-swallowers here at WUU, we'll still cheer for everything that makes congregations worthy of our support, love, and commitment.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Bob Edwards,, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of...
2021-04-0153 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastUU the Vote, with Jodi FislerExecutive Producer Jonathan Newby as interviews Jodi Fisler of WUU about her efforts with UU the Vote, a Unitarian Universalist initiative to promote voting and expand voter rights. Learn more about WUU at wuu.org.
2021-03-1932 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "For Better or for Worse" (03/14/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Unitarian Universalists have long valued our spiritual freedom. But freedom has a shadow side: it's easy to walk away rather than stay and do the hard work of working it out in community. Today we'll explore what the ancient monastic virtue of stability might have to teach us today.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here.
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2021-03-1850 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Covenant and Comfort" (03/07/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Do I have a right to be comfortable in church? What about when my comfort means someone else's exclusion? Today we celebrate the power of covenant to help us move through discomfort toward deeper community and justice for all.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Jess Hench, From the Heart
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on...
2021-03-1751 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Creating the Beloved Community" (02/28/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Australian Indigenous activist, Lilla Watson, says, “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Join our guest preachers, the Rev. Laura Randall and Heather Vickery of UUSC, as we explore how to create together the beloved community.
Rev. Laura Randall, UUSC, Guest Worship Leader
Heather Vickery, UUSC, Guest Worship Leader
Dr. Ysaÿe Barnwell & the UUA General Assembly 2020 Virtual Choir
The YouTube version is here.
Tha...
2021-03-0354 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "For Such a Time as This" (02/21/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Esther, a Jewish woman who saved her community from annihilation. Maybe, as Esther's uncle tells her, we too are here "for such a time as this."
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nan Hart, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
WUU Choir, directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett, Director of Music
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.
2021-02-2456 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - Love Your Enemy? Really? (02/14/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Part 2 of a series on the meaning of beloved community. UUs often ask, do I really have to love everybody? Of course, we can only do our best. But our tradition teaches that everyone is loved by a Love bigger than we are--even the people we think deserve love the least.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nicki Peet,, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here.
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg...
2021-02-1650 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Charter Sunday: Our Beloved Community" (02/07/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Our favorite songs, whoever the artist or whatever the style, were created in a strange alchemy of study and inspiration, of strict practice and of letting go. Spiritual Practice is a similar combination of dedication, muscle memory, and perhaps a little divine inspiration. Join us for a musical exploration of learning to risk, building the muscle memory of courage, and the spiritual practice of relationship when things around us are changing fast.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director...
2021-02-1348 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "It Takes Practice" (1/31/2021)Come listen to a WUU service!
Our favorite songs, whoever the artist or whatever the style, were created in a strange alchemy of study and inspiration, of strict practice and of letting go. Spiritual Practice is a similar combination of dedication, muscle memory, and perhaps a little divine inspiration. Join us for a musical exploration of learning to risk, building the muscle memory of courage, and the spiritual practice of relationship when things around us are changing fast.
Matt Meyer, Guest Worship Leader
Ben Thacker-Gwaltney, Worship Associate
The YouTube version is here.
Thank...
2021-02-1352 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "In the Beginning" (01/24/21)Come listen to a WUU service!
The creation stories we grow up with have a powerful impact on how we see the world. Today, inspired by theologian Walter Wink's groundbreaking work on violence in ancient Indo-European creation stories, we'll examine what we learned, and imagine some new stories.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
WUU Choir, Directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett, Director of Music
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
James Underberg, Centering Song
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ML5...
2021-01-281h 04Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "The Arc of the Moral Universe" (01/17/21)Come listen to a WUU service!
In times even more fraught than ours, Dr. King believed and preached that "the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice." Today we seek inspiration and renewed strength from his example.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nan Hart, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBw0tKxnew
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www...
2021-01-2154 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "The Gift of Dreams" (01/10/21)Come listen to a WUU service!
Many cultures teach that dreams are gifts from Spirit, bearers of wisdom, if only we can unravel the meanings of their strange events and symbols. Today we'll learn practical ways to invite our own dreams to reveal their wisdom and healing power for ourselves and our society.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nicki Peet, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cexzRHQLyFg
Thank you for listening. For m...
