Archive List

A compendium of sermons and talks given at NCUU as well as pages and pointers to pages of interest to Unitarian Universalists.



Sunday, January 24, 2008Our Obvious But Hidden Pagan Heritage, A sermon by member Joseph Wetzel

Sunday, July 30, 2006 Religion, Science and Politics A sermon by member Bill Chess

Sunday, May 21, 2006 Hydrogen and Religion (with a footnote on sexism) A sermon by member Joseph Wetzel

Sunday, March 19, 2006 Abner Kneeland: Convicted Blasphemer,A UU Hero
A first person  sermon by The Rev.Lloyd H. Dunham

Sunday, November 27, 2005 "We Gather Together" A sermon by member Joseph Wetzel

Sunday, April 10, 2005 "Does the Interdependent Web of Existence
include Art and How?
A Sermon by member Joseph Wetzel

Sunday, March 13, 2005 “Daring to Speak His Conscience”
                                                UU Heroes #5 – George de Benneville
                                                A first person sermon by Lloyd H. Dunham

Sunday, January 2, 2005 "Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and
                                             American Friends SC, history and status." A talk by
                                                  Bill Chess

Sunday, October 10th Existentialism, U.U.’s and the Ethics of Personal
                                                 Responsibility.
” A sermon by Joe Wetzel

Sunday, September 12, 2004, Using your Orbits wisely, A "sermon" by Jim Peterson, President, Humanists of the Suncoast, Clearwater, Florida

Sunday, July 25, 2004, From Whence Cometh Ethics and Morals?, A sermon by Bill Chess


Sunday, May 30, 2004, Memorial Day Service:
   
             “An Uncommon Patriotism” A sermon by Lloyd H. Dunham

Saturday, April 17, 2004 A presentation before the meeting of the Humanists of the Nature Coast, given at NCUU by NCUU member Joe Wetzel. Entitled- 
Sexism, Presentism and the Founders

Sunday, April 4, 2004, reading was an excerpt from a paper by James Russell Lowell, a UU of the 19th century. Click Here To Get IT.

TOLERANCE: JOY OR CONCERN?, A sermon by member Joe Wetzel, March 5, 2004

Hosea Ballou – Finding His Own Way, A first person sermon by Lloyd H. Dunham, January 11, 2004

"STARS" A Sermon By Jerry Tatum, on December 28, 2003

"Some Thoughts about the United States being a Christian Nation" A Sermon by member Joseph Wetzel, on October 12, 2003

"One Light Through Many Windows" A Sermon by the Rev. Lloyd H. Dunham, September 21, 2003

"Human Communication and How it Impinges Upon Ethics" A presentation by Bill Chess, August 31, 2003

"The Buddha Within"  A presentation by Kathy Robey, July 6, 2003

"Freeing Jesus From The Creeds"   A sermon by the Rev. Lloyd H. Dunham, February 16,  2003

"Life, the Universe and Everything, the sequel" with special attention to "The Seven Daughters of Eve"  Bill Chess, February 2, 2003

"Life, the Universe and Everything"  The original presentation by Bill Chess in 1998.

A Sunday morning with Rousseau. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Is  With You  More Than You May Know. A presentation of our member Joseph Wetzel, on November 3 , 2002.

“As The Waters Cover the Sea” Habakkuk   A First Person Sermon by Lloyd H. Dunham. At NCUU Sunday, September 15, 2002

A Sunday morning with Voltaire. A presentation of our member Joseph Wetzel, on August 11, 2002.

A series of papers written by Art Perachio on Globalization.
Globalization 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

"The Roots of Suffering and the Special Power of Generosity" A Sermon by Paul Linn about Buddhist Philosophy, at NCUU, Sunday, January 6, 2002..

“Reforming Religion” A sermon by Mitch Modisett at NCUU, Sunday, December 30, 2001.

 “Let Justice Roll” Amos of Tekoa   A First Person Sermon by Lloyd H. Dunham

at NCUU, Sunday, October 28, 2001

“Don’t Put Me in a Box” A sermon on assumptions by Bill Chess, July 29, 2001. As a UU, or a liberal, or any other labeled thinking person, I don’t necessarily agree with all the assumptions of that label.

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY:  IN POLITICS AND RELIGION
A sermon by Rev. ROBERT E. WILLOUGHBY Given at NCUU, Sunday, June 24, 2001

“The Power of Presence” A Sermon by Paul Linn about Buddhist and Christian Philosophy, at NCUU, Sunday, May 27, 2001.

”Wimp, Warrior, or What?”  A Sermon by Lloyd H. Dunham at NCUU, Sunday, May 20, 2001

“All of Us are Human: the Relationship Between Unitarian Universalism and Humanism” A sermon by Mitch Modisett at NCUU, Sunday, March 4, 2001.

Unitarian Universalist Heroes #3 “Michael Servetus: Daring to Question!” A First Person Sermon by Lloyd H. Dunham Honoring the Father of Religious Tolerance. Presented at NCUU December 10, 2000.

Unitarian Universalist Heroes #2 “John Murray: Messenger of Hope A First Person Sermon by Loyd H. Dunham Honoring the Father of Unlversalism in America. Presented at NCUU September 24, 2000.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 150 Years Ahead of His Time  A review of the Divinity School Address and its implications for modern UU.  Presented by Bill Chess, August 27, 2000

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Divinity School Address

 Can Science and Religion get Together. A review of A. Powell Davies’ sermon of March 16,1947 with my own observations appended. Given by Bill Chess, Sunday, April 16, 2000 at NCUU.

Ballou Talk Two Universalist Ministers named Hosea Ballou and the relevance of their writings to UU's of Today.
A talk given by Bill Chess, Sunday, October 10, 1999 at NCUU.

Ballou Essay The original 1849 sermon by Hosea Ballou (II) "A Short Essay on Universalism"

The hymn reading of portions of the original poem from which the hymn “Once to Every Man and Nation” was taken from took place at the service on January 16, 2000. That poem is “The Present Crisis” by James Russell Lowell. You may view it by clicking here.  

A NEW RELIGION FOR THE CENTURY a sermon given by Rev. Mitch Modisett on January 16, 2000.

I HAVE A DREAM   Martin Luther King’s speech. Lest we forget.

The hymn reading of the original poem from which the hymn "All are Archetects of Fate" was taken from took place at the service on June 12, 2000. That poem is "The Builders" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. You may view it by clicking here.