Sermons by Wendy Karn
Love Letter
What’s so special about a love letter? Love letters encapsulate a moment in time-a keepsake and a tool for strengthening bonds and celebrating memories. With profound gratitude, Wendy will deliver her final sermon as your intern minister.
Imagination as a Spiritual Practice
Have you ever been told to stop daydreaming? What if you had permission and even encouragement to start daydreaming again? How can we center love in imagining a new future together?
Joy, it’s the Little Things
How is joy different than happiness? Where do we find joy in the chaos? How do we help each other find it? Sometimes just asking these questions helps us frame our happiness.
Small is All
Author and activist, adrienne maree brown reminds us that “small is all” in her book, Emergent Strategy. In nature, small things often mimic the big things. The small interactions we have each day with each other can ripple out and have a major impact in the bigger world.
Radical Inclusion
Radical inclusion is the practice of intentionally including people who are different from you and creating spaces where everyone feels welcome. How can we deepen our understanding of Equity as a value?
Stories from the Civil Rights Movement
Join us as we explore, author Annemarie Mingo’s account of how Black Churchwomen’s understanding of God became action and transformed a nation, as we celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
Christmas Eve 2024
Wendy Karn, our Intern Minister, will lead this special service filled with stories of hope and songs of peace and joy to the world.
The Winter Solstice
In this service we will celebrate the gifts and magical things that appear in darkness as we welcome the first days of Winter.
Sanity is Overrated
Embracing the Messiness of Mental Health. We humans tend to ascribe all bad things to mental health issues, but the reality is that the mentally ill are not any different any of us. In fact, they are us.
The Love Among Us
With election day fast approaching, please join Intern Minister, Wendy Karn for an exploration way we can take care of ourselves and each other in these times of uncertainty.
Coming of Age Sunday
Please join us for this special youth led worship service as they share their credos and talk about acceptance and coming together in community. DRE Danielle Lewis and Wendy Karn, Intern Minister and the OCUUC Coming of Age youth. – Coming of Age Youth, DRE Danielle Lewis, Wendy Karn, Intern Minister
Generosity as a Spiritual Practice
Generosity is a core value of Unitarian Universalism that connects us to each other in relationships of interdependence and mutuality. How do we become more generous in a world that often leads us into a scarcity mindset?