Choir Practice · Baritone Sectionals 🎵
2024-09-05 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-12 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
If you have had a secret wish to sing, join the UU Wausau Choir. We always welcome new members. There are no formal auditions; just bring your good ears and a desire to sing harmoniously.

Enjoy the practice-driven process of learning new music to share with the congregation on a three to four-week schedule.

The UU Wausau Choir meets every Wednesday in the Atrium from 6:30-8:00 p.m. The Baritone and Alto Sectionals have additional practices, such as this one!

For additional information to participate, contact Music Director Margaret Jerz margaret@uuwausau.org or call the church office at (715) 842-3697.

Tai Chi · Free Class
2024-09-05 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-12 18:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-19 18:30 - 21:30 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
Join teacher Larry Riddle and others in our beautiful atrium for stretching and Tai Chi. The stretching portion of the class lasts about 90 minutes and is required. Beginners are welcome. Wear loose-fitting clothing and flat tennis shoes, if you have them. Classes are free and open to the public.

Sunday Worship And Glorified Coffee Hour
2024-09-08 10:30 - 12:30
Wet Behind the Ears: We’re All Just Winging It – The Rev. Brian Mason, preaching

Join us for our Annual Ingathering and Water Communion Service. A September tradition where we gather to celebrate the diverse journeys that unite us.

Please bring water from the literal or figurative journeys you’ve experienced this summer, whether you left home. The water can be from any source—mundane or extraordinary, near, or far. During the service, we will each add our water to a common bowl, symbolizing our shared faith and the many sources from which it flows.

Join Us On Sundays For Services That Inform & Inspire

Sermons at UU Wausau encompass many topics, but always with the intent of cultivating dialogue and fostering growth. On any given Sunday, you will hear a sermon that stimulates your thinking about life, opens a new perspective on the Bible, or speaks to the state of the world with words of hope or healing. Join us Sunday in person as we worship together.

Community Focus Collection (CFC)

On the third weekend of each month (September – May), our Sunday collection is given to a pre-selected Ministry Partner, organization, or cause that puts our values into practice.

Community Potluck Lunch
2024-09-08 11:45 - 12:45
Please mark your calendars for our first potluck on Sunday, September 8th, right after our Water Communion service. Join us upstairs in our dining room for some casual, laid-back entertaining fun hosted by the newly formed Hospitality Committee. Feel free to reach out to the members if you have any questions: Committee members are Anna Gresch, Marsha Fitzgerald, Marguerite Donnelly, Karen Peterson and Carolyne Powers.

Please bring a salad, side dish or dessert to share.

Whether you arrive with a dish to share or simply with an open heart, all are welcome to this inclusive gathering.

It’s a delightful occasion where diverse flavors and stories come together to create a tapestry of connection, emphasizing our belief in every person’s inherent worth and dignity.

Join us for a delicious meal and the opportunity to forge new friendships, strengthening the bonds that make our community so special.

Women’s AA Meeting
2024-09-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-16 18:00 - 19:00 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
Women’s AA meets every Monday evening, including on holidays. Please enter through the doors off of the parking lot.

Wausau Bird Club · Public Meeting
2024-09-09 18:30 - 19:30 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
Wausau Bird Club typically meets the first Monday of every month; indoors at UU Wausau during late Fall and Winter; outdoors in the Spring & Summer. However, due to the Labor Day Holiday they will meet on September 9.

Everyone is welcome to join. Meetings are free and open to the public.

If you have questions about the location, please call Susan Haug at 715-446-2775.

Qi Gong · Free Class
2024-09-10 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-09-17 18:30 - 20:30 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
Join teacher Larry Riddle and others in our beautiful atrium for stretching and Qi Gong. The stretching portion of the classes lasts for about 90 minutes and is required. Beginners welcome. Wear loose-fitting clothes and flat tennis shoes, if you have them. Classes are free and open to the public.

Creativity Matters
2024-09-10 19:00 - 20:30 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
Our Creativity Matters group helps community members engage in monthly themes and explore spiritual growth through creative expression.

It’s all about allowing our intuition and imagination to guide us, not just our logic and reflective minds. Think of it as making room for your right brain to dance with your left brain.

Creativity Matters is a high school and adult group designed for everyone — no experience or artistic skill is required! Just bring a playful spirit and adventurous attitude.

Creativity Matters • Invitation
2024-09-10 19:00 - 20:30 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
Something within us knows us better than we know ourselves. It knows what is right for us. It speaks by silently withdrawing energy from things that are not for us. It doesn’t care about our comfort; it cares about our growth. James Hollis

Invitation

September’s Creativity Matters theme is “invitation.” As we start our year of Creativity Matters sessions, we’ll explore how we can invite creativity back into our lives when our creative juices have run low, and how our creativity can invite us to get to know our complex feelings – positive, negative, and otherwise.

