Our Mission: Worship with open hearts

Worship lies at the heart of congregational life. Each Sunday, when we gather at 10:00 a.m., we come expecting to be moved, challenged, maybe even changed by what we hear, see and experience.

If you’re new to Cedars or to Unitarian Universalism you may want to know a bit about what happens during worship. The service starts with a welcome and perhaps a few announcements from a Board Member. Our services are usually led by one of our Worship Associates. Worship Associates are trained lay leaders. After the welcome, you’ll hear a prelude.

As we come together to worship,
We remind ourselves to treat all people kindly
Because we are one family,
To take good care of the earth because it is our home, and
To live lives full of love and goodness
Because that is how we will all become the best that we can be.

This is usually followed by a Time for All Ages.

A time of quiet or prayer/reflection together follows. We’ll sing or listen to music , then we listen to a Sermon or a Presentation on a spiritual theme by either a Worship Associate or a special guest speaker.

As the service winds down, we take an offering while listening to another piece of music. Once a month, the entire offering is given to an organization chosen by our Social Action Committee.

Our services are followed by a Coffee Hour where we have a chance to greet new members and catch up with one another.

We do hope you’ll join us for worship at Cedars. Our Unitarian Universalist religious tradition provides us with an opportunity to be in religious community without the need to share identical beliefs or creed. Worship, which comes from an old word meaning “to shape things of worth” is how we create sacred space and time to honor what matters most in our lives such as love, community, peace, and justice.