Sunday, November 22, 2020
Join us for the Reverend Brian Mason’s Thanksgiving Day homily, a story for all ages from Julie Trombley, and special music from Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
Today’s Order of Service.
Link to today’s service.
Notes from the Music Department.
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Sunday, November 15, 2020
Join us for the Reverend Brian Mason’s sermon “On Healing,” a story for all ages from Julie Trombley, and special music from Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
Today’s Order of Service.
Link to today’s service.
Notes from the Music Department.
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
Join us for guest minister, the Reverend Kimberley Debus’, service, “Unexpected.” Today’s Worship Associate is Julie Trombley, and music is provided by Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
Today’s Order of Service.
Link to today’s service.
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Sunday, November 1, 2020
Join us for the Reverend Brian Mason’s sermon, “Do Not Be Afraid: A Theology of Life’s 2nd Half,” a story for all ages from Julie Trombley, and music from Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Join us for the Reverend Brian Mason’s sermon, “The Mystical Gifts of Political Vagrancy” and music from Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
Notes from the Music Department.
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Sunday, October 18, 2020
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Sunday, October 11, 2020
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Sunday, October 4, 2020
Join Director of Religious Education, Julie Trombley, for “Celebrating Autumn,” a contemplative service that uses readings, meditation, and music to honor and celebrate the changing season.
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Sunday, September 27, 2020
Join us for Brian’s sermon, “Crack the Door Open,” a story for all ages from Julie, and music from Margaret and Dänika.
Today’s Order of Service.
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Sunday, September 20, 2020
Join us today for Brian’s sermon, “Sanctifying Imagination,” a story for all ages from Julie, and music from Margaret and Dänika.
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Sunday, September 13, 2020
Due to unexpected technical difficulties, a recording of today’s in-person service will be posted here by 12pm. We apologize for the delay, are grateful for your patience, and hope to livestream next Sunday morning’s service.
This morning, UU Wausau is entering Phase 1 of our Bounce Back Plan, and resuming in-person Sunday morning services, with our annual ingathering celebration, the Reverend Brian Mason, preaching, to kick off the start of the 2020-21 church year.
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Sunday, September 6, 2020
“Chewing and Walking at the Same Time”: In the last of our summer lay-led services, two members of the First UU Wausau Social Justice Committee reflect on the current racial justice strife. From their positions of White privilege, Kay Meyer and Jerry Phelan encourage us to study and chew into our internal issues surrounding racial justice. However, don’t wait to get walking, i.e., taking action to move Marathon County toward a more welcoming community with greater racial equality.
Sunday, August 30, 2020
In this period of heightened recognition of the advantages of being white in America and interest in learning ways to address racism, we are grateful Kayley McColley has agreed to provide reflections of her experiences as a Black person in Wausau. Kayley is a 20 year old who was raised in Wausau, graduated from Wausau West High School, and currently is working here in the health care field. Kayley is a committed community activist and sought after voice.
Today’s worship associate is Randy Jefferson; music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, on piano, and Dänika Kozlovich, vocals.
Link to today’s Order of Service.
Link to today’s Online Service.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Join Richard Olson as he leads this service, entitled “Ordinary Loss.” In his words: “Throughout our lives we all face many losses. Some are minor but seem major at the time. Other times, these losses are traumatic and lead to acute grief. We need to grieve, and we do so in many ways; it is a healthy process. What is unhealthy though, is when we allow our grief to be heavier than the actual loss.”
Please note: If discussion of suicide is a sensitive topic, please skip from 27:22 – 31:06.
Today’s Order of Service.
Link to today’s Online Service.
Sunday, August 16, 2020
In today’s service, Julie Trombley, the Director of Religious Education at First UU Wausau, speaks to us in her message, “Finding Delight.” Music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, on piano, and Dänika Kozlovich, vocals.
Link to today’s Online Service.
Sunday, August 9, 2020
In today’s service, the Reverend Brian Mason speaks to us in his sermon, “Heart on the Run.” Music provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, on piano, and Dänika Kozlovich, vocals.
Order of Service
Sunday, August 2, 2020
Today’s Order of Service
Sunday, July 26, 2020
This summer’s fourth installment in our lay-led series features Randy Jefferson, presenting “My First UU: Peter, Dick, and Glenda.” Music provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, on piano and organ, and Dänika Kozlovich, vocals.