Projects of the Month

We will have supplies for Project Option A, B, and D from the monthly Creativity Matters packet*

Jumpstart your creativity with a pocket-sized beauty collection

Invite imperfection into your creativity with “ugly” art

Explore the invitation of aging with a modality of your choosing

*Don’t have a copy of this month’s Creativity Matters guide? Sign up to be part of the mailing list or reach out to our Director of Religious Education for a copy!

What is Creativity Matters?

Our Creativity Matters drop-in group helps community members engage in monthly themes and explore spiritual growth through creative expression.

It’s all about allowing our intuition and imagination to guide us, not just our logic and reflective minds. Think of it as making room for your right brain to dance with your left brain.

Creativity Matters is a high school and adult group designed for everyone — no experience or artistic skill is required! Just bring a playful spirit and adventurous attitude.

Weekly Knitting Group
2024-09-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-18 10:00 - 12:00 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
Discover the joy of knitting and the warmth of community by joining our Weekly Knitting Group. All are invited, whether you’re a seasoned knitter or a complete novice. Bring your own knitting projects and let your creativity flow in the company of kindred spirits.

It’s not just about crafting but forging connections, sharing stories, and supporting one another. Knitting has a way of bringing comfort, both through the soothing rhythm of stitches and the bonds we build along the way.

Come join us in Walker Hall (upstairs) and be a part of this wonderful group, where your skills and passion are celebrated, and where every stitch is an opportunity to knit our community closer together.

Choir Practice · Alto Sectionals 🎵
2024-09-11 11:30 - 12:30

The Noon Swoon
2024-09-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-18 12:00 - 13:00 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
You’re invited to be part of our weekly gathering, where we dive into the thought-provoking world of The New Yorker magazine.

Join us during the lunch hour as we unpack the pages of the previous week’s issue, sparking vibrant discussions and sharing diverse perspectives.

Whether you’re a devoted reader or simply curious about engaging with insightful content, this is the perfect opportunity to connect, learn, and expand your horizons.

Bring your lunch, your inquisitive spirit, and a hunger for stimulating conversation. We look forward to welcoming you to this enriching experience.

Social Justice Committee
2024-09-11 18:00 - 19:30

UU Choir Practice 🎵
2024-09-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-09-18 18:30 - 20:00
If you have had a secret wish to sing, join the UU Wausau Choir. We always welcome new members. There are no formalauditions; just bring your good ears and a desire to sing harmoniously.

The UU Wausau Choir meets every Wednesday in the Atrium from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Enjoy the practice-driven process of learning new music to share with the congregation on a three to four-week schedule.

For additional information to participate, contact Music Director Margaret Jerz margaret@uuwausau.orgor call the church office at (715) 842-3697.

Second Friday Nighters
2024-09-13 18:00 - 20:00
Please join us for Second Friday Nighters — a long-standing tradition at UU Wausau! Sometimes, a fun-filled intergenerational evening in our very own church atrium, and other times, a privately hosted adult-only event.

Join us for good conversation with friends!

When: Friday, September 13 | 6 – 8 pm
Where: If you would like to attend and have not RSVP’d OR if you RSVP’d and don’t have the address, please email admin@uuwausau.org or call 715-842-3697.
What: Social hour and appetizers. Please bring a finger food to share.
Hosts: Jim & Joyce Schneider

Community Collection Focus · Ministry Partners
2024-09-15 00:00 - 23:59
Community Focus Collection (CFC)

On the third weekend of each month during September – May, our Sunday collection is given to a pre-selected Ministry Partner, organization or cause, like this one, that puts our values into practice.

Big Brothers, Big Sisters (BBBS)

Our ministry partner for this week is Big Brothers, Big Sisters (BBBS). Learn more about them here.

BBBS is dedicated to fostering and supporting one-on-one mentoring relationships that unlock the potential and possibilities for young people. Read more about BBBS by clicking here.

About Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin has been serving at-risk youth since 1976. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin is the gold standard in youth mentoring. By matching children with a positive role model, we are building stronger communities one relationship at a time.

Big Brothers Big Sisters serves children ages 6 through 14 that are struggling emotionally, socially, academically, and behaviorally. Currently, our service areas include: Marathon County, Abbotsford and the Merrill Area. Our School-Based Program serves the districts of: Abbotsford, Athens, D.C. Everest, Marathon, Merrill, Mosinee, and Wausau.

