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recording of past services |
Video Recordings of Sunday Services
All past sermons can be viewed on our Youtube channel located here.
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The Spirituality of Rule-Breaking By Rev. Thom Belote
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Rising Up & Flower Communion By Marion Hirsch, Kat Good, and Rev. Thom Belote
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Speaking in Tongues By Rev. Thom Belote
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Bridging Service By Bridging Youth and Rev. Thom Belote
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WWJD? What Would Julia Do? By Rev. Thom Belote
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Coming of Age By Marion Hirsch and Rev. Thom Belote
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Virtual--->Reality By Glenn Mehrbach and the Community Church Choir
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Earth Day By Rev. Thom Belote, Marion Hirsch, and Kat Good
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Letter from a Burmingham Jail By Rev. Thom Belote
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Love Beyond Belief By Rev. Thom Belote
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Liberation is Costly By Rev. Thom Belote
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Sacred Heart By Danny Gotham and Rev. Thom Belote
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Defending Trans Lives By Rev. Thom Belote
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Do You Belong By Rev. Thom Belote
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Community in the Community By Rev. Thom Belote
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UNC Campus Fellowship Service
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Restful, or Restless By Rev. Thom Belote
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Friendship with Frog & Toad By Rev. Thom Belote & Marion Hirsch
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The Happiest Place on Earth By Rev. Thom Belote
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Microscopes & Telescopes By Rev. Thom Belote with Dr. Michelle Itano and Amy Glazier
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Prayer: What, Why, and How By Sarah Clark-Farnell
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Multigenerational Service By Rev. Thom Belote & Marion Hirsch
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Facing Our Hungry Ghosts By Rev. Thom Belote
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Welcoming the New Year By Bill Rote & Rev. Thom Belote
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While the Sun Stands By Glenn Mehrbach & Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Children's Holiday Pageant Led by Glenn Mehrbach
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Reclaiming Jesus By Rev. Thom Belote
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Ties to our Ancestors By Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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A Theology of Abundance By Rev. Thom Belote
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How to Understand Our Divisions By Rev. Thom Belote
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What I Learned From Growing Up UU... and What I Missed By Rev. Thom Belote
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Day of Remembrance By Marion Hirsch, Kat Good, and Rev Thom Belote
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Hiding Our Horns By Rev Thom Belote
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The Tide is Rising, and So Are We By Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson
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Changes By Rev. Thom Belote
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Forgiveness and Wholeness By Marion Hirsch and Rev. Thom Belote
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Invite Delight By Rev. Thom Belote
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Who Cares? By Rev. Thom Belote
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Courage By Rev. Thom Belote
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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? A UU Theology of Work By Sarah Clark-Farnell
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Return Again By Marion Hirsch, Kat Good, and Rev. Thom Belote
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The Sacred Body By Rev. Thom Belote
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The Blessings and Dangers of Religious Freedom By Rev. Thom Belote
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Belonging By Rev. Thom Belote
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A Church Full of Imperfect People, Amen! By Rev. Thom Belote
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Longing for a Religious Life By Marion Hirsch
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Practicing Lament By Sarah Clark-Farnell
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The Price of Submission By Rev. Alison Eskildsen
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Communion in the Tangled, Interdependent Web by Rev Holly Lux-Sullivan
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Choice is Essential by Rev. Thom Belote
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Opening to Mysticism by Rev. Thom Belote
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The God Who Loves You by Rev. Thom Belote
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Rising Up by Marion Hirsch, Rev. Thom Belote, Kat Good
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Saint Francis in Reverse by Rev. Thom Belote
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Music for Anxious Times "Miss in Augustiis" by F. J. Haydn conducted by Glenn Merbach
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Coming of Service by Marion Hirsch, Rev. Thom Belote, Dana Lundquist
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A Faith for These Times, Now More Than Ever by Rev. Thom Belote
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What's the Matter with Unitarian Universalism? by Rev. Thom Belote
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How Does your Garden Grow? Intergenerational Service led by Rev. Thom Belote, Marion Hirsh, and Kat Good
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Not Without You by Rev. Thom Belote
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The Journey of Reconciliation by Rev. Thom Belote
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Sermon: Transcending Mystery & Wonder; or, How I Spent My Sabbatical Rev. Thom Belote
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Sermon : The Art and Practice of Improvisation Part 2 by Eric Bannan
