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toc Featured and current sermon audio is now update on the main C3HUU web site here or on the C3HUU Media Archive on YouTube here

This wikispace is an archive of sermon audio from the meeting hall at the Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist (C3HUU). C3HUU has a team of Soundroom volunteers who record sermon audio and make it available here on the Internet whenever we have permission to do so. For any members who miss a service, you may request an audio copy by clicking on this link and making a special request.

All audio files created after 1 August 2014 are being moved and hosted from YouTube which has become a popular place for many religious organizations to host their multimedia replays. The C3HUU YouTube channel hosts videos created from select sermons and special events posted here. Thank you for your patience; comments, and feedback during our rework of the audio sermon replay capabilities for C3HUU. Comments may be addressed to soundroom at c3huu.org.

Online C3HUU Sermon Information
The table below lists the sermons given at C3HUU since 2013. Sermon audio available for replay should show a Wikispaces Audio Player similar to this icon: You may click the arrow on the left of the icon to play the sermon audio. If the recording you seek does not show the audio player, or you are looking for an earlier sermon, please click on this link to the searchable archive of sermons. If any text in the "Sermon Title" or "Speaker" columns is underlined and colorful (usually blue), you may click on it to see extra information on the sermon or the speaker which is often a link to the online copy of the Order of Service. For earlier sermons, please see this 2012 and prior sermons wiki page. Copyrighted music and readings may not be posted online which we note on the left column.

(click arrow on left to play) ||~ Notes or Link to Written Copy of Sermon || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page ||  || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || Rev Thom reviewed studies about the decline of religious participation in our country, especially among the younger generation of “millennials.” || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || Rev Thom Belote gave a sermon on the Compassion Deficit and included some of his experiences in moving to Chapel Hill. || Judith Mendez Segovia ||= See this YouTube link or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || Annual Labor Day sermon supporting the FLOC campaign in NC. Introduced by Alan Spalt. Here is a link to 2009 talk from FLOC head Baldemar Velasquez. || Marion Hirsch ||= See this YouTube link or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || There was no formal sermon at this service. Audio posted is from introductions given by Rev Thom and Marion Hirsch || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || Rev Thom's first service at C3HUU. || Peggie Misch, Mary Hulett, Marion Hirsch || media type="file" key="140810_0339-sermon.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Carter Smith, who also attended UU GA, led and arranged this service. || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || This is Jim Magaw's farewell sermon at C3HUU before his settled ministry at the Pittsburgh Sunnyhills UU Church. || Jennifer Del La Rosa Karen Rossie Sally Freeman ||= See this YouTube link or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || Link to Wellspring program information. || or the C3HUU Sound Archive page ||  || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || An update of a sermon charlie originally gave 14 years ago! || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page ||  || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page ||  || or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || Gary's last sermon at C3HUU as interim minister. || Sermon: "Hitch Your