February 15, 2026

The Fierce Love That Holds Us Together
Worship Leader: Lisa "L.A." Jones
Music: ERUUF Vocal Ensemble (11:00 am); Wendy Looker, Music Director

Worship Associate: Michael Field

Generosity Sunday: Durham Literacy Center

Resilience isn’t about getting it right every day. It’s about coming back to the work, coming back to the page, coming back to confront yourself, especially on the days you don’t want to.

February 8, 2026

Empty Cup Full Cup: Practices for Resilience
Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: Eno River Singers (11:00 am); Wendy Looker, Music Director

Worship Associate: Sarah Rose Nordgren

Practices for personal & collective resilience. We will also launch ERUUF’s 60th Anniversary celebrations and introduce our Spring 2026 Artist-in-Residence: North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Greene.

February 1, 2026

The Power of Peace
Worship Leader: Rev. Daniel Trollinger

Susan Hazlett – Worship Associate

 ONLINE ONLY at 11:00 am

January 25, 2026

Practicing Resistance
Worship Leader – Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Sarah Rose Nordgren

One Service today - ONLINE only

January 18, 2026

A Recipe for Regular People
Worship Leader – Rev. Daniel Trollinger; Guest Preacher: DA Satana Deberry
Music: Eno River Singers; ERUUF House Band (11:00 am); Matt Reid – Piano (9:00 am); Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Lisa Jones

How to hope in times that seem hopeless.


Satana Deberry serves as the elected District Attorney for Durham County. As District Attorney, she has prioritized the prosecution of serious offenses, implemented policies to reduce unnecessary pretrial incarceration and court involvement, and worked to improve trust and equity in the courts.

Read more: January 18, 2026

January 11, 2026

Resistance and the Narratives We Consume
Worship Leader – Rev. Jim Lewis
Music: Eno River Singers (11:00 am); Alex Thompson – Piano; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Ben Holt

 

January 4, 2026

Disruptive Love
Worship Leader – Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: Kristi Chilton & Brandon Dawson (11:00 am); Matt Reid – Piano (9:00 am) Alex Thompson – Piano (11:00 am); Rah Bickley - Cantor

December 28, 2025 - 11:00 am only

Kwanzaa Ujima: Collective Work & Responsibility
Worship Leader – Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: ERUUF House Band; Wendy Looker – Music Director

ONE MULTIGENERATIONAL SERVICE – 11:00 am

ERUUF concludes the holiday season with  Kwanzaa. This year, we come together to celebrate the value of Ujima, the commitment to build and maintain the community together, and to solve the community’s problems together. The service is likely to run about 90 minutes.A Karamu, the traditional Kwanzaa feast, follows the service. 

Christmas Eve – December 24, 2025

Music: ERUUF Candlelight Choir; Elias Gross; Matt Reid – Piano; Wendy Looker – Music Director

5:00 pm – Holiday Pageant. Worship Leader – Rev. Jim Lewis
6:00 pm – Holiday Comfort and Cookies – Fellowship Hall
7:00 pm – Candlelight Christmas Eve Service. Worship Leader – Rev. Jacqueline Brett

Read more: Christmas Eve – December 24, 2025

December 21, 2025

Love As Spiritual Practice
Worship Leaders: Rev. Daniel Trollinger and the ERUUF Christian Fellowship
Music: Marilyn Grubbs – Harp; Jane Hewitt - Harp; Vance Hunter - Flute (9:00 am); Elias Gross – Viola (11:00 am); Matt Reid – Piano; Wendy Looker – Music Director

In the Christian tradition, today marks the fourth Sunday of Advent, a season that includes the four Sundays before Christmas. Each of the four Sundays in Advent has a theme associated with it – Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. Join with the ERUUF Christian Fellowship to explore the theme of Love in this holiday season.

December 20, 2025

Winter Solstice
Worship Leader - Rev. Jim Lewis with the ERUUF Covenant of UU Pagans

in ERUUF SANCTUARY

MULTIGENERATIONAL
SATURDAY - 5:00 pm

Our annual celebration, honoring the coming of Yule, symbolizing the rebirth of the sun and the returning light after the longest night of the year. Lighting of the fire pit outside the Commons Room, and refreshments will immediately follow the service.

December 14, 2025

Lessons and Carols - 11:00 am only
Worship Leaders: Dr. Wendy Looker and Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: Beloved Community Chorus, Eno River Singers, River Folk, Chalice Singers and Sunshine Kids; ERUUF Carolers; Autumn Brand-violin; Jim Van Verth-Glockenspiel; Alex Thompson-Piano; Dr. Wendy Looker–Music Director

Join the ERUUF Senior Staff, Eno River Singers, Beloved Community Chorus, the Sunshine Kids, the Chalice Singers, River Folk, and others as we learn from life lessons, celebrate the carols that unite us, and welcome in Hanukkah. The service is likely to run about 90 minutes. This will be a Generosity Sunday, with the collection offering benefiting Urban Ministries.