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Sermon : A Jeweled Net, Divine Sparks, and Star Stuff by Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Sermon : Finding the Holy Where We Live by Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Sermon: Service It Takes a Team by Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Sermon: Seeing the Forest and the Trees by Rev. Alison Wilbur Esklidsen
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Sermon: The Pilgrim's Way Rev. John Saxon
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Sermon: A Divine Gift of Love Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Sermon: What's in a Word? Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Frog & Toad Theater Presents…A Multigenerational Service
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Sermon: "Body, Mind, and Spirit” Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Sermon: "The Wolf You Feed” Rev. Lisa Garcia Sampson
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Sermon: "In the Footsteps of Our Forebears” Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Sermon: "The Sabbath: A Temple in Time” Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
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Sermon: "While the Cat's Away" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from the Community Church Choir and Deborah Klinger & Glenn Mehrbach |
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Christmas Eve Services
Homily from Rev. Thom Belote Music by Don Katahdin, Catherine Grodensky, Andrew Wright, and Dorothy Wright |
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Winter Choir Serivce
"The Music of Christmas & Solstice" The Community Church Choir Glenn Mehrbach, Music Director |
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Sermon: "Sources of UU: Jewish & Christian Teachings" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from the Community Church Singers |
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Children's Christmas Pageant
"La Pastorela: Al Fresco" Written & Directed by Glenn Mehrbach |
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Sermon: "Unknowing God" Rev. Thom Belote
Music by Eric Bannan View an alternate recording of this service. |
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Sermon: "Sources of UU: Prophetic Words and Deeds" Rev. Thom Belote
Music by the Community Church Singers and Amy & Charly Maddox View an alternate recording of this service. |
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Sermon: "Running the Second Marathon" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from The Community Church Choir View an alternate recording of this service. |
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Sermon: "Sources of UU: World Religions" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Eileen Regan & Tim Smith View an alternate recording of this service. |
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Multigenerational Day of Remembrance Service
Story by Marion Hirsch and Kat Good Music from the Community Church Singers, Family Choir, and Tobin Wright |
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Day of Remembrance Service
Homily from Rev. Thom Belote Music from the Community Church Choir View an alternate recording of this service |
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Sermon: "Authenticity" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from string sextet View an alternate recording of this service |
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Sermon: "Sources of UU: Earth-based Spirituality" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from the Community Church Choir View the Livestream of this service. |
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Sermon: "Reproductive Justice" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Catherine Grodensky, Rachel Rose, and Danny Gotham View the Livestream of this service. |
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Sermon: "Sources of UU: Science & Reason" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Jane & Scott Provan View the Livestream of this service. |
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Sermon: "An Activism of Cohesion" Rev. Patty Hanneman
Music from Steve Warshaw, George Thompson, the Community Church Singers, and the House Band |
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Sermon: "Ecological Grief" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Dana Lundquist and The Community Church Choir |
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Sermon: "Trust" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Catherin Grodensky and the Community Church Singers |
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Sermon: "With Meaning & Purpose" Rev. Alison Wilbur Eskildsen
Music from the Community Church Choir |
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August 29, 2021
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Recording currently unavailable
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Sermon: "Daring Democracy" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Bianca Rodriguez, Danny Gotham, and the House Band |
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Sermon: "Welcoming the Stranger" Mary Hulett
Music from Steve Day and Catherine Grodensky |
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Service: Transforming Grief
Music from Kristin Bergman, Choir Quartet, and Glenn Mehrbach |
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Sermon: "Approaching the Sacred" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Dorothy Wright and Glenn Mehrbach |
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Sermon: "The Question Box Sermon" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Lex Headley & Brian Moyer |
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Sermon: "Humanity is the Best, Humanity is the Worst" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Keith Sawyer |
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Sermon: "Knots" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Danny Gotham and Richard Edwards |
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Sermon: "These Wandering Eyebeams" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Danny Gotham |
On-line Only Worship Services ~ March 15,2020 - June 27, 2021
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Sermon: "Preaching to the Choir" Brian Moyer
Music from Brian Moyer Family Worship: "Fun & Games" Marion Hirsch |
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Sermon: "Reclaiming the Sacred in Our Daily Lives" Eric Bannan
Music by Eric Bannan Family Worship: "Juneteenth" Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Our Nation's Changing Religious Landscape" Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson
Music by The Community Church's Virtual Choirs Family Worship: "Playing with Rainbows" Marion Hirsch |
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Rising Up & Flower Communion
Homily from Rev. Thom Music from The Community Church Singers & Family Choir Slideshow celebrating our Rising Up Seniors |
