We are open for worship and we will continue to stream our worship services on Zoom . Our online worship services on Sundays at 10:30 AM are open to all who wish to join us. Please Email office@swuu.org to request our Zoom link.

September 7, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Belonging vs. Fitting In

How do we practice building belonging as a community? Come this Sunday as we explore what it
means to belong and how belonging is different from fitting in. This service will include a
backpack blessing! Whatever your age, we invite you to bring your backpack or briefcase or
any bag you pack to prepare for the learnings and labors of each day so that your bag may
be blessed by our community as you embark upon the coming year.
-Led by Rev. Ali Peters
Worship Associate: Ken Ellis
Focus Collection: Minister’s Discretionary Fund

September 14, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Ingathering Water Communion

In mid-September, we hold our annual “ingathering” service, when we re-gather after the summer
may have taken some of us in different directions. We mark this ingathering with our annual water
celebration ritual. On this Sunday, you are invited to bring some water from a place that is
significant to you (whether that be your kitchen sink or a far off stream). Come as we join our
waters together in community.
-Led by Rev. Ali Peters
Worship Associate: Cynthia Mondia

Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 2 p.m.

The Installation of Rev. Ali Peters

Join us for a celebration of covenant, community, and shared ministry as we formally install Rev.
Ali as our settled minister.

September 21, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Blessing Blender

Come this Sunday for a ritual of giving and receiving blessings in community. May this service
bring you a blessing your heart needs to hear.
-Led by Rev. Ali Peters
Worship Associate: Dan Paxson

August 31, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Healing from the Generational Traumas of American Indian Boarding Schools

Many Indigenous peoples are still grappling with the aftereffects of centuries of systemic
oppression. Nancy Kelsey shares her story of growing up in Cleveland in a multicultural
household and neighborhood, the effects of boarding school, and how her journey as a Native
American storyteller makes a difference.
-Led by Nancy Kelsey, Social Media Manager Nia Tero, Board member Lake Erie Native
American Council
Worship Associates: Mike Gold & Kirk Jusko