Children's Religious Education
2024-09-15 10:30 - 11:30
This year, our Children’s RE group is blending our play-based model with Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints, an illustrated collection by Daneen Akers that highlights people from diverse faiths who have stood up for justice and love, even when it meant challenging the status quo.

We’ll learn about inspiring figures like:

Bayard Rustin

Fred Rogers

Valarie Kaur

Kaitlin Curtice

Thich Nhat Hanh

Rumi

Mary Oliver

And we’ll be adding our own Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist ancestors, including Norbert Čapek and Francis Ellen Watkins Harper.

Each Sunday, elementary school-aged participants will discover one of these holy troublemakers and then explore the week’s themes in our open play spaces, including an art room, contemplation room, make-believe room, game area, nature space, music space, and makerspace.

Youth Religious Education
2024-09-15 10:30 - 11:30
C2: Coming of Age Cafe

C2 is a unique coming-of-age space designed to honor youth choice and support them in taking ownership of their spiritual paths, C2 is a space where youth can connect, collaborate, create, and rest while exploring the deep questions of identity, belonging, and purpose. Each week, the group will be invited to explore questions such as:

How do I honor the child I once was…and will carry with me?

What are the labels and expectations our families put on us?

Where is the line between belonging and fitting in?

What privileges belong to me, and how do I use them to support the belonging of others?

How do I honor where I come from?

How do I celebrate the unique me?

How do I prevent labels from hemming me in?

What are my core values?

What are my passions and joys?

Who do I hope to become?

How do we disagree without destroying relationships?

How do I resist “me-ism” and honor our intertwined fates?

Then youth can choose how they’d like to go deeper with that week’s theme. Whether they choose to play a game, make art, enjoy a snack, quietly reflect, or simply relax, C2 is an intentional time for youth to nurture their well-being, explore those big coming-of-age questions as they move from childhood to adolescence, and discover the answers together.

Sunday Worship And Glorified Coffee Hour
2024-09-15 10:30 - 12:30
Why Life’s Big Lessons Aren’t in the User Manual

Tired of worn-out ideas? It’s time to step out—literally and metaphorically—and explore beyond the comfort zone. Together, we’ll venture into new territory, where the real truths emerge when we’re open to a little uncertainty (and maybe even getting a bit lost).

Community Focus Collection (CFC)

On the third weekend of each month (September – May), our Sunday collection is given to a pre-selected Ministry Partner, organization, or cause that puts our values into practice.

Our ministry partner for this week is Big Brothers, Big Sisters (BBBS). Learn more about them here.

BBBS is dedicated to fostering and supporting one-on-one mentoring relationships that unlock the potential and possibilities for young people. Read more about BBBS by clicking here.

About Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin has been serving at-risk youth since 1976. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin is the gold standard in youth mentoring. By matching children with a positive role model, we are building stronger communities one relationship at a time.

Big Brothers Big Sisters serves children ages 6 through 14 that are struggling emotionally, socially, academically, and behaviorally. Currently, our service areas include: Marathon County, Abbotsford and the Merrill Area. Our School-Based Program serves the districts of: Abbotsford, Athens, D.C. Everest, Marathon, Merrill, Mosinee, and Wausau.

Join Us On Sundays For Services That Inform & Inspire

Sermons at UU Wausau encompass many topics, but always with the intent of cultivating dialogue and fostering growth. On any given Sunday, you will hear a sermon that stimulates your thinking about life, opens a new perspective on the Bible, or speaks to the state of the world with words of hope or healing. Join us Sunday in person as we worship together.

Board of Trustees Public Meeting
2024-09-17 18:30 - 20:30 | UU Wausau, 504 Grant Street, Wausau, WI, 54403, United States
All interested members and friends are welcome to the Board of Trustees meetings. Monthly board meetings are held at First Universalist Unitarian Church of Wausau on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM (unless otherwise noted).

Learn more about the church board, its role, and how to get involved.

Choir Practice · Alto Sectionals 🎵
2024-09-18 11:30 - 12:30
If you have had a secret wish to sing, join the UU Wausau Choir. We always welcome new members. There are no formal auditions; just bring your good ears and a desire to sing harmoniously.

Enjoy the practice-driven process of learning new music to share with the congregation on a three to four-week schedule.

The UU Wausau Choir meets every Wednesday in the Atrium from 6:30-8:00 p.m. The Tenor & Bass and Alto Sectionals have additional practices, such as this one!

For additional information to participate, contact Music Director Margaret Jerz margaret@uuwausau.org or call the church office at (715) 842-3697.

Choir Practice · Tenor and Bass Sectionals 🎵
2024-09-19 15:00 - 16:00
