Wear some working clothes to worship! After worship, everyone is invited to join staff and Trustees for a church-wide workday after worship.

We'll meet in the Fellowship Hall following worship for a quick brown-bag lunch and to hear more about the various work areas. There will be indoor and outdoor projects for persons of all ages and capabilities to participate.

Our last workday was a great success and we appreciate all who are able to come and join us as tend to the building and campus ahead of the beautiful and busy Advent and Christmas season. Bring your own simple lunch. Drinks will be provided.

An Election Connection Event!

Join us for a community dinner! This day of community building is an opportunity for us to connect, lean on one another, enjoy some fun and to remind one another that God is with us as we await election results.

We’ll have some soup and baked potatoes for dinner, and invite you to bring a side to share. After dinner, we’ll divide up into teams (making sure we have people from every generation on each team) and answer trivia questions!

We’d love to see you there!

An Election Connection Event!

Join us for a free yoga class in the chapel. This gentle yoga class is open to all ages and all levels of experience. Participants are encouraged to bring a towel or yoga mat, but not necessary. The main thing is to bring yourself and an openness to this experience that promises to ground us and center us on this momentous day.

Chris Leigh P. has been teaching hatha yoga for almost a decade and is one of Pastor Teresa’s favorite yoga instructors at Flow Yoga here in Austin. Chris received her Hatha teaching certification under the guidance of her beloved teacher Sat Nam Joti Kaur Khalsi at the Blue Cypress School of Holism in Wimberley Texas.

Join us for an intergenerational day of fellowship on Election Day, Tuesday November 5. Doors open at 11 am and we'll be here through the evening with cut off time for children and youth at 8 pm. This come-and-go day of community building is an opportunity for us to connect, lean on one another, enjoy some fun and to remind one another that God is with us as we await election results.

Schedule

11 am - Make Your Own Pizza Lunch
1 pm - Yoga with Chris Leigh Parker
2-6 pm - Crafts, Games and More!
6 pm - Community Dinner
7 pm - All Generations Trivia

Any questions? Contact AV at alicia@uumc.org or Natasha at natasha@uumc.org!

We will observe All Saints Sunday on November 3 at 11am in the sanctuary with a special worship service. The Congregational Church of Austin will join us for a worship service including a lighting of candles for All Saints’ Sunday and the Brahms Requiem. We anticipate the service being 90 minutes to 2 hours. Due to the length of the requiem, we will celebrate Communion on November 10.

Under the direction of A. Villareal, the UUMC Sanctuary Choir accompanied by Dr. Eun Joo Fierro, other guest musicians and the Congregational Church of Austin Choir will present the Brahms Requiem. The Brahms’ Requiem is a renowned work, composed by Johannes Brahms during a time of personal grief to provide comfort and peace to others experiencing grief and loss. 

We’ll conclude our Stewardship season on October 20 by giving thanks for the life of UUMC and our ministries during worship. After worship, all are invited to a Stewardship Lunch catered by various microloan recipients “food truck” style lunch – we’ll have Sonoran Hotdogs, Tamales of multiple flavors, cakes and more. Everyone’s invited!

Join us for our annual Fall Festival in the Courtyard and Fellowship Hall! We have fun planned for everyone. There will be games, photo booth, and all kinds of yummy food! Wear your costume to church and then head to the Fellowship Hall for Stewardship lunch from T Locs. Looking forward to celebrating the Fall season with you!

EVERYONE is welcome to join Ray Williams and Melissa Wigginton in the chapel every Sunday October 20 - November 24.

This brilliant pair will coach you through telling wonderful, descriptive and engaging Bible stories. This is a safe place to learn new skills and make a new intergenerational friend. We’re thrilled that Ray and Melissa are up for teaching this class again and we look forward to seeing all of you there.

Questions? Contact Jillian!

Join us for a Sunday full of socializing! If you’re new to UUMC, want to get connected, or are hoping to make church a priority this year, today is the perfect day to join us! We hope you’ll join us for what is sure to be a fun Sunday for everyone! If you already feel connected, bring that friend you think would love UUMC, it’ll be a great Sunday to introduce us!