Today’s Order of Service.
Link to service podcast.
Sunday, July 19, 2020
In our third lay-led service of the summer, we are pleased to welcome back UWSP Lecturer in Religious Studies Dr. Ryan O’Leary, who is speaking to us this morning about work he has had done on the connection between religion, secularism, and tolerance, in “The Religious Dimensions of Secularism.”
Today’s worship associate is Randy Jefferson. Music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and Dänika Kozlovich, Congregational Administrator.
Click here to open the Order of Service.
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Second in our summer’s lay-led services, today’s service, “Woody Guthrie Speaks to Us Still,” is led by Greg Venne, member of First UU Wausau. Greg is accompanied today by Margaret Jerz, Ray Kraemer, and Dänika Kozlovich.
Order of Service
Sunday, July 5, 2020
This summer’s first lay-led service, “Essential but Unwanted,” is led by Richard Olson, member of First UU Wausau.
Order of Service
Link to service podcast
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Beyond the Water’s Edge
Sunday Worship at General Assembly
Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs together in worship. Rev. Joan Javier-Duval will deliver the sermon at the 2020 General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship. She serves as Minister at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Vermont. She is the daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, mother of a kindergartener, and spouse of a proud Vermonter. Beauty, gratitude, and love are at the heart of her faithful striving for collective liberation and a thriving planet.
The worship service will include a collection for the Tomaquag Museum, an indigenous museum featuring an extensive collection and archive of Southern New England tribal communities. Donate now.
The service will stream live here.
*Note the different time, as the stream comes from a different time zone.
On Sunday morning, the service will only be available while it’s streaming. Later in the day, a recording will be released and we’ll share that on our Facebook page when it’s available.
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Today’s service, “On Fatherhood,” is led by Brian Mason, Minister of this church. The worship associate is Julie Trombley, Director of Religious Education; and the music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and Dänika Kozlovich, Congregational Administrator.
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Today’s service, “A Conversation about Meaning through the Language of Poetry,” is led by Brian Mason, Minister of this church; Julie Trombley, Director of Religious Education; Margaret Jerz, Music Director; and Dänika Kozlovich, Congregational Administrator. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz & Dänika Kozlovich.
Notes from the Music Department
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Today’s service is led by Julie Trombley, Director of Religious Education. The worship associate is Brian Mason, minister of this church. Music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and guest vocalist Wendy Galbraith.
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Today’s Flower Communion service is led by the Rev. Brian Mason. Julie Trombley is the Worship Associate. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
Notes from the Music Department
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Today’s Bridging service, in celebration of graduating high school senior Ruby Fischer, is led by Julie Trombley, Director of Religious Education. The worship associate is the Reverend Brian Mason, Minister. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and Dänika Kozlovich, Congregational Administrator.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
The preacher is the Reverend Brian Mason, Minister. The worship associate is Julie Trombley, Director of Religious Education. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and Dänika Kozlovich, Congregational Administrator.
Sunday, May 3, 2020
The preacher is the Reverend Brian Mason, Minister. The worship associate is Julie Trombley, Director of Religious Education. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and Dänika Kozlovich, Congregational Administrator.
Notes from the Music Department
Sunday, April 26, 2020
The preacher is the Reverend Brian Mason, Minister. The worship leader is Julie Trombley, Director of Religious Education. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and Dänika Kozlovich, Congregational Administrator.
Sunday, April 19, 2020
The preacher is Julie Trombley, Director of Religious Education. The worship leader is the Reverend Brian Mason, Minister. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and Dänika Kozlovich, Congregational Administrator.
Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020
This service is led by the Reverend Brian Mason. The worship associate is Julie Trombley. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
This service is led by the Reverend Brian Mason. The worship associate is Julie Trombley. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
This service is led by the Reverend Brian Mason. The worship associate is Julie Trombley. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
This service is led by the Reverend Brian Mason. The worship associate is Julie Trombley. The music is provided by Margaret Jerz and Dänika Kozlovich.
This I Believe – February 10, 2019
This service is led by Joni Hahn (on behalf of Sally Schmidt), Holly Briquelet Miller, Tim Peterson, and Julie Trombley.
Truth-telling as Healing: Will We Answer Dr. King’s Call? – January 20, 2019
This service is led by Reggie Jackson and Dr. Fran Kaplan of Nurturing Diversity Partners.