Wagons" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski Marion Hirsch Graduating Members of C3HUU Youth Group ||= See this Soundcloud link or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || Celebrating members of our graduating youth group with a short sermon by Gary. Out of privacy concerns, we do not post names of youth. || "The Story of My Life" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski Danny Gotham Chris Hoerter Bill Rote ||= See this Soundcloud link or the C3HUU Sermon Archive page || Talks from several men who are C3HUU members, as well as a sermon from Gary || and Youth Members ||  || The service includes readings from our youth, so the audio and their names are not posted. ||
 * ~ Date of Sermon ||~ Sermon Title ||~ Speaker(s) ||~ Podcast
 * = After 1-Aug-2014 ||  ||   ||= See this YouTube link
 * = 14-Sept-2014 ||= "The Kids are Alright" || Rev Thom Belote ||= See this YouTube link
 * = 07-Sept-2014 ||= "The Compassion Deficit" ||= Rev Thom Belote ||= See this YouTube link
 * = 31-Aug-2014 ||= "Sowing Seeds of Change for Farmworkers in NC" ||= Alan Spalt
 * = 24-Aug-2014 ||= Annual Waters Ceremony ||= Rev Thom Belote
 * = 17-Aug-2014 ||= "To Grow a Soul" ||= Rev Thom Belote ||= See this YouTube link
 * = 10-Aug-2014 ||= Report from UU General Assembly (GA) ||= Frankie Price-Stern,
 * = 03-Aug-2014 ||= “Unity and Non-Conformity" ||= Jim Magaw ||= See this YouTube link
 * 27-July-2014 ||= "Wellspring: Perspectives on Spirituality for Unitarian-Universalists" ||= Anne Gilliland
 * = 20-July-2014 ||= "Applied Buddhism: Taking Care of Ourselves" ||= Stephen Chandler ||= See this Soundcloud link
 * = 13-July-2014 ||= "Well, there goes the Neighborhood" ||= charlie kast, Minister Emeritus ||= See this YouTube link
 * = 06-July-2014 ||= "Independence Day" ||= Dr Keith Sawyer ||= See this Soundcloud link
 * = 29-June-2014 ||= “The Surprising Science of Gratitude” ||= Bryan Sexton ||= See this YouTube link
 * = 22-June-2014 ||= "Dead Man Walking" ||= ERUUF Players ||  || This adaptation of the play with the same name is copyrighted, see photos posted here... ||
 * = 15-June-2014 ||= “Bon Voyage, Arrivederci, Sayonara and Adios” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski ||= See this Soundcloud link
 * = 08-June-2014 ||= Rising Up Ceremony
 * = 01-June-2014 ||= "A Celebration of Men"+ sermon:
 * = 25-May-2014 ||= “A Free Faith” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="140525_0024-Sermon1edit.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 18-May-2014 ||= Coming of Age Services ||= Marion Hirsch
 * = 11-May-2014 ||= "I'll Be There" ||= Rev Deborah Cayer || media type="file" key="140511_0321-Sermon2-edit.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 04-May-2014 ||= “House of the Holy” ||= Rev Thom Belote || media type="file" key="140504_0319-RevThom1-edit.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Second sermon at C3HUU for our new minister, Rev Thom! ||
 * = 27-Apr-2014 ||= "Home of the Human" ||= Rev Thom Belote || media type="file" key="140427_0314-sermon1eq.mp3" width="240" height="20" || First sermon at C3HUU for settled minister candidate! ||
 * = 20-Apr-2014 ||= "Flower Power" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="140427_0314-sermon1eq.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 13-Apr-2014 ||= “A Spiritual Perspective on Climate Change” ||= C3HUU ECO Committee || media type="file" key="140413_0304-Sermon1eq.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 06-Apr-2014 ||= “Meet Joseph Campbell” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski ||=  ||< The sermon involved copyrighted readings which prohibit us from posting a replay. ||
 * = 30-Mar-2014 ||= "How to pick a Minister" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="140330_0300-Sermon1eq.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 23-Mar-2014 ||= The Annual Campus Ministry Service