Schedule of Events

Back-to-School Orientation
9:45 am | Chapel

Parents, Children and Youth meet Jillian and Natasha in the chapel. We’ll send Children and Youth to their Sunday Schools then hold a brief parent meeting. Parents, we’ll make sure you have time to attend the Sunday School Meet and Greet as well!

Sunday School Meet and Greet
10 am | Courtyard

Anyone looking to join a Sunday School is invited to come out, meet the different classes, learn about what topics they cover and find a good fit for you! 

Worship with Back-to-School Blessings
11 am | Sanctuary

We’ll all gather together in the Sanctuary for a worship service at 11 am that includes a Blessing of the Backpacks and a special prayer as our students and teachers start a new school year.

UUMC Ministry Fair
12 pm | Fellowship Hall

After worship, we’ll have our UUMC Ministry Fair! The ministries of UUMC will each have a table explaining what they do, and where they need volunteers! The ministries will also be having a pie contest, which means everyone wins since there will be plenty of pie to go around. Come join us, eat some good pie and learn how you can share your talents with UUMC! 

Join us for our third annual UUMC's Got Talent! Everyone is invited to a potluck lunch to celebrate the many talented humans who make up our congregation.

Sign up to share your talents, anything from dancing to poetry reading, singing, science demonstrations, recitation of your favorite dinosaurs: the more the merrier!

EMAIL AV TO SIGN-UP!

Don your gay apparel and join UUMC in the Austin Pride Parade! We will work as a community to create signs and build a float in the week leading up to the Parade, and on August 10th we will gather around our float and march down South Congress to rejoice with all of our Queerly Beloved!

Space is limited - Register today!

Interested in helping to build the float? Complete the registration form above (even if you can’t attend the march) to let us know! We’d love your help!

Come making signs for the Pride Parade! We'll start with a brainstorming session and come up with messages that we feel represent our goals of inclusivity and queer joy at UUMC. Then we'll make a whole bunch of cute signs!

BYOLunch or a snack to share :)

Let us know you’re coming so we can make sure and have enough supplies!

Our Sanctuary service will feature a choir built of our chosen families this Sunday!

We’ll rehearse July 17th from 5:30 - 7 pm in the choir room. Bring your grandparent, kid, roommate, partner, best friend to join in making a joyful noise!

Questions? Contact A. Villarreal!

This is a training session for allies to increase their support of our trans and nonbinary community members. We'll reflect on our personal gender expression, and discuss topics such as the history of gender in the West, gender roles, identity and expression, and the evolution of new language to describe gender identity. Find out what a gender pronoun is, how to receive someone coming out to you, and how to incorporate new gender vocabulary and show your support!

Bring your grandma, children, roommates, partners, parents or friends and let’s make a joyful noise with our chosen families this week! We’ll rehearse on Wednesday and lead the music during worship on Sunday, June 10!

No experience needed and ALL are welcome!

Questions? Email AV!

Join us to celebrate the Ascension of Jesus with Bach's "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen" (BWV11)! Sung by our Sanctuary Choir and accompanied by Dr. EunJoo Fierro on the organ.

We will bring you a multi-movement work which spotlights our talented UUMC Section Leaders- Soprano Cami Everitt, Mezzo-Soprano Annisha Mackenzie, Tenor Andres Ojeda, and Bass George Sani.

Our music department is excited to bring you this new version of our "Extra Joyful Noise" service in the form of this extended musical meditation on the rising and ascension of our savior. Alleluia, Christ is Risen Indeed!

Join your UUMC community at Eastwoods Park for food, yard games and fellowship. This is a gathering where all are welcome to come and enjoy the (hopefully) beautiful spring weather. We will provide sandwich fixings and games but please bring a bag of chips, drinks and dessert!

*If it happens to be raining on Sunday, we will gather in the Fellowship Hall and still have corn hole, food, board games and fun!

Contact Jillian with any questions!

Climate change is a scientific problem, but the church's response to it should be driven by the Greatest Commandment: Love God and love your neighbor. Come and hear from Dr. Becca Edwards (Texas Impact) about how the church's mission of Love depends on the faithfulness of US Christians in the work of climate change mitigation.