2021-01-211h 03Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Finding Utopia" (01/03/21)Come listen to a WUU service!
Where, oh where are Shangri-la, Brigadoon, and the Fountain of Youth? In this service we will examine these idealistic Utopias and discover how we can use them to become re-enchanted with reality.
Addie Hirschten, Guest Worship Leader
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfvL5TkhvA>
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.
2021-01-1447 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Communitas: A Trip to the Circus" (12/27/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
Anthropologist Victor Turner spent a great deal of time researching "primitive" communities. He was especially drawn to their life of ritual practice and to fostering "communitas," a continuing practice loving attention for all. Today we will explore this way of living grounded in hope and peacefulness.
Rev. Dr. David Tetrault, Guest Worship Leader
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Martha Purvis, Organ
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKtxM8nYpo>
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2021-01-1343 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Christmas Eve Service" (12/24/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
All are welcome for this contemplative service of music and readings celebrating the Christmas story.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Katrina Landon, Luca BenYishay-Sapalio, Readers
Jane Ferguson, Vicki Hall, Renee Kingan & Christine Llewellyn, Recorders
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
WUU Choir, directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett, Director of Music
Sarah Kate Walston, Soprano
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGmqY9YfR6I>
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2021-01-1238 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Dark of Winter: A Solstice Celebration" (12/20/2020)Come listen to a WUU service!
Today we gather to celebrate the Winter Solstice and honor the balance of light and dark as we approach the shortest day of the year.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Liz Wiley, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Piano
Helen Hansen, Share the Plate
Merry Guernsey & Angela Surber, New Member Ceremony
“For the Beauty of the Earth,” music by Lia Davis; vocals by Brian Stone, Issa Forest, & Sarah Deveau-Running, accompanied by Lia Davis & Eric Moon
"The Snow," Op. 26, No. 1, by Edward Elgar; performed by New England Conservatory Wome...
2021-01-1158 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Refuge" (12/13/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
The Jewish scriptures tell the story of the prophet Elijah, who fled violence and found shelter far from home. Today, we invite his story to inspire us as we work to create safe shelter for others.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nicki Peet, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
WUU Choir, directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett, Director of Music
Rev. Joanna Lubkin, Lighting the Chanukah Candles
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdtlpaSMSq0>
Thank...
2020-12-1856 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Sitting Still" (12/06/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
What are we doing when we're sitting still? If you struggle with boredom or restlessness during periods of silence, or even if you'd describe yourself as a terrible meditator, you're not alone and you are welcome here! Today, we'll offer practical tips for how to embrace silence and stillness, and reflections on what you might have to gain.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nan Hart, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
John Chowning, Reflection
Kienna Williams, Vocals, Adam Podd, Piano - “O Co...
2020-12-1053 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "The Lessons of Ofun Otura, or When the Giver Visits the Comforter/Disrupter" (11/29/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
The basis of this sermon will come from the 250th Odu of the sacred Ifa corpus. In Ofun Otura there is a fated meeting of Arira and Osoro, two different individuals looking for the same thing. Will they put aside their differences and take advantage of the window of opportunity to create a new beginning?
Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green, Guest Worship Leader
Paulette Amory, Piano
Scott Varney, Wisdom Story
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqxpGlC5nC8>
Thank you for listening. For mo...
2020-12-0553 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Grateful" (11/22/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
We've never had a Thanksgiving quite like this. As the pandemic continues, families and loved ones are missing each other and facing difficult choices. Meanwhile, we're growing in our awareness that the traditional Thanksgiving story many of us grew up with was only a brief chapter in a much bigger story of conquest. But the ancient impulse to give thanks remains. Let's celebrate all that we are grateful for, not least the chance to learn and grow.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Bob Edwards, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of...
2020-12-0550 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "St. Cecilia Sunday" (11/15/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
Our annual St. Cecilia music service returns, in virtual form, as our WUU Choir, Dave Robbins, and other musical guests perform a potpourri of special music. Listen in and be inspired!