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Sermon: "Where the Light Gets Out" Donna Washington
Music from Danny Gotham Family Worship: "The Story of Tacky" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "And a Child Shall Lead Them" Bill Rote
Music from Community Church Choir and Family Choir Family Worship: "The Story of Our Church" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Choir Service
Requiem: Let My Love Be Heard Music from The Community Church of Chapel Hill Choir, Glenn Mehrbach, Director Family Worship: "The Story of the Pandemic" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Nature of Nurture" Sara Gush
Music from Bianca Rodriguez & The Community Church Choir Family Worship: "The Story of the Golden Ball" Marion, Kat, and Donna Washington |
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Sermon: "Principled & Purposeful" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from The Community Church Choir Family Worship: "Surround Yourself with Story" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "For There To Be Justice, The System Must Change" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from the Bluegrass Battleship Family Worship: "Becoming Your Future Self" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Multigenerational Worship: Earth Day
"Earth Day: An Alphabet Book" read by Marion Hirsch & Kat Good Music from the Family Choir and Danny Gotham Homily from Rev. Thom |
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Sermon: "Transcendence" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Cheryl Diegel & Danny Gotham Family Worship: "Becoming Yourself" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Easter Sunday
Sermon: "The Importance of Being Thomas" Rev. Thom Belote Music from the Community Church Choir and Danny Gotham Family Worship: "Becoming Easter" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Multigenerational Worship: Friendship & Commitment
Frog & Toad Puppet Theater presents "Spring" Music from Community Church Family Choir and Tobin Wright Homily from Rev. Thom Belote |
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Sermon: "Comfort and Challenge" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Luminescence (Ivy Brezina, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, and Linda Thompson) Family Worship: "Commitment to Helping Hands" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Resilience" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from the Combined Choirs of the Community Church Family Worship: "Commitment to Conscience and Loving Hearts" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Freedom's Just Another Word" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Erich Lieth Family Worship: "Commitment to Open Minds" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Campus Ministry Sunday
Sermon: "On the Precipice" by members of the UNC UU Campus Fellowship Music by the Community Church Choir and Family Choir Family Worship: "Beloved Community: Persistence, the Turtle, and the Bunny" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Covid, Vaccines, and the Long Wait" Sara Gush
Music by Tobin Wright and the Community Church Singers Family Worship: "Beloved Community: Healing" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "The Mystical and the Mysterious, Part 2" Rev. Thom Belote
Music by Debbie Davis and the Community Church Choir Family Worship: "Growing Love Beyond Boundaries" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "The Mystical and the Mysterious, Part 1" Rev. Thom Belote
Music by Eric Bannan Family Worship: "Beloved Community is Relay Fun" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Honest to God" Rev. Thom Belote
Music by Julie Pendleton Family Worship: "Imagining Adventure" Marion Hirsch, Kat Good, and Scott & Jane Provan |
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Sermon: "How Do We Heal? Truth and Reconciliation" Rev. Thom Belote
Music by the Community Church Virtual Choir Family Worship: "Imagining New Worlds" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Service for Martin Luther King Day Weekend
Sermon: "How We Get Free" Rev. Thom Belote Music by Bianca Rodriguez & Josh Socolar Family Worship: "Imagining a Better World" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "The Courage to Belong to Yourself" Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson
Music by Glenn Mehrbach and from "The Greatest Showman" Family Worship: "Imagining Life After the Pandemic" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Where Is Our Holy Church?" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Neville's Quarter (Brian Moyer & Lex Headley) Family Worship: "Imagine a New Year" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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"The Turning of the Year"
Music from Erich Lieth Readings and Reflections from Rev. Thom Family Worship: "Still We Go On" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Christmas Eve Service
Homily from Rev. Thom Music from Deborah Klinger & Glenn Mehrbach |
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Choir Sunday: “Magnificat” by John Rutter
Glenn Mehrbach, Music Director Family Worship: "Stillness and Light" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Virtual Christmas Pageant
"Teen Mom: Chapel Hill Edition" Directed and coordinated by Glenn Mehrbach |
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Sermon: "The Devil of the Noonday Sun" Rev. Thom Belote
Music by The Community Church Choir and Amy & Charly Maddox Family Worship: "Stillness Unplugged" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Sermon: "My Favorite Parable" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Debbie Davis and Glenn Mehrbach Family Worship: "Healing with Comfort" Marion, Kat, Alan, and Jenny |
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Sermon: "We're All Going..." Sara Gush, guest preacher
Music from the Bluegrass Battleship Family Worship: "Healing by Telling the Truth" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Wholeness" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Josh Socolar and The Community Church Choir Family Worship: "Healing: Listen Before Helping" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Pastoral and Prophetic Reflections" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from The Community Church Choir Family Worship: "Healing with Gratitude" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Keeping Vigil" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Danny Gotham, Bianca Rodriguez, and the In-House Band Family Worship: "Healing: First Aid for Feelings" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Sermon: "A Pledge for Democracy" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Scott Provan and Richard Edwards Family Worship: "Deep Listening: Trick or Treat" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Liberal Theology and Evil" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Community Church Choir and Dorothy Wright Family Worship: "Deep Listening to Music" Marion, Kat, and Glenn Mehrbach |
