Speaker: Paul Mitchell | Borrowing from Theodore Parker’s sermon, “The Transient and the Permanent in Christianity,” I will see if I can build a reflection on the permanent and transient…
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | A look at Rev. Theodore Parker (1810-1860), who was an American Transcendentalist, minister of the Unitarian church, a reformer and abolitionist; his words and popular quotations…
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | Maybe a little about romance, but I figure we should touch base on how love carries us through this difficult time.  We’re going to be celebrating…

We Make A Difference

March 29, 2020
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | There are good reasons to support our annual canvass. They all seem to revolve around understanding that we make a difference, and we need to continue…
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | The signers of the first Humanist Manifesto of 1933 attempted to state in fifteen brief points what a humanist religious perspective had to say about the…

The Urgency of Now

February 23, 2020
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | In January, we talked briefly about Rev. Martin Luther King’ s sense of the Urgency of Now.  We’ll use this thought from Rev. King to further…

The Trouble With History

February 16, 2020
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | A recent New York Times article compared history text books used in California and Florida. The books are from the same publisher and radically different frames…
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | Members of congregations are often concerned about growth, and growth is generally connected with sustainability.  This sermon looks at the healthy aspects of being a small…
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | Explore the historical and religious implications of the Japanese American internment.

Small Group Ministries

November 3, 2019
Speaker: Paul Mitchell | Small group ministries bring congregation members in close relationship with one another.  Although KUUF is not a large congregation, several small group ministries are thriving.  This…