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Dr. Jamie Bartlett, Director of Music
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Botetourt Chamber Singers
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
WUU Choir & students from the William & Mary Choir; Tim Costelloe, tenor; directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett
NYC Virtual Choir & Orchestra
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qyKsIQuMTc
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2020-11-3049 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Now What?" (11/08/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
Today we regroup and ponder what's next for our country and our communities. How can we help ourselves and our neighbors heal?
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nan Hart, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Director of Worship and Music, First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, MI
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= UfiQutR3cjE
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2020-11-2456 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Ancestors" (11/01/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
As we prepare for Election Day, we honor All Souls Day and draw strength from our memories of beloved ancestors, who lived through many challenges and still have lessons to teach us.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
WUU Choir, directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett, Director of Music
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Savanah Williams, From the Heart
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCljZcuCaKQ
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2020-11-2049 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Apocalypse Now" (10/25/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
We are one week away from the most critical election of our lifetime. Many feel a sense of urgency, some even a sense of dread. What are we being called upon to see and do in this particular moment?
Paulette Amory, piano
Kaya O’Brien, Wisdom Story
Kaden & Kaya O’Brien, From the Heart
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjPGeFx205c
Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www...
2020-11-1857 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Listening to Your Life" (10/18/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
In these tumultuous times, we can still find peace, wisdom, and renewed hope when we practice listening deeply--to ourselves, to others, and to everything in our lives. This morning, we'll introduce new opportunities to practice deep listening at WUU, including new Soul Matters small groups, spiritual direction opportunities, and a labyrinth-walking week beginning today!
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
WUU Choir, directed by Dr. Jamie Bartlett
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Phoebe Kent, From the Heart
Helen Hansen, Share...
2020-11-1756 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Coming of Age Service" (10/11/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
People of all ages need rites of passage to mark important life transitions--and they are especially important for young people finding their way in this world. Today, we'll witness and celebrate with our WUU youth who have completed the Coming of Age program, as they share what they believe and claim their own religious identity.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Helen Hansen, WUU Coming of Age Teacher
BethAnne Klaver, WUU Coming of Age Teacher
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Dave Banks, Katrina Landon...
2020-11-1154 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Love Lives Here" (10/04/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
True silence is the rest of the mind; and is to the spirit, what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment" (William Penn). We are pleased to welcome the Williamsburg Friends (Quakers) back to WUU as our guest worship leaders for this service.
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Maggie DeTar-Lavallee, Call to Worship
Katie Brumfield, Wisdom Story
Darrell Key, Reading
Thayer Cory, Silent Worship
Keith Robinson, Benediction
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5okY7-h_qTg
Thank you for...
2020-10-2936 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "A Renewal of the Spirit" (09/27/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
250 years ago, John Murray, a Universalist preacher who had lost his faith after the death of his wife and child, sailed from England to New York. Or, at least, he meant to. He ended up stranded along the coast of New Jersey. There, he met a Universalist who changed his life...and our lives too. Today we celebrate this momentous anniversary and look for signs of renewal in our own lives. Also today, the Wisdom Story will be in the form of an amazing video by the Craig Family!
Rev...
2020-10-2654 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Monuments" (09/20/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
In the last few months, we've witnessed the incredible transformation of the Confederate monuments in Richmond. As the late Black historian Vincent Harding asks, "What shall [we] do with the idea of an America in process, an America that is not a finished, sharp-edged block of white granite but is instead a malleable, multicolored gift of clay; still seeking, taking, giving shape, purpose, and direction?
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Hamed Barbarji, Trumpet
Les...
2020-10-2056 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Live Stream: Water Communion Sunday" (09/13/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
For the first time since March, we'll broadcast part of today's service from our beloved WUU sanctuary, as we celebrate the annual Water Communion ritual. Today we also bless our teachers as religious education classes begin.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y6JbmyNUSg (with subtitles) or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlVoLA2_9ow (without subtitles)
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2020-09-2954 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Rest as Revolution" (09/06/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
At the turn of the 19th century, American workers were fighting for safe working conditions and sustainable hours. The idea that workers deserved rest was revolutionary. Today, millions of workers are in crisis, with many laid off, and others forced to choose between Covid exposure or unemployment. As people of faith, how are we called to respond on this Labor Day? Today we'll also bless our kids and teachers returning to school.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director...