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Coming of Age Service led by Youth, Mentors, and Dana Lundquist
Music from The Community Church Singers Family Worship: "Deep Listening to Nature" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "A Four Footed Sermon" Jean Masse
Music from Eden Klinger, Community Church Choir, and At-home Band Family Worship: "Deep Listening: Listening with Your Whole Body" Marion & Kat |
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Sermon: "Forgiveness Reconsidered" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Glenn Mehrbach Family Worship: "Renewing Our Commitment to Anti-racism" Marion and Kat |
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Sermon: "Emotional First Aid for These Times" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Luminescence Family Worship: "Renewal: A Second Chance at Firsts" Marion Hirsch and Kat Good |
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Multigenerational Worship: Waters of Renewal
Homily from Rev. Thom Belote Meditation from Marion Hirsch and Kat Good Music from the Community Church Choir and Family Choir |
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Sermon: "What We Bring to the Movement" Lisa Garcia-Sampson
Music from Eric Bannan and the "How We Thrive" virtual choir Family Worship REcap: "Toolbox of Faith: Remembering" Marion Hirsch, Kat Good, and Jenny Nelson |
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Sermon: "Unify Us, Don't Divide Us" Maureen O'Rourke
Music from Lex Headley, Julie Pendleton, and the Virtual Choir Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Level" Marion Hirsch |
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Sermon: "The Paradox of Tolerance" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Debbie Davis Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Canteen (Spirit of Life)" Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Anger" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Danny Gotham, Richard Edwards, and Glenn Mehrbach Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Duct Tape" Marion Hirsch |
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Sermon: "Magic" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from a piano and string quartet and the Community Church Virtual Choir Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Magic Wand" Kat Good |
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Sermon: "The Scientific Art of Huggles" Kate Shipman
Music from Bianca Rodriguez and Kate Shipman Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Sandpaper" Jenny Nelson |
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Sermon: "Origin Story: The Community Church and its first minister,
Rev. Charlie M. Jones" Carter Smith Music from the combined choirs and the "In House" band Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Glove" Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Swimming Lessons" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Brian Moyer & Lex Headley (Neville's Quarter) Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Stethoscope" Marion Hirsch |
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Sermon: "Let's Talk About Policing" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Richard Edwards and the "In House" band Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Mirror" Jenny Nelson |
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Sermon: "The Far Side of Denial" Jody Savage
Music from Luminescence Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Chalk" Marion Hirsch |
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Sermon: "The Spirit of Curiosity" Sara Gush
Music from Bluegrass Battleship Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Magnifying Glass" Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Why Do We Sing?" Eric Bannan
Music from Eric Bannan & Chris Rosser Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Hammer" Jenny Nelson |
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Sermon: "Wake Now My Conscience" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Glenn Mehrbach and Danny Gotham Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Flashlight" Kat Good |
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Sermon: "America Can't Breathe" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Bianca Rodriguez Family Worship: "Toolbox of Faith: Ruler" Marion Hirsch |
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Flower Communion
Introduction to the Flower Communion & Video Celebration of our Rising Up Seniors Blessing for our Seniors by Marion Hirsch |
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Sermon: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" Rev. Thom Belote
Liturgy of Communal Mourning by Sarah Clark-Farnell Music from Julie Pendleton Family Worship: "Threshold of Imagination" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Spring Choir Service
Music from the Community Church Virtual Choir Family Worship: "Courage is a Threshold" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Social Justice in a Time of Covid" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Eric Bannan Family Worship: "Threshold of Welcome" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "My Credo (For Now)" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Dana Lundquist Family Worship: "Threshold of Safety" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Emergent Ecology" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from the Community Church Stay-at-Home Band ft. Bianca Rodriguez Family Worship: "Liberating the Earth" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Blessing of the Animals Service
Story for All Ages by Marion Hirsch & Kat Good Music from Community Church Virtual Choir and Scott & Jane Provan and Lex and Katie Headley Animal Parade Video Reflection & Animal Blessing by Rev. Thom Belote |
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Easter Sunday
Sermon: "He's Not Here" Rev. Thom Belote Music from Community Church Choir and Danny Gotham Family Worship: "Liberation and Easter" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Reconstituting the World" Rev. Thom Belote
Music of Joplin and Gershwin, performed by Glenn Mehrbach Family Worship: "Liberation and Passover" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "The Spirit of Resilience" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Scott & Jane Provan Family Worship: "Wisdom of Bodies" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "Conflagration" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Richard Edwards Family Worship: "Church Goes Home" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |
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Sermon: "The Part We Do Not Know" Rev. Thom Belote
Music from Neville's Quarter (Brian Moyer & Lex Headley) Family Worship: "Campfish Goes to Church" Marion Hirsch & Kat Good |