History of UNC Campus Ministry ||= UNC UU Campus Ministry Leaders, Marion Hirsch Scott Provan ||= media type="file" key="140323_0291-Sermon2.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||=  || Marshall Lynn, Andrew Hennesey-Strauss, Mary Dell Chilton ||= media type="file" key="140316_0283-Sermon1b.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||=  || Joan Garnett || media type="file" key="140216_0252-Sermon2.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  || & Rev. Gary Kowalski ||  || No usable audio is available due to technical difficulties in the audio recording system. Our apologies. || Children's Holiday Pageant ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski Glenn Mehrbach & Youth Group || media type="file" key="131215_0226-Sermon2.mp3" width="240" height="20" || The pageant audio is not available online. || Marion Hirsch || media type="file" key="131124_0220a-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  || " ||= Angaza Sabubu Laughinghouse || media type="file" key="130901_0193 Sermon-edit.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Annual Labor Day service. || " ||= Donna Washington || media type="file" key="130811_0189-sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  || Susan Spalt Lou Lipsitz || media type="file" key="130804_0188-3-part-sermon-64kb.mp3" width="240" height="20" || This sermon was in 3 parts which have been consolidated into one podcast. || Louis Merlin Anne Gilliland || media type="file" key="130721_0182a.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  || ” ||= Ruth Leopold || media type="file" key="130630_0178-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  || Marion Hirsch || media type="file" key="130609_0174-MBJ-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Our farewell service to Maj-Britt with thanks from all for your service to our church and our community! || Communion Service for All Ages ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson Marion Hirsch ||  || Apologies: this presentation includes minors, so audio is not posted. || Rising Youth & Mentors ||  |||| Apologies: this presentation includes minors, so audio is not posted. || We have nearly caught up with past sermons. If there is a particular sermon we are missing, please let us know! ||  ||   ||   ||
 * = 16-Mar-2014 ||= “Opening Doors, Changing Lives” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski
 * = 09-Mar-2014 ||= “Stop Doing Social Justice” ||= Rev Nathan Hollister ||= media type="file" key="140309_0278-Sermon2.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||=  ||
 * = 23-Feb-2014 ||= "The Power of the Rev" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski ||= media type="file" key="140223_0253-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||= Link to written copy of sermon. ||
 * = 16-Feb-2014 ||= "The Power of Connection" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski
 * = 09-Feb-2014 ||= "The Theology of Dr. Suess" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="140209_0245-Sermon2.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 02-Feb-2014 ||= "There are no Doorbells in Paraguay" ||= Rev Dick Weston || media type="file" key="140202_0244-Sermon2.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 26-Jan-2014 ||= "The People's Poet" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="140126_0239-Sermon2ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 19-Jan-2014 ||= "From March to Moral Monday" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="140119_0237-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" || This is the MLK Jr memorial day sermon. ||
 * = 12-Jan-2014 ||= “Einstein’s God” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="140112_0233-Sermon1-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 05-Jan-2014 ||= "Dreams and Epiphanies" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="140105_0229-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 29-Dec-2013 ||= "Kwanzaa!" ||= Donna Washington
 * = 24-Dec-2013 ||= Annual Christmas Eve Service ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski ||  || No sermon audio recorded for this service. ||
 * = 22-Dec-2013 ||= "Something Like a Star" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="131222_0227-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 15-Dec-2013 ||= "Introduction to Holiday Pageant"
 * = 08-Dec-2013 ||= "Lux Aeterna" || Glenn Mehrbach,C3H Music Director ||  || Copyrighted music included which cannot be posted on the web. ||
 * = 01-Dec-2013 ||= "Hanukkah and Hope" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="131201_0224-Sermon2.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 24-Nov-2013 ||= "Homemade Traditions" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski
 * = 17-Nov-2013 ||= "[[file:111713-Order of Service.pdf|w.w.b.f.d]]" ||= charlie kast, Minister Emeritus || media type="file" key="131117_0218-Sermom1.mp3" width="240" height="20" || What would Ben Franklin Do? ||
 * = 10-Nov-2013 ||= “The Zen of Unitarianism” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="131110_0216-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 03-Nov-2013 ||= "Let's Talk" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="131103_0213-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 27-Oct-2013 ||= "Stone and Bones" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="131027_0212-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 20-Oct-2013 ||= "Coming Out" ||= Rev Karla Brockie || media type="file" key="131020_0211-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Quoted portions of "Everything Broken and Whole" by Rev Sunshine Jeremiah Wolf were removed by request. ||
 * = 13-Oct-2013 ||= “Jesus and the Politics of Compassion” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="131013_0209-Sermon2.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 06-Oct-2013 ||= “Blessing of the Animals” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="131006_0207-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 29-Sept-2013 ||= "Families and Faith" ||= Mr Barb Greve || media type="file" key="130929_0205-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 22-Sept-2013 ||= "America and the Religion of Fear" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="130922_0203-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 15-Sept-2013 ||= "[[file:091513 order of service.pdf|Good Grief]]" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="130915_0200-Sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 08-Sept-2013 ||= "[[file:090813-Order of Service.pdf|How to Lose Control of Your TIme and Life]]" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski ||= media type="file" key="130908_0197-sermon1.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||=  ||