2020-09-1458 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Interdependence" (08/30/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
Healing the Earth is a process that recognizes the thorough interdependence of all things, the ecological web of life and non-life in which each touch resonates with the whole. In Buddhism, the third mark of existence itself is selflessness. This Sunday we will talk about selflessness and interdependence, tracing out how the healing or harming of one piece of our world ripples out with effects for all the others.
Ben Thacker-Gwaltney, Guest Worship Leader
Mary McGovern, Worship Associate
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Paulette Amory, Piano
John Whitley, From...
2020-09-0456 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Why Is This Happening?" (08/23/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
For thousands of years, human beings have been asking in times of crisis, Why is this happening? Why is there suffering? Our Unitarian and Universalist ancestors believed life was a school and suffering was one of our teachers. In this time of Covid, what does your heart say?
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
David Welch, Musical Interlude
Ben Thacker-Gwaltney, From the Heart
A YouTube version of this service is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcGE_oB7...
2020-08-2959 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Every Creature: Animal Blessing Service" (08/16/20)Come listen to a WUU Service!
We bless our animal companions and the wild creatures with whom we share this earth. Pets and stuffed animals are warmly invited to join in and cuddle with you, stalk across the screen, or hang out however suits their nature. We also look at some maybe-surprising connections between breed-specific legislation and human racial discrimination, and move toward a more healing paradigm where all beings are honored for who they are.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Connor...
2020-08-2553 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "The Power of Kindness" (08/09/20)Come listen to a WUU Service!
Kindness is a simple concept, yet it can be so impactful. It can make the world a better place by ending inequality, oppression, and injustice. It has the power to radically improve our well- being and that of our families, friends, colleagues, and strangers.
Kindness and compassion are among the main things that can make our lives meaningful. They can also be sources of power as we desire to help others in the beloved community. The mere act of expressing graciousness to one another can make us more empathetic...
2020-08-161h 03Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Love in the Time of COVID" (08/02/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
What does love look like in times of extreme difficulty? Where can we go to feel cared for? Who is looking out for us? Who is there for the most vulnerable? Buddhism offers the Four Brahmaviharas. Love is first. What does Love mean for us now in a nation wracked with a pandemic, racism, extreme climate change and strong opposing political forces?
Nicki Peet, Guest Worship Leader
Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
Rio Riofrio, From the Heart
Austen Petersen, Direc...
2020-08-101h 02Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "When the Impossible Really Is Impossible" (07/26/20)Come listen to a WUU service!
You’ve probably heard the funny catchphrase “The impossible will take a little longer.” Maybe it’s inspired you to persevere through hard times. But what do you do when the impossible is just...well...impossible? Here we hold in love all who are facing impossible choices and demands, not least our families and parents who are struggling to hold down full-time jobs and care for their children full-time, at the same time.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Robert Trent Vinson, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson...
2020-07-301h 01Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Take the New Way Home" (07/12/20)Come listen to a WUU Worship Service!
In times of deep uncertainty and immense change, we can feel like we have lost the way home. What if things will never be the same? Who will we be if we cannot return to the life we have known? Will we ever come to solid ground again? We can experience this in our personal lives, after a serious loss, a major change, or as a community and a country. Our spiritual traditions hint to us that the person who can live in this new world is not here yet...
2020-07-161h 01Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Rooted, Inspired, & Ready: General Assembly Service" (07/05/20)Come listen to a WUU Worship Service!
Thousands of Unitarian Universalists gathered online to celebrate the promise of our faith and do the hard work of living into our values of equity and liberation for all. In this service, we share highlights and chart our path going forward. And, we kick off a special From the Heart series lifting up WUU's commitment to anti-racism and dismantling white supremacy.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Assistant Music Director, Piano
Eileen O’Brien, Fr...
2020-07-1451 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "A Communion of Beauty" (06/21/20)Come listen to a WUU Worship Service!
