Worship & Music

Sermons Online

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Most sermons are available in audio form. We cannot include readings or music in the audio postings due to copyright laws. We do not post sermons by guest speakers without their written permission. To listen to a sermon, click on the "audio" link. To download the mp3 file, right-click on the "audio" link. We will add audio for each week's sermon, and also add past sermons as time allows. Be aware that these are large files (3-4 mb) and may take several minutes to download.

September 15, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Ingathering and Salmon Bake!
September 8, 2013	Rev. Emily Brault	The Importance of Being Imperfect
September 1, 2013	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Go Deeper Into the Forest
August 25, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	In Defense of Narcissism
August 18, 2013	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Fifty Shades of ...
August 11, 2013	John Fahey	The Religious Wanderer
August 4, 2013	Rachel Gerberding	The Adventures of a Reluctant Feminist
July 28, 2013	Robert Kechley	Music as a Spiritual Teacher
July 21, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	The Warrior Way
July 14, 2013	Rev. Tamara Casanova Suzuki	Of Giraffes and Standing Up to Life
July 7, 2013	Rev. Laura Shennum	UU Evangelism?
June 30, 2013	Rev. Beverly Spears	Christianity, A Love Story
June 23, 2013	Rev. Carmen McDowell	Henry David Thoreau, Summer Saint
June 16, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Flower Communion Service		audio
June 9, 2013	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Drama Driven Life		audio
June 2, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Conversion Isn't for the Feign of Heart		audio
May 26, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Because We Love		audio
May 19, 2013	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Re-Membering and Re-Storing		audio
May 12, 2013	Michelle Conklin The Coming of Age Youth and Mentors	Coming of Age	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
May 5, 2013	The Committee on Ministry Rev. Peter J. Luton Rev. Joan Montagnes	Birds of Opposite Feathers		audio
April 28, 2013	The Partner Church Ministry Teams	The Gift of Connection	N/A	audio
April 21, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	What We Ask of Nature		audio
April 14, 2013	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Healing Arms of Prayer		Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
April 7, 2013	Michelle Conklin, DRE	A Love Letter to Our Children	N/A	audio
March 31, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Easter - A Day of Second Chances		audio
March 24, 2013	Robert Kechley, Director of Music	Palm Sunday Music Service	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
March 17, 2013	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Doors of Perception		audio
March 10, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Mad. Sad. Bad(?)	text	audio
March 3, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	The Good Life Without God	text	audio
February 24, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Can Liberals Be Saved?		audio
February 17, 2013	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Complexities of Denial		audio
February 10, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	The Poetry of Langston Hughes		Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
February 3, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Stewardship Sunday	text	audio
January 27, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	In Praise of Brick and Mortar	text	audio
January 20, 2013	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Do-Goodism		audio
January 13, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Robert Frost's Wall	text	audio
January 6, 2013	Rev. Peter J. Luton	If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him	text	audio
December 30, 2012	Rev. Amanda Aikman	How to Be an Empty Cup	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
December 23, 2012	Robert Kechley, Director of Music	Celebrate the Holidays with Music for Chorus and Brass!	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
December 16, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Why I Kindle the Lights of Hanukah		audio
December 9, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes	From Heartbreak to Holy Days	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
December 2, 2012	East Shore Youth Group	Finding Light in the Darkness and Darkness in the Light	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
November 25, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Locking Season	text	audio
November 18, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Garbage Gratitude	text	audio
November 11, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Am I Doing the Right Thing?	text	audio
November 4, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Meeting Place	text	audio
October 28, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	No Knocking Required	text	audio
October 21, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Riding the Ox Home	text	audio
October 14, 2012	Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison-Reed	Never the Water; Only a Wave	N/A	audio
October 7, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Louder by the Bunch	text	audio
September 30, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Love Is Not Enough	text	audio
September 23, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Tabula Rosa, My #~^	text	audio
September 16, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Salmon Bake Sunday	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
September 9, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Down and Out Religion	text	audio
September 2, 2012	The People in Community Service Initiative (PICSI)	Supporting Change	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
August 26, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Old Time Religion		Not recorded
August 19, 2012	Bob Kechley and the Musicians of East Shore	The Spirit in Our Music	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
August 12, 2012	Becky Davie	Awakening Joy	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
August 5, 2012	Rev. Amanda Aikman	Single in a Married World	N/A	Not recorded
July 29, 2012	Rev. Dr. Emily Brault	Spirits Behind Bars	N/A	audio
July 22, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Jefferson Meets Jesus for the Second Time	text	audio
