Welcome to the UUFR Service Archive

 

Explore our collection of written talks and sermons presented during past services at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock. These reflections, offered by our members, guest speakers, and visiting ministers, represent the diverse ideas, experiences, and perspectives shared from our pulpit over the years. You can also enjoy recordings of more recent Sunday services on the UUFR YouTube channel. 

Browse the collection below, organized alphabetically by each speaker’s last name.

 

Topics & Speakers

 

• When a Unitarian Met a Universalist: The Rest of the Story by Marlie Avant
• Growing Nice vs Growing Up by Mark Benson
• Those Wonderful Women of The Wild West by Rev. Christine Brownlie
• Jesus The Man and The Message by Rev. Ann Buehler
• Search for the Holy Grail and the Struggle for Wholeness by Rudi Gelsey
• Love and Hate in Everyday Lives by Pirkko Graves
• My Life of Musical Purpose, Integrity, and Meaning – Shrouded in Bipolar I Disorder by Susan Grzesnikowski
• Protecting the Environment by Barbara Haynes
• About Reverence by Betty Kenley
• Christianity and Pluralism by Rev. James McElway
• Letter to My Father by Brown Mobley
• Mysticism and Religious Conflict by Ken Rose
• Yeah, But What About Christmas by Richard Ward

Adele Failmezger

• Are UUs Buddhists Too by Adele Failmezger
• Buddhist Monks and Their Role in Today’s World by Adele Failmezger
• Living the Buddhist Life by Adele Failmezger
• Prayers for UUs by Adele Failmezger
• Salted With Fire by Adele Failmezger
• The Living Legacy of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Adele Failmezger
• The Wisdom of the Buddha by Adele Failmezger

 

Ann & Andrew Kelsey

• Pele, Petroglyphs, and Places of Power by Ann Kelsey
• Yeshua A Profile by Ann Kelsey
• Pursuit of Happiness by Andrew Kelsey

 

Shirley Kinney

• Body Language by Shirley Kinney
• Consulting the Runes by Shirley Kinney
• Here Thar Be Dragons by Shirley Kinney
• Masking Tape by Shirley Kinney
• My Spiritual Journey by Shirley Kinney
• Near-Death Experience by Shirley Kinney
• Once More with the Dragons, Already by Shirley Kinney
• Solstice Traditions by Shirley Kinney
• Story of The Cathars by Shirley Kinney
• Why God Won’t Go Away by Shirley Kinney

 

Tom Kinney

• A Clash of Swords, Religions, and Civilizations by Tom Kinney
• God Bless the Skeptics by Tom Kinney
• Healthy Wealthy by Tom Kinney
• Imagine That by Tom Kinney
• Nature’s Back Now What by Tom Kinney
• Path to the World Wide Love Blob by Tom Kinney
• Perspectives on the Path by Tom Kinney
• Process Theology by Tom Kinney
• Right, Wrong, and God by Tom Kinney
• The Wonders of Us – Smell by Tom Kinney
• The Wonders of Us – Hearing by Tom Kinney
• The Wonders of Us – Taste by Tom Kinney
• The Wonders of Us – Vision by Tom Kinney
• TJ and the Surface Radicals by Tom Kinney

 

Sara Mackey

• Duck Quacks Don’t Echo by Sara Mackey
• Bagels and Chalices by Sara Mackey
• Riding the Elephant by Sara Mackey
• Spiritual Guides by Sara Mackey
• Welcoming Congregation by Sara Mackey

 

David Rowden

• Adam Smith by David Rowden
• Ethical Principles by David Rowden
• Giving Up Bananas – Ethical Eating by David Rowden
• History of Unitarian Universalism by David Rowden
• Letters Between Adams and Jefferson – A Dramatic Reading by David Rowden, Marge Rowden, Cliff Schelling
• Science and Spirituality – Complementary or Contradictory by David Rowden
• The Bahá’í Faith by David Rowden
• The Quaker Movement and the Quaker Faith by David Rowden

 

James Sanderson

• Half Empty or Half Full by James Sanderson
• Islam by James Sanderson

 

Cliff Schelling

• Babies and Bathwater by Cliff Schelling
• The Beloved by Cliff Schelling
• The Master Weaver by Cliff Schelling

 

Rev. Louis Schwebius

• A Garden of Interdependent Delights by Rev. Louis Schwebius
• UU Humor: What Does It Say About Us? by Rev. Louis Schwebius

 

Cyndi Simpson

• Reparations for Slavery by Cyndi Simpson
• Salvation and Unitarian Universalists by Cyndi Simpson

 

Robert Weekley

• Albert Schweitzer: His Life, His Legacy by Robert Weekley
• Autumn Awareness by Robert Weekley
• Epicurean Renaissance by Robert Weekley
• Faiths of Our Fathers Part I by Robert Weekley
• Faiths of Our Fathers Part II by Robert Weekley
• The Gift of the Jews by Robert Weekley
• Warrior and Pilgrim by Robert Weekley
• Trees Need a Forest by Robert Weekley