Sunday worship services begin at 10:00 am. All are welcome.

We gather each Sunday in person for services and offer Zoom attendance online as well. Please click here for information about upcoming services. We have time for socializing in person after each service, and also a “Zoom coffee hour” for folks attending from home. Children are welcome, and we also offer other opportunities for children and youth beyond the Sunday service. 

Worship services reflect the Fourth Principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association, “a free and responsible search for truth and meaning,” and respect the varied religious beliefs and experiences among congregants. Services usually include music, time for silent reflection, an opportunity for members to state their “joys and sorrows,” and an affirmation of our commitment to exist as a community.

Our services are led by our minister, a guest minister, a Worship Associate, or someone from within the congregation or community. The Worship Team welcomes ideas for services and helps members develop services from their ideas.

Religious Education classes and childcare are evolving since the pandemic. Children are welcome to stay in the sanctuary with their people during the service to listen to the Time For All Ages story, play quietly in the play area, or visit the Busy Hands Table where a quiet creative activity is available each week. We also have our nursery room available for parents with very young children to use during services, and we offer childcare in the nursery 2-3 Sundays a month. At times we involve children in the service itself, and we also offer learning opportunities outside of the sanctuary or service time, as well as gatherings for families. Check here for current news about R.E. and Family Ministry at Reeb.

A period of fellowship follows the service, sometimes with a meal or refreshment.

Visitors are always welcome!

Click Here For Upcoming Services

Click Here For Past Services and Recordings of Reflections

What to Expect in Multiplatform Worship at JRUUC

If you attend in person

Please arrive before 10:00 so you have time to find a seat before the service starts. Our doors usually open at 9:30 or earlier, and by 9:45 we have instant coffee and tea, and hot water available.

If you would like a mask, just ask a greeter and they will give you one.

However you attend

The order of service can be found on our website beginning on Saturday here. It’s at the bottom of the page for this week’s service. A small number of printed orders of service will also be available in the sanctuary.

We’ll take a live offering, and you can also donate via our website. The link will also be up on the monitor during the offering, and there will be a scannable code to the link in the printed order of service.

Sharing of Joys and Sorrows is offered each week. In-person attendees are invited to fill out a card with your name and what you’d like to share, and virtual participants are invited to share in the chat after the offering is received. The worship leader or associate will light a candle and read your words.

In-person and virtual coffee hour will happen after worship ends each week.

Some of our Special Services During the Year

Water Communion: 

Annual September (usually the 2nd Sunday) in-gathering service. Congregants bring water (or proxy water) from spiritual experiences held over the summer months in a special service for all ages.

Revival:

Usually held in October, this is a celebratory Sunday with more participatory music. We also hear from participants inspired to speak about the importance of spiritual side of life and/or JRUUC. This service reminds us why we come together as a congregation and what we can offer each other and the wider community.

Winter Solstice:

Held during December on a weekend near the actual solstice date, this is a beautiful ceremony including music and readings about the turning of the seasons and the benefits that both darkness and light bring to us.

Flower Communion:

This June ceremony closes out the regular liturgical calendar. Congregants bring flowers from their gardens to service and exchanges flowers during the service.

Summer Picnic Service and Collaboration with Other UU congregations:

A Sunday service usually held in August at a park. Includes a pot-luck picnic and games.

Child Dedication:

In this beautiful ritual, we welcome, affirm and celebrate the light in a child while pledging as a congregation to partner with and support parents and family in the child’s spiritual upbringing.

Joining Ceremony:

A welcoming ritual during a Sunday Service for new members of the congregation.

This I Believe Sunday:

Members of the congregation share their spiritual and/or religious journey.

If you have a questions about one of our past services please email web@jruuc.org and we will get back to you.