July 15, 2012	Rev. Zenshin Florence Caplow	The Art of Riding the Waves	N/A	audio
July 8, 2012	Linda Benson	Toward Deeper Purpose	N/A	audio
July 1, 2012	Rev. Joan Monagnes, Lori Coe	Zombie Aplcalypse	N/A	audio
June 24, 2012	Rev. Bill Grace	All One Family	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
June 17, 2012	Grounds Ministry Team	Because It Is Our Home	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
June 10, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Oh, the Colors!		audio
June 3, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Full Contact Democracy	text	audio
May 27, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Sacrifice and Sanctuary	text	audio
May 20, 2012	Michelle Conklin, DRE	Whatever Tomorrow Brings, I'll Be There	N/A	audio
May 13, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Stop Their Belly Aching		audio
May 6, 2012	Michelle Conklin, DRE	Coming of Age Sunday	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
April 29, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	St. Margaret	text	audio
April 22, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Credit Where Credit is Due	text	audio
April 15, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes and the Build Your Own Theology Class	This I Believe	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
April 8, 2012	Bob Kechley and the East Shore Choir	Jesus Christ Superstar	N/A	No audio available for copyrighted materials
April 1, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Jesus Is Coming! Jesus Is Coming!	text	audio
March 25, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes	What's So Difficult About Faith?	text	audio
March 18, 2012	Barbara Beach, co-founder of the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council	What Do Partners Want?	N/A	audio
March 11, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Prayer as Naming and Claiming	text	audio
March 4, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Befriended	text	audio
February 26, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Spring Training	text	audio
February 19, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Three Mantras: A 2012 Survival Kit	text	audio
February 12, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Marry, Marry, Not At All Contrary	text	audio
February 5, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Stuck on UU: The Web of Life at East Shore	N/A	audio (Stewardship Testimonials)
January 29, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	The Opposite of Loneliness	text	audio
January 22, 2012	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Stepping Into the Unknown	text	audio
January 15, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	All New People	text	audio
January 8, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Born Right the First Time	text	audio
January 1, 2012	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Dusting Off the New Year	text	audio
December 25, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Christmas Day in the Morning	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
December 18, 2011	Robert Kechley, Director of Music	Holiday Music Service	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
December 11, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Christmas for the Rest of Us	text	audio
December 4, 2011	Michelle Conklin, Director of Religious Education	Star of Wonder	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
November 27, 2011	Michelle Conklin, Director of Religious Education	Advent: Imagining the Great "What If?"	N/A	audio
November 20, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Thanksgiving Sunday Soul Food Makes the Meal	text	audio
November 13, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Religion: Is This Really a Good Idea?	text	audio
November 6, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Monkey Mind vs. Canine Consciousness	text	audio
October 30, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Laughing Your Way to Heaven	text	audio
October 23, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Do You Love Me? and Other Loaded Questions	text	audio
October 16, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	You're Not the Boss of Me!	text	audio
October 9, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Moral Low Ground	text	audio
October 2, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Living With Our Ancestors	text	audio
September 25, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	How to Greet the Day Without Embarrassing Yourself	text	audio
September 18, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Transformational Truth	text	audio
September 11, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Ingathering and Salmon Bake Sunday		audio
September 4, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Radius of Trust	text	audio
August 28, 2011	The East Shore Peace Team	Finding Common Ground	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
August 21, 2011	Michelle Conklin, Director of Religious Education	Steadfast Love	N/A	audio
August 14, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	What Are People For?	text	audio
August 7, 2011	Rev. Alice Blair Wesley	Thus Do We Covenant	N/A
July 31, 2011	Earle Canfield	Sacred Cows Make Great Hamburger	N/A	audio
July 24, 2011	Milly Mullarky	The Tender Time Between No Longer and Not Yet	text	audio
July 17, 2011	Scott Harris	Only Love Can Do That	N/A	audio
July 10, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes Rev. Peter J. Luton	What Drives Me Crazy About You	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
July 3, 2011	Tim Siegel	UU Courage	N/A	audio
July 3, 2011	Bob Weiss	Lessons from History	N/A	audio
July 3, 2011	Bill Riddle	Lessons from War, Lessons from Peace	N/A	audio
June 26, 2011	Naseem Rakha	Looking Into the Dark: a Lesson in Forgiving the Unforgivable	N/A	audio
June 19, 2011	Robert Kechley, Director of Music	That Certain Something	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
June 12, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Flower Communion	N/A	audio
June 5, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Ten Reasons to Come to Church	text	audio
May 29, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Hallowed Memories	N/A	audio
May 22, 2011	Michelle Conklin, DRE and the Coming of Age Youth and Mentors	Coming of Age Service	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
May 15, 2011	Rev. Derrick Pariat	A Faith-Filled Partnership: Unitarianism in india	N/A	audio
May 8, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	To Kill a Man...	text	audio
