Unitarian Universalist Church of Chattanooga

11:00 Service ~ The Stories We Tell Ourselves ~ The narratives that exist in our city, culture, lives and nation may or may not be true. Depends on who is telling the story. Times Free Press metro columnist David Cook will share what he has seen & what he sees as the truest story of all.

10:45 Connections ~ sharing time for personal joys & concerns

9:30 Forum ~ Religious Literacy ~ We expect our kids to be culturally literate in European, American and some world studies. What kind of religious knowledge should we expect of kids and adults as UUs? testing & discussion led by tom kunesh.

11:00 Service ~ Lessons from my Mother ~ Karen Claypool, multiculturalist, owner/director of Across the Languages, with Marcia Jenison, pianist, performing songs her mother loved.

10:45 Connections ~ sharing time for personal joys & concerns

9:30 Forum ~ Human Need and Human Greed, an (Un)natural History of Civilizations and Human Desires ~ Often the origin of civilizations has been seen as progressive and functional, however another view can be maintained that civilizations originate from elites seizing available power bases and from conquest, led by Charles Redwine.

11:00 Service ~ True Colors ~ Our annual UU Kids service, produced and performed by the children and teens of our Religious Education department. This year’s theme is all about our unique identities as UUs and citizens of the world. DRE Kay McCurdy

10:45 Connections ~ sharing time for personal joys & concerns

9:30 Forum ~ The art and business of tattooing ~ guest speaker Brent Humphries, owner of Triple 7 Studio  

11:00 Service ~ What’s Practice Have To Do With Being Spiritual? ~ In this day of ‘spiritual but not religious’, what does it mean to come to church on a regular basis? How do spiritual practices deepen our appreciation of our faith and of our lives? What nourishes you? Rev Pam Rumancik

10:45 Connections ~ sharing time for personal joys & concerns

9:30 Forum ~ Prayer @ Public Meetings & Church/State Separation ~ An update on the lawsuit challenging public prayer sponsored by the Hamilton County Commission, with Tommy Coleman, co-plaintiff in the federal court case. (Reminiscent of the 1979 case that pitted UUCC members against the Chattanooga & Hamilton County Boards of Education.)

11:00 Service ~ Flower Communion on Earth Day Sunday ~ We celebrate the beauty and blessings of this green earth by bringing in flowers from our homes and gardens. Remembering a ritual begun by Rev Norbert Čapek in Prague nearly a hundred years ago, we gather and create beautiful bouquets with myriad colors and blooms and then take home a different flower as a reminder of gifts we bring to one another. Rev Pam Rumancik

10:45 Connections ~ sharing time for personal joys & concerns

9:30 Forum ~ Atheisms in The East ~ godless mysticism, minimalist naturalism & natural skepticism in South and East Asia; the last part of the multicultural history of atheisms series, presented by tom kunesh