 * = 01-Sept-2013 ||= "[[file:090113-Order of Service.pdf|The War on Labor, Workers and Human Rights! ]]
 * = 25-Aug-2013 ||= "[[file:082513-Order of Service.pdf|Fighting Giants]]" ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="130825_0191-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Annual Homecoming service. ||
 * = 18-Aug-2013 ||= “[[file:081813-Order of Service.pdf|Crossing the Threshold]]” ||= Rev. Gary Kowalski || media type="file" key="130818_0190-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Our new interim minister's first sermon at C3HUU! ||
 * = 11-Aug-2013 ||= “[[file:081113-Order of Service.pdf|If You Open Your Mind Too Much ]]
 * = 04-Aug-2013 ||= "[[file:080413-Order of Service.pdf|Quiet. Poets at Work!]]" ||= Stephanie Levin
 * = 28-July-2013 ||= "[[file:072813-Order of Service.pdf|Does Anything Go?]]" ||= Marion Hirsch || media type="file" key="130728_0184-Sermon.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 21-July-2013 ||= "[[file:072113-Order of Service.pdf|Description of Wellspring Journey]]" ||= Laura Lauffer
 * = 14-July-2013 ||= "[[file:071413-Order of Service.pdf|Becoming Fully Alive]]" ||= [|Rev Barry Stopfel] || media type="file" key="130714_0181-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" || [[file:c3h/071413-Order of Service.pdf|For more about Rev Stopfel, please see the service bulletin which is linked to the sermon title and linked here, too.]] ||
 * = 07-July-2013 ||= “[[file:070713-Order of Service.pdf|Commitment in the Face of Ambiguity]]” ||= Rev Nathan Alan Hollister || media type="file" key="130707_0179-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 30-June-2013 ||= “[[file:063013-Order of Service.pdf|The Shaker’s Had It Right; ]]
 * = 23-June-2013 ||= “[[file:062313-Order of Service.pdf|Water: Holy and Unholy]]” ||= Susan McDaniel || media type="file" key="130623_0177-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 16-June-2013 ||= “[[file:061613-Order of Service.pdf|Deny Thy Father and Refuse Thy Name]]” ||= Dave Klibanow, Bob Weston, and Jenny Warnasch || media type="file" key="130616_0175-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 09-June-2013 ||= "Remember" ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson
 * = 02-June-2013 ||= Annual Rising Up and Flower
 * = 26-May-2013 ||=  ||= charlie kast, Minister Emeritus || media type="file" key="130526_0171.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||   ||
 * = 19-May-2013 ||= Credos by the 2013 Coming of Age Class ||= Marion Hirsch
 * = 12-May-2013 ||= "The Divine Feminine" ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson || media type="file" key="130512_0164MBJ-sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||  ||
 * = 05-May-2013 ||= Link failed, being restored || Glenn Mehrbach,C3H Music Director ||  || Copyrighted music included which cannot be posted on the web. ||
 * = 28-Apr-2013 ||=  ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson || media type="file" key="130428_0163ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||   ||
 * = 21-Apr-2013 ||=  ||= Dr. Shannon Grimes || media type="file" key="130421_0153ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Annual Earth Day Sermon ||
 * = 14-Apr-2013 ||=  ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson || media type="file" key="130414_0151-MBJ-Sermon1-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||   ||
 * = 07-Apr-2013 ||=  ||= Rev Dr Paul Razor || media type="file" key="130407_0149-Sermon2-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||   ||
 * = 31-Mar-2013 ||=  ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson || media type="file" key="130331_0147-MBJ-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||   ||
 * = 24-Mar-2013 ||=  ||= Marion Hirsch ||   || Presentation includes minors, so audio is not posted. ||
 * = 17-Mar-2013 ||=  ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson || media type="file" key="130303_0142.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Note: MP3 file date is not correct ||
 * = 10-Mar-2013 ||=  ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson || media type="file" key="130224_0141-actual-0310-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||   ||
 * = 03-Mar-2013 ||=  ||= Susannah Jill Baker || media type="file" key="130217_0139-actual-0303-Sermon-ed.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||   ||
 * = 24-Feb-2013 ||=  ||= UNC UU Campus Ministry Leaders || media type="file" key="130224_0138.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Note: MP3 file date is not correct ||
 * = 17-Feb-2013 ||=  ||= Rev Maj-Britt Johnson || media type="file" key="130217_0136.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Note: MP3 file date is not correct ||
 * = 10-Feb-2013 ||=  ||= Rev Maj-Britt JohnsonMarion Hirsch || media type="file" key="130127_0134.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||   ||
 * =  ||= Some service bulletins have been deleted.

More Information: Our C3HUU Sermon Archive

 * 2012 and prior year sermon audio is available from this 2012 and prior sermons wiki page. Due to a limit in the number of audio replays per wiki page, we had to split this into multiple pages.
 * Click here to open up a table of past sermons in our C3HUU Sermon Archive which contains sermons from 2008 through 2012. From this page you can search by date, sermon title, or sermon speaker, and download audio or text files where available. Some browsers will allow you to stream the audio from this page like a podcast, but for most you will experience a delay while downloading the audio file after you click links to recordings.
 * If there is a sermon that you are interested in hearing or reading that isn't yet uploaded and you want to recommend we get that sermon online soon, please click here and let us know
 * [|Use this link to access transcripts of select sermons from 17Sept2006 through 6July2008.] Sermon transcripts are also updated and added to the C3HUU Sermon Archive information table when they are available.

This page format was changed on 23Feb2012 to allow better streaming of audio recordings using the Wikispaces Audio Player. **Blessed and Grateful** 

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