UU Church of Greater Bridgeport
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Schedule of Services
a shared faith, a shared pulpit

weekly services

Regular Services 
Sundays: 10:30–11:30 a.m.
followed by coffee hour

-- Please feel free to enjoy the coffee-and-nosh hour that follows each service during the regular church year (juice and snacks are available for the kids).
-- Infant and toddler care is available except during the summer months; parents are welcome to leave their youngsters in our supervised nursery or to stay with their children in the nursery during services if they desire.
-- The Sunday School and Youth groups are active except during summer months and are free to all.

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Summer Services
Sundays: 10:00–11:00 a.m.
followed by social hour

Summer services will start at 10:00 a.m. ,followed by a social hour in fellowship hall. Each service will follow a simplified version of the regular service format, with music and reflections added to the usual summer lay program.


What you will find
Services are times in which all may share joys and concerns, hear words of inspiration and counsel, and revitalize faith or philosophy -- through prayer, meditation, or contemplation, and through warm fellowship and the transcendent joy of music.

As befits a democratic institution, every service begins with words of welcome from an elected representative of the congregation.

From the end of June through mid-August, all services are lay led. One in four services is lay led during the remainder of the year.



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special services

Children's Services, Youth Services, Vespers, Holiday Services

During each year, the church offers services requested or prepared by groups within the congregation. The church also offers occasional evening services, to celebrate the spirit of traditional holidays.


especially for kids

Children, grades k through 5, begin each Sunday in the Sanctuary with their parents. They share in the opening of each service and may voice personal joys and concerns with the rest of the congregation, before leaving the Sanctuary for their classrooms.

They take one Sunday a month off from Sunday school to attend a service of their own, conducted by our Director of Religious Education. In addition, they rehearse and present several special services during the year for the entire congregation.

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especially for teens

Teens, grades 6 through 12, can go directly to their youth groups Sunday mornings, but they are encouraged to begin at least one Sunday each month in the Sanctuary with their families. They can share in the opening of each service and voice personal joys and concerns with the rest of the congregation, after which they may choose to stay or to leave the Sanctuary for their youth groups.

Teens are encouraged to participate as much as they wish in each Sunday service. In addition, they rehearse and present special services during the year for the entire congregation.


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Welcome

Listing of Sermons, Services and Events
upcoming sermon topics, events, adult education programs, and more...

Where to Find Us
phone, mail, visit

Activities
open to all

How to Take Part
a guide to church and programs

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"Unitarian Universalists are people who are concerned about all the things which your favourite religion is concerned about but who allow, or even require, their belief to be compatible with reason.

"... The fundamental value and dignity of every human being is a core philosophy, and [ UUs ] have a healthy respect for those whose beliefs differ.

"They meet in churches, instead of wired hotels -- and discuss justice, peace, conflict, and morality rather than protocols and data formats -- but ... the peer respect is very similar to that of the Internet Engineering Task Force.

"... [ The UU ] spiritual and social quest is for a set of rules which allow people to work together in harmony."



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