UUCR Calendar October 2025

10/5/2025 “Answering to Apocalyptic Anxiety” – Rev. Alan Wells

There is no more waiting, warning, denying or hoping; we’ve entered a period of apocalyptic turmoil. The earth is flooding and burning; humanity is at war, and A.I. is becoming dominant. In the words of poet Christopher Fry, we are now called to take “the longest stride of soul men ever took.” Let’s look at how we may begin.”

10/12/2025 “How to Have an Enemy” by Rev. Molly Housh Gordon  (video)   

Rev Gordon is the 2024 recipient of the Skinner Sermon Award, given each year for the sermon that best expresses Unitarian Universalist social principles. We'll watch the recorded sermon of Gordon, minister of the UU Church of Columbia, MO on the themes of righteous anger, addressing conflict rather than avoiding it, and the importance of opposing those who cause harm in our communities and world. 

10/19/2025 "Glow up" - Inner Illumination - RCSL Rev Melissa Moorer-Nobles

New Thought/Ancient Wisdom makes it clear that the Spirit is the inner light that dwells within all of us. Our inner illumination comes from the Source of the Divine itself. We will also honor the Hindu tradition, the Diwali, also known as the “Festival of Lights,” that symbolizes the spiritual victory of light, goodness, and knowledge.

10/26/2025 Witch's Brew - Rev. Mark Cutolo

Join us as we journey into the complex figure of the witch, as known in various religious narratives and social structures. Drawing on the universal threads of fear and the desire for control, we'll explore what the concept of the witch reveals about authority, dissent, and the spiritual yearning to understand the inexplicable – a vital conversation for our evolving faith.