Past Services
Our Sunday services are recorded and available as audio Podcasts and often as YouTube videos as well. If you missed a service or would like to listen to the message again, simply click on the title for details and links to the recordings.
You can also visit our YouTube channel for a playlist of all videos available from Sunday services.
| Title | Delivered By | Date |
Flower Communion | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, June 14, 2020 |
A Few Worthy Things | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, June 7, 2020 |
Imagine Something Greater | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, May 31, 2020 |
Suffering | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, May 24, 2020 |
Perfection the Enemy of Good | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, May 17, 2020 |
Poetry Sunday | Janelle Masters, Kitty Netzer and R. Vincent Moniz, Jr. | Sunday, May 10, 2020 |
Personal Responsibility | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, April 26, 2020 |
Earth Day | Mary Jo Dunne and Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
Stories of Worth and Dignity | Don Morrison | Sunday, April 5, 2020 |
Land Acknowledgement | Mary Wilson | Sunday, March 29, 2020 |
Spiritual Preparation for a Pandemic | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
Delight | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, March 15, 2020 |
Light a Fire | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, March 8, 2020 |
The Story of Us | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, March 1, 2020 |
Substitutionary Atonement & Asymmetrical Risk | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
Spiritual Practice | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, February 16, 2020 |
Renaming Custer Park | Butterfly Woman | Sunday, February 2, 2020 |
Vulnerability | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, January 12, 2020 |
Grave and Cradle | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, January 5, 2020 |
Winter Solstice | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, December 22, 2019 |
Religious Naturalism | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, December 8, 2019 |
Religious, but not Spiritual | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, December 1, 2019 |
Trans Day of Remembrance | Zayden Bartosh | Sunday, November 24, 2019 |
Pay Attention | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, November 17, 2019 |
Shame on You | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, November 10, 2019 |
Remembrance | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, November 3, 2019 |
Belonging in a Covenantal Faith | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, October 27, 2019 |
The Road Not Traveled | Betty Mills | Sunday, October 20, 2019 |
Giving, Generosity and Gratitude | Colleen Reinke | Sunday, October 6, 2019 |
Living Fully Awake | Heidi Woods | Sunday, September 29, 2019 |
Vigilant Mindfulness | Angie Swiec Kambeitz | Sunday, September 22, 2019 |
Water Communion | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, September 15, 2019 |
Settler-Colonialism vs Solidarity and Liberation | Carl Williams | Sunday, September 8, 2019 |
Day One: Interim Ministry | Rev. Elizabeth Sollie | Sunday, September 1, 2019 |
Unpacking Gender, In the Trans Lives Series | Dee, Angel and LT | Sunday, August 25, 2019 |
From Standing Rock to Hazelton and Back Again | Lola Cowboy & Little Feather | Sunday, August 18, 2019 |
Ministering at the Margins of Bismarck-Mandan | Sister Kathleen Atkinson | Sunday, August 11, 2019 |
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Days | Brian Palecek | Sunday, August 4, 2019 |
Indigenous Women: Voices & Values | Sandra Bercier | Sunday, July 21, 2019 |
Solar Communities Close to Home | Sheridan Seaboy-McNeil & Jim Kambeitz | Sunday, July 14, 2019 |
The Power of We | Multi-Generational Attendees of the 2019 UU General Assembly | Sunday, July 7, 2019 |
Called by Justice, Transformed by Love | Rev. Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
Mindfulness in Transition | Jeffon Seely | Sunday, June 23, 2019 |
Pride Multi-Faith service | Rev. Karen Van Fossan, Aruna Seth, & Inter-Faith and Inter-Cultural Partners | Sunday, June 16, 2019 |
Summer Taizé | Rev. Karen Van Fossan, Elicia Faul, Andrea Ficek Falcon & Friends | Sunday, June 9, 2019 |
Blessing of the Animals | Rev. Karen Van Fossan & Friends | Sunday, June 2, 2019 |
Trans Lives II | Dee, Angel and LT | Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
Global Transformation_Self Transformation | Luke Maguire-Armstrong | Sunday, May 19, 2019 |
Loving Mother/Grandmother Earth | Rev. Karen Van Fossan, Ronya Galligo-Hoblit, Mary Wilson | Sunday, May 12, 2019 |
Honoring Earth Day: Children & Youth Services and Ingathering of New Members | Children & Youth | Sunday, May 5, 2019 |
Protest Songs and Social Change | DeMasi Brothers | Monday, April 29, 2019 |
REFUGEE LIFE | Gervais Botyani | Sunday, March 24, 2019 |
Justice for Murdered and Missing Indigenous People | Ruth Buffalo | Sunday, March 3, 2019 |
The Unitarians of Plymouth Rock | Joyce Conrad | Sunday, February 17, 2019 |
The Promise and Practice of Our Faith | Jeffon Seely and Rev. Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, February 10, 2019 |
Laugh Medicine_The Mindfulness Series | Karen Van Fossan, JP Holmes and Friends | Sunday, February 3, 2019 |
Living into our 5th Principle | Don Morrison | Sunday, January 6, 2019 |
Dakota Ways & The Seven Directions | Tim Mentz | Sunday, December 9, 2018 |
Crisis at the Borders: On Being Human Series | Rev. Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, December 2, 2018 |
Consciousness & Healing - Mindfulness Series | Tone-Lise Stenslie | Sunday, November 18, 2018 |
Honoring Our Ancestors | Karen Van Fossan & Friends | Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
Random Acts of Kindness | Karen Van Fossan, Bismanuu minister | Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
Living into our Fourth Principle | Janis Cheney | Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
Tzadek: Justice in this life | Lanny Sinkin | Sunday, September 2, 2018 |
Art Zen - Summer Mindfulness Series | Andrea Ficek Falcon | Sunday, August 12, 2018 |
Mindfulness, Neanderthals, and the Terror of Obscurity - Summer Mindfulness Series | Monte Faul | Sunday, August 5, 2018 |
Co-op Fever Today | Bill Patrie | Sunday, July 22, 2018 |
Reading Only Women: At Six Months | Dr. Peter Huff | Sunday, July 1, 2018 |
Travel Log: Communicating Across Cultures | Dean Conrad | Sunday, June 24, 2018 |
Caring for Congregation and Community | UU Trauma Ministry | Sunday, May 13, 2018 |
Spiritual Implications of Social Ministry | Danny Sheehan | Sunday, April 29, 2018 |
Into the Millennium - 65th Anniversary Series | UU Members | Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
All the Beautiful Faces | Karen Van Fossan and Friends | Tuesday, March 27, 2018 |
Covenant = Who We Are | Karen Van Fossan, Bismarck Mandan UU Minister | Sunday, March 11, 2018 |
Love Trumps Hate | Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, February 25, 2018 |
How Do We Come Of Age_Rites of Passage Series | Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
The 90's_ 65th Anniversary Series | Don Morrison | Sunday, February 4, 2018 |
Martin Luther King Jr. | Dr. Peter Huff | Sunday, January 14, 2018 |
Seven Principles Series: Our 7th Principle – “The Glorious Statement” | Janis Cheney | Sunday, January 7, 2018 |
UU Taize | UU Choir | Friday, December 29, 2017 |
The '70s and '80s Show | Dean and Pat Conrad, Steve Crane and Janis Cheney | Sunday, December 10, 2017 |
The 7 UU Principles and "U" | