Sunday Services begin at 10:30 am at 4775 SW 21st Street in Topeka, KS. We are currently without a minister, and our programs are lay-led.  We endeavor to present a variety of inspiring topics that illustrate or relate to our Eight Principles and our UU Values.  

Adults and children start together in Scanland Hall when the program begins at 10:30 am. Most children leave to attend Religious Exploration classes down the hall at 10:45 am after the Story For All Ages and are picked up at 11:45 am.   New children are welcome to join our Religious Exploration classes or to stay in Scanland Hall with the adults. Several times each year, we have a multigenerational service (MultiGen). These services are for all ages, and are designed to be fun and enlightening for everyone.

For infants and toddlers, we have a fully equipped nursery staffed with a paid and experienced attendant and at least one volunteer. You are welcome to make use of the nursery or to keep your infant or toddler with you in the service. The service is live streamed to the big monitor in the Gathering Space. Families are welcome to make use of that space as well.

We are grateful for the contributions of our Sunday morning AV Team: Dylan Cook, Mat Bordelon, and Jake Starr.

Our May theme is Imagination.

May 4, 2025: Imagining the Future

From cyberpunk to solar punk, Star Trek to Star Wars, science fiction has been the territory for imagining possible futures, both hopeful and dire. We will explore different possibilities and try to imagine the future we want to be realized.

Speaker: Martha Boatright

Moderator: Rob Koch

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May 11, 2025: Mother’s Day

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Mike Wilson and Walt Racker reflect upon Mother’s Day from the male perspective.

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Moderator: Mindy Baccus

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May 18, 2025: Flower Communion Multigen

The RE Sunday and Flower Communion Multigenerational Service will celebrate the classroom leaders and volunteers, as well as volunteers that have helped the RE in other ways over the last year. We will celebrate our children and youth, and will also have our annual Flower Communion. Please bring a flower to share. We will have a potluck lunch after the service.

Moderator: Erin Forstein

May 25, 2025: Silvestri returns!

Poet, lyricist, historian, Tony Silvestri reminded us in November that what may look like a tragedy may be a eucatastrophe, a sudden turn that may make way for growth and change. Join us in May, as he shares “some reflections on Ireland, Irish music, and the disconnect between our imagined Ireland and the reality, using music as a lens.”  

Whether you are a lover of Ireland or a beleaguered American, contemplating the use of music to inform us of the disconnect between our imagined vision of a place as it compares to its reality is timely.

Moderator: Cynthia Maxwell