At the heart of our traditional Flower Communion service is the practice of honoring the beauty of each person and every thing. This year, we'll reinvent this beloved ritual for our online service. We invite you to watch with a flower, a green plant, or any object in your home that you find beautiful. It won't be exactly the same, but then, we're learning all the time about how to make meaning and find beauty exactly where we are. We also welcome our newest WUU members.
Rev...
2020-06-271h 01Wavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Phenomenal: Annual Bridging Service" (06/14/20)Come listed to a WUU Worship Service!
We celebrate our wonderful WUU high school graduates. Let's show up and show them some love!
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Dave Robbins, Pianist
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPEcddWjPVU
Learn more about us at www.wuu.org
2020-06-1851 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "On Fire" (06/07/20)Come listed to a WUU Worship Service!
Where is our hope now, as fires burn in our cities and our nation mourns so many Black lives lost to police violence? We turn to the ancient story of Pentecost and its invitation to welcome fire as a gift from spirit, and a sign of prophetic truths that need to be heard.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Robert Trent Vinson, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
Dave Robbins, Pianist
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt0K...
2020-06-1647 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - “Name That Place…?” (May 31, 2020)Come listen to a WUU worship service!
Poet, theologian and philosopher John O’Donahue asserts, “At any time you can ask yourself: At what threshold am I now standing?” Some thresholds may be clear to us, and we can feel their intensities before the step into something new. What about the more ambiguous thresholds, those muddy in-between places in which we aren’t sure of what is currently happening or the new thing that awaits? How do we begin to acknowledge key thresholds, as O’Donahue suggests, if we are not sure what they are? We explore so...
2020-06-0353 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - “Waiting to Be Born” (05/24/2020)Come listen to a WUU worship service!
What if, even now, we each have a role to play in creating a new, more life-giving future? We'll make time to listen to the inner wisdom that lures each one of us toward our own perfect (or, at least, good-enough) next step toward that shared future we dream of.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nan Hart, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
David Robbins, Pianist
Henri Worrell, Guest Musician
The YouTube version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X...
2020-05-2853 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - “At the Gate of Eden” (05/17/2020)Come listen to a WUU worship service!
Adam and Eve stand at the threshold of the Garden, forced out of paradise. But they will discover that leaving the garden is the first and necessary step toward new life and possibility. In these challenging times, we too have been exiled from the familiar, and we too must chart a new path forward into an unknown future. What might that first next step look like for us?
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Nicki Peet, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
David Robbins, Pianist
2020-05-2152 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Creating Your Santuary" (05/10/20)Come listen to a WUU worship service!
As we begin our deep dive into May's theme of Thresholds, in this service we practice creating sacred spaces for ourselves. Though we can't gather in the "official" sacred space of our beloved WUU sanctuary, we can create sacred places in our own homes and outdoor spaces--threshold places that allow us to connect more easily with the holy, however we name and experience it.
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Ben Thacker-Gwaltney, Worship Associate
Austen Peterson, Director of Religious Education
David Robbins, Pianist
2020-05-1648 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - “May Day” (05/03/20)Come listen to a WUU worship service, honoring May Day!
Tie a ribbon in your hair, tuck a flower behind your ear, gather with us around the Virtual Maypole and let's celebrate life reawakening. The service includes music from our own Dave Robbins and guest appearances from St. Louis with former WUU member Hayda Jinmaku-Brown. Also featuing Guest Worship Leader Liz Wiley. Learn more about us at www.wuu.org.
2020-05-1349 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWUU Service - "Listening for Liberation" (04/26/20)Come listen to a WUU worship service! This one is from April 26th, 2020, and is titled "Listening for Liberation: Earth Day 50 Years On". Come reconnect with the Earth and renew our commitment to environmental justice. Learn more about us at www.wuu.org.
2020-05-0154 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastDefining UU, with Jonathan NewbyJoin Executive Producer Jonathan Newby as they explore what Unitarian Universalism means to them. Learn more about WUU at www.wuu.org.
2020-04-2806 minWavelengths: A WUU PodcastWelcome to Wavelengths!This is a promo for Wavelengths, a podcast of the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists. To learn more about us, go to www.wuu.org.
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