First Universalist Unitarian Church of Wausau Podcast

September 8, 2024 | Full service audio

The Rev. Brian Mason led the church's annual Water Communion service.

August 25, 2024 | Sermon audio

The Rev. Brian Mason preached "A Love Supreme, McDonald's Value Menu, and God"

There’s never a wrong time to explore the sacred and the mundane. How do we find meaning in a world dominated by consumer culture? Can the profound and the ordinary coexist in our quest for a deeper connection with the divine? How do we grow in appreciation of others’ deepest faith and beliefs? Join us as we navigate the timeless search for God, belonging, and meaning within the church and beyond.

August 18, 2024 | Sermon audio

The Rev. Brian Mason preached "Tender Mercies"

Parenting is a wild ride, filled with moments of wisdom and hilarity. In this sermon, we explore the insights gained from the ups and downs of raising children. From diaper disasters to teenage drama. Join us for a look at how parenting teaches us about love, patience, grace, and the power of a good laugh.

August 11, 2024 | Sermon audio

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦-𝗠𝗲́𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀

Presenter: Juanita Sundberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

The US border policies since 1994 have generated various forms of environmental injustice in the US-México borderlands. Specifically, the 1994 border strategy enlisted rivers, mountains, and deserts as natural barriers in order to push people seeking to enter the US without inspection into areas deemed remote, harsh and difficult to cross. This strategy has led to the deaths of thousands of migrants seeking to join or support family members. Likewise, the strategy has destroyed other-than-human life-worlds by tearing up ecologies and enclosing animals in ever smaller enclosures. Addressing these intertwined forms of environmental injustice requires we attend to the way anthropocentrism upholds racism.

Bio of Dr. Sundberg:  Dr. Juanita Sundberg is Associate Professor of Geography and Latin American Studies at the University of British Columbia.  She got her PhD from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1999, which was also the year she moved to Vancouver to work at UBC.  Dr. Sundberg’s work seeks to foster conversations between feminist political ecology, critical Indigenous studies and anti-colonial approaches to examine environmental change in settler colonial societies in the Americas.  Dr. Sundberg is the daughter of Jim Sundberg who is a new member of the First UU Church of Wausau.

August 4, 2024 | Sermon audio

The Rev. Brian Mason preached "Sabbath Rhythms"

June 23, 2024 | Sermon audio

The Rev. Brian Mason preached "Curiosity Over Comfort"

June 16, 2024 | Sermon audio

The Rev. Brian Mason preached "The Gentle Pace of Love: Walking In Harmony with God's Timing"

June 9, 2024 | Full service audio

The Rev. Brian Mason preached "Where Holy Enthusiasm Is" and presided over the church's annual Flower Communion ceremony 

June 2, 2024 | Full service audio

This Sunday honored the several youth of the congregation who graduated high school. The annual Bridging ritual was highlighted by the testimonials of some of these youth.

May 26, 2024 | Full service audio

Guest speaker Ryan O'Leary, PhD offered a message entitled "Religion and Peace in a Militaristic World"