UUCS - A Liberal Church in Spartanburg (Princeton: how much, home)

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The Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg is a congregation grounded in the liberal religious tradition. We embody and promote religious freedom, caring community and social justice. We do these things in the service of love.

We welcome newcomers warmly, for we value being open to all that newcomers can bring. As individuals, we come from many backgrounds: Unitarian Universalist, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, atheist, agnostic, humanist and many other traditions.

We take pride in our diversity; from this diversity comes strength. We welcome new members without regard to race, gender or sexual orientation.


Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg
210 Henry Place
P.O. Box 1942
Spartanburg, SC 29304

864-585-9230
office@uucs.org
http://www.uucs.org/

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three cheers for the yoo-hoo church

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To get a feel for what goes on at UUCS, you're invited to have a look at our monthly publication, "Unison". Acrobat Reader or equivalent is required for viewing.

http://www.uucs.org/Unison/2010_05.pdf (broken link)

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Some recent sermons:


Top Ten Reasons That Liberal Religion Still Matters
The Rev. Don Rollins
Identity is mighty important stuff. Don will lead us in a look at what makes our way of religion relevant yet today.

Hell? No! A Universalist All Souls’ Day
The Rev. Don Rollins
The Universalist side of our blended religious family would not abide eternal damnation in any form. Neither do we.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Google,and Other Names for God
Nancy Mandlove
Did God create human beings or did human beings create God? How can the finite mind and imperfect language of human beings comprehend and express the infinite and inexpressible? We’ll explore creative ways in which people have used metaphor and imagination to explain the nature of that which we can never fully understand. Nancy Mandlove is Wofford Professor Emerita of Spanish and Latin American Literature.

Letters to Grandmother
The Rev. Don Rollins
Letters are going the way of the Pet Rock and Chia Pet (look them up, whippersnappers), but the need for telling stories across the generations remains. This sermon is less sermon than love letters between Don and his Grandma.

The Streets of San Francisco
The Rev. Thom Longino
Thom Longino, a former UUCS member, will share his thoughts from working “God's graveyard shift” as associate night minister with the San Francisco Night Ministry.

A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture
Patricia Brown-Hakim
Kwanzaa is a unique African American celebration with a focus on values of family, community responsibility, commerce, creativity, and self improvement. Kwanzaa is neither political nor religious and despite some misconceptions it is not a substitute for Christmas.

U R Here
The Rev. Margaret H. Allen
This is a service about the red dot on the map your spirit navigates. U R here. Y?

Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby as Spiritual Guides
The Rev. Don Rollins
Somebody had to break the color barrier in major-league baseball, and these two men did just that.

Billie Holiday as Spiritual Guide
The Rev. Don Rollins
We begin Black History Month with a look at the life and enduring work of Billie Holiday. She serves to remind us that lives need not be measured by how much happiness they contain.

Spring Intergen: De Colores
The Rev. Don Rollins
This service for all ages will be a celebration of spring and a beautiful hymn.

Buddhism in Everyday Life
Guest Speaker Dr. Levi McLaughlin, Assistant Professor of Religion, Wofford College
Professor McLaughlin has a Ph.D. from Princeton University and lived for seven years in a Buddhist community in Japan.

Come Home for Easter
The Rev. Don Rollins
Join our church family for its annual Easter service, beginning with a lovely extended prelude:Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor. Special music by the Sanctuary Choir, brass, and strings. Don’s sermon: Jesus . . . Again.

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Guest Speaker Cecil Bothwell was elected to the Asheville City Council despite opposition from self-styled Christian activists who took exception to his “post-theist” religious beliefs and his political biography of evangelist Billy Graham. However, when election finance reports were filed, it was revealed that the smear campaign was financed by gambling interests and allies of a crooked sheriff now doing time in a federal penitentiary. That sheriff’s downfall and conviction was in large part due to Bothwell’s investigative reporting for Asheville’s weekly paper. The councilman and reporter will discuss ways in which simply being true to one’s beliefs can appear to be courageous, and the way failure to live up to our best instincts might make us complicit in the bad acts of others.

Cecil Bothwell is author of eight books, including Whale Falls: An Examination of Belief and Its Consequences (Brave Ulysses Books, 2010).


Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg
210 Henry Place
P.O. Box 1942
Spartanburg, SC 29304

864-585-9230
office@uucs.org
Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg

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