May 1, 2011	Bill Schulz	The 8th Deadly Sin	N/A	audio
April 24, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	The Crux of Easter	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
April 17, 2011	Robert Kechley, Director of Music	Palm Sunday Music Service	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
April 10, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Holding Tank, Home, or Hotel	text	audio
April 3, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Hope is a Two-Way Street	text	audio
March 27, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Downward Mobility	N/A	audio
March 20, 2011	Rev. Karen Taliesin	All Shall Be Well	N/A	audio
March 13, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	St. Patrick, Snakes, and Paradise Tossed	text	audio
March 6, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	The Rootedness of a Radical	text	audio
February 27, 2011	Rev. Tracy Springberry, Guest Minister	Seeking Religious Faith	N/A	audio
February 20, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Letting Go of the Rope	N/A	audio
February 13, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Beloved Community	text	audio
February 6, 2011	Rev. Luton & Friends	We Are the Keys	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
January 30, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	We All Boil at Different Degrees	text	audio
January 23, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Wrestling With the Spirit	N/A	audio
January 16, 2011	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Can't We All Just Get Along?	text	audio
January 9, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Crossing the Chasms of Life	text	audio
January 2, 2011	Rev. Peter J. Luton	To Whom Are We Accountable?	text	audio
December 26, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Well, That Was Nice, But Now What?	N/A	Not Recorded
December 24, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton (4 & 7 p.m.) Rev. Joan Montagnes (11 p.m.	Candlelight Christmas Eve	N/A	Not Recorded
December 19, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Kindness is the Miracle	text	audio
December 12, 2010	Robert Kechley, Director of Music	Music Sunday: Gift of the Magi	N/A	Audio CD available in East Shore Bookshop
December 5, 2010	Michelle Conklin, DRE	Intergenerational Worship Service & Mitten Tree Collection	N/A
November 28, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	A Buddhist Approach to the Holidays	text
November 21, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Grateful by the Bowlful	N/A
November 14, 2010	Rev. Joan Montagnes	A City Upon a Hill	N/A
November 7, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	The Dented Cup	text
October 31, 2010	Rev. Karen Taliesin	Día de los Muertos: Honoring the Dead as We Celebrate Life	N/A
October 24, 2010	Rev. Joan Montagnes	The Theology of Winnie the Pooh	N/A
October 17, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Dirt, Dust, and the Human Experience	text
October 10, 2010	Michelle Conklin, Director of Religious Education	Dancing on Francis David Street	N/A
October 3, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Privileged Moments	text
September 26, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Harold, My Hero	text
September 19, 2010	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Self-Forgiveness	text
September 12, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Ingathering and Salmon Bake Sunday	N/A
September 5, 2010	Rev. Joan Montagnes	How Large the Circle	text
August 29, 2010	Ron Hammond, East Shore Member	Hunches, Intuition, Common Sense, Mathematical Models, and Theology	text
August 22, 2010	Michelle Conklin, Director of Religious Exploration	Forming a Lifelong Faith	N/A
August 15, 2010	Robert Kechley, Mari & Jamie Gower, Mark Johnson, Kathy Roche-Zujko	The Adam and Eve Diaries	N/A
August 8, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	In Praise of Lethargy	text
August 1, 2010	Tom Doe, East Shore Member	The End of the Frontier	N/A
July 25, 2010	Jonathan Olson, East Shore Member	Building Bridges	N/A
July 18, 2010	Carmen McDowell, East Shore Member	Ariadne's Thread	N/A
July 11, 2010	Rev. Joan Montagnes	If the Devil Took a Holiday	N/A
July 4, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Should I Sit, Stand, or Leave the Room?	text
June 27, 2010	Scott Rudolph, Ministerial Intern	Love is the Doctrine of This Church	N/A
June 20, 2010	Earth-Based Ministry Team	Summer Solstice Service	N/A
June 13, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Flower Communion	N/A
June 6, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Church Magic	text
May 30, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Who Will Speak for Me?	text
May 23, 2010	Scott Rudolph, Ministerial Intern	Life Transitions and Current Positions	text
May 16, 2010	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Joanie in Wander-Land	text
May 9, 2010	Scott Rudolph, Ministerial Intern	It's Born. Now What?	text
May 2, 2010	Michelle Conklin, Director of Religious Exploration	Coming of Age	N/A
April 25, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	When Nice is Not Enough	N/A
April 18, 2010	Scott Rudolph, Ministerial Intern	The Nature of Our Sacrifice	text
April 11, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Rooted in Time and History	text
April 4, 2010	Easter Sunday Music Program Robert Kechley	Easter Sunday Music Program	N/A
March 28, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Don't Go, Jesus	text
March 21, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	The Real Action is Hidden	text
March 14, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Corporations Are People Too?!	text
March 7, 2010	Scott Rudolph, Ministerial Intern	Questioning Questions: Is Nothing Sacred?	text
February 28, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Prayers Cut from Life	text
February 21, 2010	2010 PNWD District Assembly, Rev. Peter Morales	Trapped in the Past?	Notes available from PNWD office; audio not available
February 14, 2010	Rev. Joan Montagnes	A Greater Love	text
February 7, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Life Stitched Together	text
January 31, 2010	Eric Kaminetzky, Guest Minister	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Ministry	not available
January 24, 2010	Scott Rudolph, Ministerial Intern	The Shaking of Faith	text
January 17, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Is That Appropriate?	text
January 10, 2010	Rev. Peter J. Luton	Stickiness or Another Faithful Sap	text
January 3, 2010	Rev. Joan Montagnes	Why I Hate Richard Dawkins	text