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Worship Services

Our worship services occur every Sunday beginning at 11:45 a.m. and last for about an hour. On the second Sunday of each month, our service is on Zoom only. To attend a worship service on Zoom, click here. All other Sundays we meet in person in the sanctuary at Faith Presbyterian Church. We have temporarily paused our simultaneous streaming on Zoom to work on sanctuary A/V technical issues.  We will be recording future services in the meantime, which will be available upon request.

The links below include descriptions of past services without videos. If you are a church member and would like to see a video of a particular past service that is not available at the link above, contact the Worship Team at worship@wildflowerchurch.org.

Interested in seeing or hearing something in Worship? Let the worship team know.

 

Upcoming Service

Making a New Way: Practices for Combatting Ableism

October 12, 2025

What is ableism? How does it manifest? What do we do about it? We will reflect together on how to build a world where everyone is valued, included, and worthy.


Our opening song and closing hymn during the month of are: Colors by The Black Pumas and We Are Building a New Way (#1017 in the teal hymnal). During October, our worship services explore the theme “in solidarity.”


This is a Zoom-only service. There will be no children's and youth religious education classes.




Service Leader:  Sarah Watkins



Bio: Sarah (she/her) has labored and organized various social justice movements in the Austin area for nearly two decades. She is passionate about undoing ableism in faith communities, in justice movements, and really, everywhere.

Written Descriptions of Past Services

Still Relevant

03/24/2024
This service of Lament is about creating space for our pain to breathe, and creating space for us to grieve together–about racism, oppression, and our communal and personal losses. We…
Join us for a ceremony to honor the Spring Equinox and all that is being vibrantly cultivated within us and our community. Equinox, or "equal night" is an honoring of…
ZOOM ONLY Apologizing is a fundamental part of accountability. If we have hurt or harmed someone we care about, it is sacred work to tend to that hurt - we…
In this new annual service, we take a moment to celebrate US! Wildflower’s first worship service was in February, 2001, and its charter Sunday was in March, 2005. We’ve come…

Tell Me a Story

02/25/2024
Stories weave threads of connection to people, places, ideas, and journeys. They can just as easily separate us from one another, recognizing that stories impact how we show up, what…
Reflections and celebration of ministry and life of the Rev. Absalom Jones (November 7, 1746 – February 13, 1818), an African American abolitionist and clergyman. Absalom Jones’ ministry in Philadelphia,…
ZOOM ONLY Having a covenant is one of Unitarian Universalism's defining features; often times, it is a source of pride. And yet, we find ourselves at a loss for what's…
Things feel very bleak right now. There is so much violence, so much political corruption, and so much inequality. It's overwhelming! But our religion is not one of despair but…
Many of us grew up in families and/or cultures where vulnerability was not always, or sometimes ever, safe to express. Today we confront three of the P's that we may…
Buddhist author Pema Chodron notes that vulnerability is “the category of things that, if we move toward them, have so much to teach us. Having a relationship with vulnerability, with…
ZOOM ONLY How do we practice our spirituality, given that our spiritual needs and interests change over time? In this Sunday’s Zoom-only service, we will have the opportunity to connect…

Into the Wilderness

01/07/2024
Why should we learn to be vulnerable when the world is such a scary place? Why would we venture into potentially dangerous territory when we know everything could end in…
As the year ends and we are in the time of year where the earth’s cycle brings us fewer hours of light, we pause to honor the fire within each…
While our journeys in life may not always go as planned, in hindsight, we are who we are because of where we’ve been. An interdisciplinary artist, writer, educator, and lay…
ZOOM ONLY On Human Rights Day, join Rev. Deanna Vandiver of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and our UU College of Social Justice in a nourishing worship service that will…
As we enter this season of holy days in many faith traditions, let us set aside some time this morning to explore how we engage with our individual and collective…

Beads on a String

11/26/2023
In a world where so many lack so much, what is the meaning of abundance? In a world where our lives do suddenly overflow with unexpected beauty and sustenance, how…
We often enthusiastically sing the words of the hymn, ”This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.” But how can you let your light shine with no oil…

Call & Response

11/12/2023
ZOOM ONLY Some creation myths describe speech, the word, as the first creative act. But it seems more likely that music came first. Humanity may have created itself with singing…
At some point in all our lives, the world can feel like a lot--when we feel as if our backs are up against a wall; when we feel in need…