About Dr. Becca Edwards

Becca earned a PhD in Wind Science and Engineering at Texas Tech University in 2009. Her research led her to set up wind instruments ahead of landfalling hurricanes along the Gulf coast. She served as a visiting assistant professor of physics at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas for ten years, teaching climate science, earth science, and engineering courses and conducting research in the areas of hydroclimate extremes and air quality.

Becca Edwards has a Masters in Divinity at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She is chair of the Mercy and Justice committee at First United Methodist Church of Austin and is a certified deacon candidate in the Capital District of the Rio Texas Annual Conference. 

Her current interests include liberation theology, climate justice, hydroclimate extremes, interfaith understanding, and worship. She recently received a grant with Austin Seminary to integrate climate science and theology.

Becca lives in Round Rock with her husband and four children and is always searching for the best day hike/taco combo in Austin. So far it’s hard to beat the Taco Deli at the Spyglass trailhead of the Barton Creek Greenbelt.

Please join our study series during this season of Lent. We will reflect on our hope for a just world and beloved community by looking into the selected chapters of "Hope Is Here" by Luther E. Smith Jr. A light lunch will be provided. (If you’d like to help volunteer to provide a dessert or clean up after, please click here!)

Week 4 - March 10 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

We’ll continue our exploration of Luther E. Smith’s “Hope is Here.” A light lunch will be provided from 12 - 12:30 pm. At 12:30 pm, we’ll break off into age-level groups:

• Adults will participate in the Lenten Study from 12:30 - 1:30 pm.

• Children and Youth will be invited to the first floor where they’ll be able to play and do a small related activity.

• Wesley Choir will meet from 12 - 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary. They’ll grab lunch before joining their groups.

Please join our study series during this season of Lent. We will reflect on our hope for a just world and beloved community by looking into the selected chapters of "Hope Is Here" by Luther E. Smith Jr. A light lunch will be provided. (If you’d like to help volunteer to provide a dessert or clean up after, please click here!)

Week 3 - March 3 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

We’ll continue our exploration of Luther E. Smith’s “Hope is Here.” A light lunch will be provided from 12 - 12:30 pm. At 12:30 pm, we’ll break off into age-level groups:

• Adults will participate in the Lenten Study from 12:30 - 1:30 pm.

• Children and Youth will be invited to the first floor where they’ll be able to play and do a small related activity.

• Wesley Choir will meet from 12 - 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary. They’ll grab lunch before joining their groups.

Week 4 - March 10 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Please join our study series during this season of Lent. We will reflect on our hope for a just world and beloved community by looking into the selected chapters of "Hope Is Here" by Luther E. Smith Jr. A light lunch will be provided. (If you’d like to help volunteer to provide a dessert or clean up after, please click here!)

Week 2 - February 25 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

This Sunday, our guest speaker, Shan Schaffer from Texas Freedom Network, will lead us to reflect on our hope for the world of reproductive justice and present us with ways to be a Reproductive Freedom Congregation. We will meet after the Sunday worship service. Light lunch will be provided.

• Adults stay in the Fellowship Hall to hear Shan’s presentation.

• Youth are welcome and encouraged to join this event!

• Wesley Choir will meet from 12 - 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary. They’ll grab lunch before joining their groups.

• Children will be able to join the lunch and learn or attend childcare as desired.

Week 3 - March 3 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Week 4 - March 10 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Please join our four-week study series during this season of Lent. We will reflect on our hope for a just world and beloved community by looking into the selected chapters of "Hope Is Here" by Luther E. Smith Jr. A light lunch will be provided. (If you’d like to help volunteer to provide a dessert or clean up after, please click here!)

Week 1 - February 18 | 12:00pm - 2:30pm

Participants and their families are invited to join us for lunch in the Fellowship Hall from 12 - 12:30 pm. At 12:30, we’ll break off into various groups:

• Adults will participate in the Lenten Study from 12:30 - 1:30 pm. Parents of tweens and youth are able to hang out until it’s time to pick-up their kiddos.

