First Universalist Unitarian Church of Wausau Podcast

Sunday, October 3, 2021

This morning, join our guest speaker, Freedom Rider Joan Browning, for an engaging conversation on how faith informed the Civil Rights movement and the work of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
 

The full service is available to watch here on our YouTube channel.

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Joan C. Browning grew up on a small farm in rural Georgia. She went from picking two hundred pounds of cotton a day to volunteering with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. She participated in the Paine College Steering Committee demonstrations in Augusta, Georgia, in April 1961, and with the Atlanta Student Movement sit ins in 1961-63 and was one of nine Albany Freedom Riders on the last Freedom Ride. Today Browning is a writer and lecturer who lives in a double wide mobile home on a hillside in West Virginia with her puppy Gabriel and cat Agape. Her writings have been published in the “Journal of Women’s History” and “Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement” (University of Georgia Press, 2000). Browning writes and lectures about growing up four miles from one of the South’s most rabid racist politicians and about finding her way into the 1960’s civil rights movement in the Deep South. Learn more about Browning at https://joanbrowning.com.

September 26, 2021

Full service audio for Sunday, September 26, 2021. The Rev. Brian Mason preached "Learning Silence." The story for all ages was presented by Jes Zimmer. The music was provided by Margaret Jerz.

September 19, 2021

Full service audio for Sunday, September 19, 2021. The Rev. Brian Mason preached "Grace and Acceptance." Service featured music from Margaret Jerz, Music Director, and Alec Sauer, guest French hornist. Jes Zimmer, DRE, presented the Story for All Ages.

September 12, 2021

This morning, we shared a service for all ages based around the classic hymn, “Peace Like a River.” What do you bring with you into this new church year? Peace? Tears? Strength? Love? A bit of them all? Everyone is invited to celebrate Water Communion and Ingathering, annual Unitarian Universalist traditions that honors beginnings and endings.

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September 5, 2021

This morning was our annual "Blessing of the Backpacks" celebration, honoring parents and students as they return to school! Service led by the Rev. Brian Mason and DRE Jes Zimmer.

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August 29, 2021

This Sunday, the Rev. Brian Mason preached "No Dominion."

August 22, 2021

This morning, guest speakers Eppie Gruling, Kay Gruling, MD, and Mary Robinson, with John Robinson and Elizabeth Robinson, shared "A Family's Journey Through Hospice."   

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July 11, 2021

“I Come from No Mean City— the Universalist Project in Wausau”
Held outdoors in the Cyrus Yawkey House Gardens

 
In celebration of the church's 151st year, the Rev. Brian Mason presents, from the garden of one of the church's most storied members, a short essay on the history of Universalism in Wausau that tells the story theologically, and from the perspective of church members as documented in newspapers, meetings records, sermons, and scrapbooks. 

Sunday, June 20, 2021

This morning, guest speaker Greg Venne led a service on Finding Civil Discourse & storytelling.   Throughout the service, the listeners had the opportunity to break into groups and share stories from their own lives, then come together again for exploring storytelling through song, led by Greg on guitar.  

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Sunday, June 13, 2021

This morning, guest speaker Richard Olson shared, "An Adventure to the Greek Agora," and was joined by special musical guests Ray Kraemer and Louis Pradt. 

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