Upcoming Services and Sermons
We gather together on Sunday morning to find meaning and live more deeply. Worship creates connections within, among, and beyond us, calling us to our better selves, calling us to live with wisdom and compassion. Most of our Sunday services are led by our Minister, Rev. Heather Rion Starr. We also offer lay led services featuring members and friends who share their thoughts and life experiences.
Hybrid Sunday Service:
- UUSD is requiring that only vaccinated individuals (who are eligible to be vaccinated against COVID) attend in-person services.
- Please stay home and enjoy our livestream if you have a fever, any other symptoms of illness, or if it’s simply a better option for you.
- Mask wearing is encouraged but not required.
Enjoy our livestream service at uussd.org/livestream, starting at 9:55 a.m.
A Social Hour is held in the Gathering Area after the Sunday service.
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April 2025
Sunday, April 20, 10 a.m., “A Stranger with Your Hair,” Rev. Heather Rion Starr: In this year’s annual Unitarian Universalist pondering of Easter Sunday, we will reflect on The Resurrection as a metaphorical experience of Grief. When someone is so imprinted on our hearts that we see them everywhere, even after they are gone, could that be Grief? When an experience was so powerful that we cannot stop talking about it and bringing it forward into our present, could that be Grief? When he/she/they are always with us now, could that be Grief?
There will be an Easter Egg Hunt following the service. Please speak with Children’s Faith Exploration Director, Heather Hamilton, for details!
Sunday, April 27, 10 a.m., “A Call for Compassion: Second Chances in the First State,” Guest Speaker Dr. Tanya Whittle: Learn about the challenges facing those who re-enter society after incarceration. What actions can people take when confronting issues with the criminal legal system? Dr. Whittle will discuss the problems with mass incarceration, systemic reform, and the challenges of meeting probation terms.
Tanya Whittle, Ph.D., is a sociolegal scholar and criminal justice reform advocate who focuses on deviance and control, punishment and corrections, social institutions and street-level bureaucrats, inequality, social psychology, perceptions of justice, and criminal justice policy. In addition to being the Director of Policy at the Delaware Center for Justice, Dr. Whittle facilitates Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program courses within Delaware correctional facilities on behalf of the University of Delaware’s Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice.
To view past services, go to Past Services.