• Youth and Tweens will participate in a MYF & Tween Time Service Project at the church until 2:30 pm

• Children 4th grade and younger will be invited to childcare where they’ll be able to play and do a small related activity.

• Wesley Choir will meet from 12 - 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary. They’ll grab lunch before joining their groups.

Week 2 - February 25 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

This Sunday, our guest speaker, Shan Schaffer from Texas Freedom Network, will lead us to reflect on our hope for the world of reproductive justice and present us with ways to be a Reproductive Freedom Congregation. We will meet after the Sunday worship service. Light lunch will be provided.

• Adults stay in the Fellowship Hall to hear Shan’s presentation.

• Youth are welcome and encouraged to join this event!

• Wesley Choir will meet from 12 - 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary. They’ll grab lunch before joining their groups.

• Children will be able to join the lunch and learn or attend childcare as desired.

Week 3 - March 3 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

We’ll continue our exploration of Luther E. Smith’s “Hope is Here.” A light lunch will be provided from 12 - 12:30 pm. At 12:30 pm, we’ll break off into age-level groups:

• Adults will participate in the Lenten Study from 12:30 - 1:30 pm.

• Children and Youth will be invited to the first floor where they’ll be able to play and do a small related activity.

• Wesley Choir will meet from 12 - 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary. They’ll grab lunch before joining their groups.

Week 4 - March 10 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

We’ll conclude our exploration of Luther E. Smith’s “Hope is Here.” A light lunch will be provided from 12 - 12:30 pm. At 12:30 pm, we’ll break off into age-level groups:

• Adults will participate in the Lenten Study from 12:30 - 1:30 pm.

• Children and Youth will be invited to the first floor where they’ll be able to play and do a small related activity.

• Wesley Choir will meet from 12 - 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary. They’ll grab lunch before joining their groups.

February 18th is the annual Austin Marathon.  Since the route runs right down Guadalupe we will all need to plan a little additional time for travel. 

As always, you can try using Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze. However, sometimes those applications don't work as well on these type of occasions. We’ve put together some handy tips for getting to church this Sunday!

Come celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancakes (including gluten-free and red velvet) and other breakfast goodies. ALL are welcome-bring your beads and empty stomachs!

Hymn writers Hal and Martha Hopson will lead a program about the writing of sacred music in our chapel. Hal Hopson has written many hymns featured at UUMC and this is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the artists behind the songs!

The annual MLK March is this coming Monday. It is predicted to be below freezing with a chance of participation. We will be monitoring the event website (you can access here) for updates on whether the march happens, but if it happens we will be there! You are welcome to park for free at the church parking lot off of 25th but the platinum lot will be pay to park. This year we are planning on meeting at the MLK statue on UT’s campus at 9 am for a short program and then continue on with the march to the south steps of the Capitol for a rally. At this point, you can decide to walk back to your car or finish the march by walking to Huston Tillotson. If you continue to Huston Tillotson please remember to find transportation back to your car (either arrange for someone to pick you up, uber, or ride the bus.)

Learn more about the march & festival.

Come to the Chapel during Sunday school hour and join us in singing hymns as we close the year 2023 together with joy on December 31.

Join us for worship as we remember members who died during the year.

The Sanctuary Choir will perform "Lux Aeterna" by Morten Lauridsen, a requiem in five movements. Composed in 1997, "Lux Aeterna" is a relatively contemporary requiem. Lauridsen was moved to compose the piece by the death of his mother, for whom he had great love. The piece is often compared to Brahm's "Ein Deutsches Requiem." Both composers took liberty in the selection of their text, rather than pulling from the traditional latin mass, they focused on readings that would comfort and console the living. "Lux Aeterna" features readings that reference various forms of sacred light. May this work and our singers be a light to you on a heavy day, as we remember and lift up all those in our congregation who have passed throughout the year.

Join us for our annual Fall Festival in the Courtyard and Fellowship Hall! We have fun planned for everyone. There will be games, photobooth, bounce house, and all kinds of yummy food! Wear your costume to church and then head to the Fellowship Hall for Stewardship lunch from T Locs. Looking forward to celebrating the Fall season with you!