First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

First UU Church of Austin

Weekly podcasts of sermons delivered at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. Our minister is Rev. Meg Barnhouse. Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community. We are an inclusive liberal religious and spiritual community. We support each individual's search for meaning and purpose and join together to help create a world filled with compassion and love. All are welcome without the distinction of race, class, gender, sexual orientation or creed. Please visit us on the web at austinuu.org. A complete listing of over 850 archived sermons can be found by clicking the sermon index link on every sermon.

  • 36 minutes 32 seconds
    Onwards
    Rev. Jamie Yandel's service delivered on November 10, 2024. This is the time to lean into our faith and be with one another. We will talk about our collective grief, anger, desperation, and just be together.
    12 November 2024, 12:00 am
  • 31 minutes 42 seconds
    We the People have the Power
    Rev. Erin Walter's service delivered on November 3, 2024. On the Sunday between Dia de los Muertos and Election Day, Rev. Erin Walter reflects with us on the call of our ancestors and our power, as Patti Smith sings, "to dream, to rule, to wrestle the earth from fools." However hopeful or scared, energized or exhausted, you may be feeling in this changing season, come sing, dream, and exhale in community.
    6 November 2024, 12:00 am
  • 31 minutes 10 seconds
    2024 Celebration Sunday
    Rev. Chris Jimmerson and Michelle LaGraves's service delivered on October 27, 2024. Each year, we celebrate the differences we make in our world together, and the joy that comes from being a part of and supporting this religious community. Join us for an uplifting service followed by a joyful celebration of building the Beloved Community together.
    29 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 39 minutes 37 seconds
    Listen Deeply. Truly Hear. Become.
    Rev. Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on October 20, 2024. Author, theologian, and Minister David Augsburger writes, "Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable." Feeling truly heard can be such a blessing. Might it also be true that truly hearing is a sacred act that will nourish our own soul?
    22 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 34 minutes 7 seconds
    2024 Commitment Sunday
    Rev. Chris Jimmerson and Rev Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on October 13, 2024. We join together with love, joy, and a sense of belonging to express our commitment to our mission. Join us on this special Sunday when we explore building the Beloved Community and all that we are and dream of becoming as a religious community. Together, we make our pledges for 2025 so that we may live that commitment into the future.
    14 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 26 minutes 32 seconds
    Imagination
    Rev. Patrice Curtis and Rev. Michelle LaGrave's service delivered on October 6, 2024. Rev. Curtis, UUA's Transformational Interim Ministries Director, is helping First UU prepare for our ministerial search. Rev. Curtis amplifies belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion within congregations and queries unhealthy patterns that make Beloved Community difficult to realize. At their request, Rev. Curtis's homily is not included in this podcast.
    7 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 29 minutes 36 seconds
    The Great Unitarian Universalist Climate Justice Revival
    Rev. Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on September 29, 2024. This month, our church has been participating with our sibling churches throughout the country in the UU Climate Justice Revival. We have had a variety of learning and participation opportunities throughout September, focusing particularly on the climate crisis. This Sunday will be the culmination of those activities, and we will explore how faith can ground us in hope and resilience as we work to save our planet and ourselves.
    1 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 37 minutes 53 seconds
    Centered for the season
    Rev. Chris Jimmerson's service delivered on September 22, 2024. We are barreling toward the holidays and all the joy, stress, love, grief, community, busyness, beauty, loneliness, and so much more they can entail. And then there is also a major election and its as yet unknown aftermath. How do we begin to find our spiritual center so that we can be better prepared for the heightened intensity of the season to come?
    23 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 45 minutes 54 seconds
    Invitation to Transform
    Rev. Michelle LeGrave's service delivered on September 15, 2024. Building beloved community is, at its heart, about transformation. Reflecting upon cultural differences among the generations is one way we can think about welcoming pluralism into our lives and our communities.
    16 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 32 minutes 33 seconds
    An Invitation to Belonging
    Rev. Michelle LeGrave's service delivered on September 8, 2024. What does it mean to belong? How might we support ourselves and each other in cultivating a sense of belonging? Why is belonging important to building the beloved community?
    12 September 2024, 12:00 am
  • 25 minutes 50 seconds
    2024 Water Communion
    Rev. Chris Jimmerson and Michelle LeGrave's service delivered on September 1, 2024. We come together to begin our new church year with the annual Water Communion Ritual. We share with one another water that symbolizes something meaningful to us as we blend and mingle the waters that remind us of our shared faith.
    3 September 2024, 12:00 am
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