Sunday Worship And Glorified Coffee Hour

October Worship Series: What We Inherit, What We Carry Forward – Universalists and Unitarians in the Midwest

This October, we’ll reflect on some of the people and movements whose courage and conviction helped shape the soul of our tradition. They were not perfect, yet they were faithful — faithful to love, to truth, and to the hope of a more just world. Their lives invite us to ask: What do we inherit from them? What do we carry into the future?

October 5: We’ll begin with Universalist theologian Hosea Ballou, who insisted that authentic religion is not found in creeds or human inventions but in “the honest, the pious, the devotional heart.”

October 12: We’ll explore the vision of the Transcendentalists, who taught that outward forms may fade, but the permanent in religion — truth, justice, and reverence for life — endures.

October 26: We’ll turn closer to home, looking at the significant contributions of Universalists and Unitarians in the Midwest. From frontier preachers to reformers who shaped civic and cultural life, we’ll consider how their vision and persistence continue to ripple through our region and our tradition today.