What to Expect Sunday Morning
Worship is the time during the week when the entire congregation gathers together under one roof and/or through many screens online.
We move out of our daily rhythms to be in community. We set down our burdens. We share in community ritual, solidifying our bonds, and honor each other's presence. We celebrate each other’s joys and hold each other's sorrows. We sing together; each voice adding to the whole.
Prayer, meditation, and silence allow us to access what is deep inside, and perhaps feel spirit move within. Worship includes time for the entire community to interact with the morning's theme. The sermon is a piece of a conversation held over time between a minister and her congregation.
Worship gives us strength and inspiration to strive for justice in our lives and the world.
There is no particular dress code. You might find folks wearing jeans and tee-shirts or a suit with jacket and tie or everything in between.
We move out of our daily rhythms to be in community. We set down our burdens. We share in community ritual, solidifying our bonds, and honor each other's presence. We celebrate each other’s joys and hold each other's sorrows. We sing together; each voice adding to the whole.
Prayer, meditation, and silence allow us to access what is deep inside, and perhaps feel spirit move within. Worship includes time for the entire community to interact with the morning's theme. The sermon is a piece of a conversation held over time between a minister and her congregation.
Worship gives us strength and inspiration to strive for justice in our lives and the world.
There is no particular dress code. You might find folks wearing jeans and tee-shirts or a suit with jacket and tie or everything in between.
A Typical Service at Shoreline UU
Elements of our Sunday morning worship services may include:
After the worship service everyone is invited to social hour (often called coffee hour) in the Davis Building next door. Those on Zoom may participate in online breakout rooms.
- The service begins with the gentle ringing of a singing bowl.
- Words of welcome
- Lighting a flaming chalice, (a symbol of our faith)
- A multigenerational segment, such as a “story for all ages”
- Music, instrumental and vocal and in a variety of styles
- Readings from ancient and/or contemporary sources
- A time for recognizing personal joys and sorrows of the congregation
- Meditation or prayer
- A sermon given by our minister or a guest speaker
- An offering, collecting financial donations for the congregation and for justice work in the wider community.
After the worship service everyone is invited to social hour (often called coffee hour) in the Davis Building next door. Those on Zoom may participate in online breakout rooms.
Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church strives to be a fragrance-free campus.
Please refrain from wearing fragrance.
Please refrain from wearing fragrance.
