Visioning Together: Where Are We Being Called?
Reflection Question
What vision of the future is stirring within me, and what is my role in helping it become real?
Vision is more than a strategic plan. It is the prophetic imagination that allows us to see what does not yet exist and work toward it with faith. In our UU tradition, we have always been a people of forward motion, guided by the better world we can sense on the horizon. To vision together is holy work. It requires honesty about the present, courage to name what is needed, and faith that our collective dreaming has the power to shape what comes next. We take this month to listen, to dream, and to discern together.
Significant Dates
09/07 Labor Day
09/12 Rosh Hashanah
09/15 Hispanic Heritage Month
09/21 Yom Kippor
09/22 Fall Equinox
Sunday Celebrations Overview
NOTE: BridgesUU does not host Sunday Celebrations. We offer resources including monthly and weekly blurbs, Celebration Outlines, Sunday Scripts, Musical Selections, Celebrating Our Youth Stories, Activies, and Resources, as well as, Multimedia Decks.
September carries us from homecoming into forward motion, as we return to congregational life ready to dream together about where we are being called. We honor the dignity of labor and the learning of our children in the same breath, understanding that vision is built as much in the classroom and the workplace as in the sanctuary. By month’s end, we ground ourselves in the radical, founding proclamation of our Universalist ancestors, that no one is beyond the reach of love, and let that ancient hope become our vision for the year ahead.
Sunday Celebrations
Sun, Sep 06, 2026 – Labor in the Pulpit: Sacred Work, Shared Justice
As we honor Labor Day weekend, we turn our attention to the dignity of work and the justice owed to every worker. This service asks what it means to vision an economy rooted in fairness, care, and shared abundance rather than exploitation. Together, we commit to standing alongside those who labor for too little, and imagining the more just world we are called to help build.
Sun, Sep 13, 2026 – Homecoming: Gathering In for a New Year
On this first Sunday of our congregational year, we gather in from wherever the summer has taken us, ready to begin again together. Homecoming is an act of vision: a chance to ask where we are being called as a community in the season ahead. We welcome every hand, heart, and story home, and we step into the year with hope.
Sun, Sep 20, 2026 – Forward Motion: A LifeSpan Learning Kick-Off
We begin a new year of LifeSpan Learning by honoring Sophia Lyon Fahs, whose bold vision reimagined how we nurture the spiritual lives of our children. Her insistence that faith formation be rooted in wonder, honesty, and freedom still guides us forward. As we vision together where we are being called this year, we dedicate ourselves to continued learning and raising up a new generation unafraid to question, explore, and grow.
Sun, Sep 27, 2026 – Universalism Day: The First Sermon of Universal Love
We mark the anniversary of John Murray’s first Universalist sermon in colonial New Jerseyand his radical proclamation that no one is beyond the reach of divine love. His courage to preach universal salvation reshaped our faith and still calls us to imagine communities of radical inclusion. This Sunday, we vision what it means to carry that same fearless love into the world today.
Additional Musical Selections:
The following musical selections align with our theme for the month.
- STLT: 146: Soon the Day Will Arrive
- STLT: 159: This Is My Song
- STLT: 304: A Fierce Unrest
- STLT: 301: Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!
- STLT: 346: Come, Sing a Song with Me
LifeSpan Learning
Like seeds that are within them hold the possibility of an entire garden. Our children hold visions for the world they want to live in. This month, we create space for young people to dream big: to draw, write, build, and tell stories about the world they are helping to create. Through lessons, art projects, and intergenerational sharing, children and youth explore what it means to have a vision for the world and community around them, to take the small, brave steps that help it grow.
Monthly Children and Youth Activity Booklets
Our activity booklets are available for children and youth to enjoy during the service. They include coloring pages, puzzles, and reflections designed to help the children and youth engage with our monthly and weekly themes of our Sunday Celebrations in their own creative way.
A great way to keep young minds, spirits, and hands busy and engaged!
2026/27 Monthly Themes
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