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This Sunday's Service
August 30, 2026: There Are Groups, and Then There Are Groups…
Rev. Barbara Child
You just never know about groups. What was planned as a six-week series on “Writing as a Spiritual Practice,” complete with registration and commitment to attend in person at church, was converted by covid into a drop-in group on zoom that continued for 82 sessions. There are lots of different kinds of groups at UUCB, and then there are Chalice Circles….
Rev. Barbara Child is a retired Accredited Interim Minister who earlier served as Chair of the UU Interim Ministry Guild. She is the editor of The Spirit That Moves: Readings and Rituals for Times of Change and Transition. With Rev. Keith Kron, she edited In the Interim: Strategies for Interim Ministers and Congregations. Her memoir is titled Memories of a Vietnam Veteran: What I Have Remembered and What He Could Not Forget. In past years Rev. Barbara has served UUCB as Sabbatical Minister during three sabbatical periods. She currently serves as Ministerial Consultant to the Executive Team and facilitators of UUCB's Chalice Circles program.
Order of Service
Our order of service is available both here on our website and in print.Ringing of the World Bell
Greeting
Olaya Fernández Gayol, Worship Associate (9:30 a.m.)
Amira Sabbagh, Worship Associate (11:30 a.m.)
Congregational Prelude
#361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In
Welcome & Announcements
Anabel Watson, Connections Coordinator
Land Acknowledgement
Lighting the Chalice Flame
Worship Associate
Connie and Guy Loftman, Eve Cusack (9:30 a.m.)
Emily and Julia Phelps (11:30 a.m.)
Time for All Ages
“Generosity Bends the Road”
Adapted from a retelling by Faye Mogensen
Dr. Stephanie Kimball, Director of Lifespan Religious Exploration
Musical Interlude
Kim Carballo, piano
Chalice Circle Testimony
Kyle Fouch and Kristin Schumacher
Pastoral Prayer and Meditation
Rev. Barbara Child
Hymn
#1074 Turn the World Around
Dedication of Offering
This fiscal year, 25% of our non-pledge Sunday offerings will be donated to Farm to Family to support their SNAP matching program at the Bloomington Farm Stop Collective, which will expand access to local food by doubling SNAP benefits for eligible food items.
You can contribute to the basket online at this link, or pay your pledge online.
Offertory
Kim Carballo, piano
Reading
Debbie Fish, Chair, Chalice Circle Executive Team
Gift of Music
“Esto les Digo” by Kinley Lange
Mary Craig, solo; UUCB Choir
Susan Swaney, Director of Music
Sermon
There Are Groups, and Then There Are Groups…
Rev. Barbara Child
Closing Hymn
#1057 Go Lifted Up
Benediction
Rev. Barbara Child
Congregational Benediction
#131 Love Will Guide Us
