Our Sunday Services begin at 10:00am. Watch for our special Vespers Services on Wednesdays at 7:00pm. Please visit our Vespers page for details.
Love Beyond Belief
Let us seek a spirit of enchantment this year that comes from a selfless engagement with our neighbors. Community is more than creed and better than dogma. It is a commitment to honor the hopes of all humanity. The hope of personal safety; the hope of employment; the hope of food, clothing, and shelter; the hope of education and healthcare. And a safe place to lay our head at end of day.
When love steps out of the shadows of judgement and into the sunlight of compassion the world will change. Let it begin one encounter at a time.
May 5th "Expanding Love" This service will be designed and presented by our Ministry of Worship around the UU history of helping children, our church's history of helping and children’s rights.
May 12th "Church of the Earth" Though built on the merger of the Unitarian and Universalist Churches in America, our faith of the 21st Century is no longer exclusively either; or a combination of both. It is becoming something radically new and vibrant. Is it possible that our new theologies are revealed here in these five sacred acres we call our church home in Oak Cliff? Rev. Mark Walz will preach the sermon.
May 19th "Spirituality is a process, or Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!" This service will be designed and presented by our Ministry of Worship and will feature the spiritual journey of our Music Director, Glorian Mulligan-Stratton.
May 26th "Simple Church" When Jesus stepped into the pages of the New Testament and the complicated and polluted religious scene of 2,000 years ago, he offered a revolutionary way of imagining human life. He began by reducing the 613 Jewish laws to only two. This simple idea radically changed his community. Simple ideas are changing the world today. Can they change the modern church as well? Rev. Mark Walz will preach the sermon.
Logistics of Sunday Worship:
At about 9:30am, we begin gathering to share conversation and morning snacks (coffee, tea, juice, muffins, etc.) in the Faith building foyer. A bell is rung just before 10:00am
to call everyone into the sanctuary for worship.
We have members of all ages at UUCOC - singles, couples, and families. We encourage everyone to sit wherever they are most comfortable. For the kids, special areas have been set up to satisfy the needs of a wide variety of ages and learning styles. The front left section of seating has been designated for the teens, youth, children and parents, along with other adult mentors. Teenagers and youth, like many adults, often enjoy worship more when they can sit near their friends or peer group.
UUCOC proudly offers the Williams Sound Personal PATM
listening system for the convenience of those needing hearing assistance.
For children who are happier listening from a more relaxed position, there is a carpet on the floor in front of the teen/youth seating area, with materials to provide a multiple-sensory experience (for example, crayons and coloring pages related to the service topic).
We understand that very young children may have trouble containing their exuberance and movement for an hour, and their parents can enjoy the service more if they're not worrying about their children. A fully equipped nursery is available in the Hope Building and regular staffing is available on most Sundays. When available, the nursery will be open for check-in between 9:45am and 10:00am, and will be staffed until the worship service concludes.
Feel free to call to check that the nursery is staffed on any particular Sunday. If staff is not available, parents are still welcome to use the nursery, and listen to the service via the wall speaker.
