Monthly Worship
On the third Saturday of each month at 10 AM PT (1 PM ET), NAUA hosts an online worship service.
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Past Service Recordings
Please click on the image of the desired past service below. Most are worth listening to more than once!
Todd Eklof at May 3rd Saturday Service
Todd Eklof, NAUA President, will discuss the NAUA's past, present and future, then invite participants to reflect on his message and share their own thoughts. Todd Eklof, NAUA President, will be the main speaker for May's service. He will discuss where we are, where...
April 2025 Worship Service Recording
This month’s NAUA service fell the day before Easter, the day of the Christian Resurrection, so what better day to have a discussion of “Life After Death”? Bob Simoni discussed the latest research in recalled experiences of death, formerly called near death experiences, and then discussed the Hindu Reincarnation belief system and finally ended with real life examples of young children who have inexplicable experiences of previous lives with vivid details that seem impossible to imagine.
March 2025 Worship Service
"Yours, Mine and Ours: The NAUA Going Forward"March 15th, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM PST This month's worship service explores various perspectives ("Yours, Mine and Ours") on the future of the NAUA. Join on the 3rd Saturday of the month to take a closer look at...
Feb. 2025 Saturday Worship with JD Stillwater
NAUA 3rd Saturday Worship Service - Nature’s Scripture: the Interfaith Promise of Science. Underlying the human world of strife and separation is an oft-neglected landscape of commonality between faiths: the natural world. At precisely the time when our religious and...
January 2025 Service – Enlightment Values
Enlightenment Values of Freedom, Reason and Tolerance. January's monthly worship service focused on the Enlightenment Values of Freedom, Reason and Tolerance, the very same values that were adopted by the NAUA and that stand at the core of Western liberal tradition....
Solstice Service, 2024
I've been attending Unitarian Solstice services for as long as I can remember, but I have never enjoyed one as much as this Solstice. Maybe it was the music, the poems, Rev Manning's talk or just being (virtually) with 50 old and new friends. From all of us at NAUA,...
Nov. 16, 2024 – Where Do We Go From Here? with Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof
In this Nov 18, 2024 3rd Saturday Worship service NAUA President Rev.Dr. Todd Eklof addresses "Where do we go from here?"
Sept 21, 2024 – Healing the West by Julian Adorney
This monthly service includes Chalice Lighting, Hymns, guest music and an very interesting guest speaker - Julian Adorney. Julian Adorney is the founder of Heal the West, a Substack movement dedicated to preserving and repairing our liberal social contract....
Aug. 17, 2024 – Are You Smarter than a Bullfrog by Bob Meyerson
In this monthly service Bob Meyerson reminds us of the danger of constantly accommodating ourselves as our context gets more uncomfortable and learning when we need to change.
July 20, 2024 – Reflections on the Loss of the 7 Principles & 6 Sources by Joyce Kinnear
For July, the worship committee presents a service focused around a group discussion of the rift in the UUA, and particularly the article 2 vote; the grief associated with these events, and our path forward. The reading is to be the 6 sources and 7 principles. For the...
Unitarianism and Freedom of Thought – by John Dietrich updated by and Todd Eklof
While many of us had the opportunity to hear Rev. Eklof present an amended version of Rev. John Dietrich's 1918 sermon, "Unitarianism and Freedom of Thought", last Sunday on UUSpokane zoom, some of you did not. For me, it was an extremely powerful and meaningful...
6/15/2024 – Renewing Our Free and Resp. Search for Truth & Meaning by Odell Havsdotter
Renewing Our Free and Resp. Search for Truth & Meaning by Odell Havsdotter We will examine what it means to renew and regenerate our commitment to our fourth principle. What does it mean to be free in our search, and what does it mean to be responsible in...
5/18/2024 – A Life Well Lived by Bob Simoni
Bob Simoni lead May's NAUA Community Worship service which is entitled "A Life Well Lived", a phrase which you might hear used at a Memorial Service for someone who led an exemplary life. The sermon will discuss what are some of the significant events of a person's...
3/16/2024 – You Can’t Preach Here! You Can’t Marry Here! by Eric Schuman
Featuring a sermon by Eric Schuman A condensed history of the the evolution from homophobia to acceptance in Unitarian Universalism and thus, the story of how the fight for gay marriage was won.
Unitarian Rev. Samuel Joseph May – education, women’s rights, and abolition of slavery.
The Reverend Rick Davis talks about American Unitarian Rev. Samuel Joseph May who during the nineteenth century championed education, women's rights, and abolition of slavery. Aligning the efforts and successes of past Unitarian leaders with our efforts today,...
Special NAUA Service on Sunday Jan. 20 2024
This service features a sermon by Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof, entitled “Finding Our Way: Where Our Liberal Religion Must Go From Here”. Rev. Eklof is the Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, President and Founder of the North American Unitarian...
12/16/2023 – Blue Christmas by Rev. Twinkle Manning
December’s NAUA worship service theme was: “Blue Christmas.” The holiday season, while filled with light, can create palpable darkness. This service offers a space to hold your grief sacred and to honor any loss or pain you are feeling. Join us for heartfelt music,...
11/18/2023 – The “United” States by Bob Simoni
NAUA Treasurer Bob Simoni offers his thoughts and insights on the often un-United States.
10/21/2023 – Not Fallen Angels: Reconsidering fashionably cynical attitudes about humanity and civilization by Rev. Mark Gallagher
Our speaker this month is the Rev. Mark Gallagher who was a UU parish minister for about 25 years, mostly in Vancouver, Washington, where he now carries on a private practice ministry of preaching, teaching, and spiritual growth work.
9/16/2023 – Thoughts are Free by Bob Meyerson
Our Sept. speaker is Bob Meyerson Topic: “Thoughts Are Free,” from a 500 year old German Folk Song. Bob will talk about how free thought and free expression can be instruments of positive change, whether for major political reasons or religious thought. Topic:...
8/19/2023 – Credos and Connections by Mary Bennett
Canadian, Mary Bennett reflects on her own journey as a Unitarian and what it means to her currently to be a Unitarian during these times of challenge and change.
7/15/2023 – The Worth of Worship by Rev. Todd Eklof
6/17/2023 – Making Room for Mystery by Rev. Terry Cummings
Rev. Cummings picks on Carl Sagan's famous description of the mystery and wonder of life on our :"pale blue dot" in an unfathomably large universe.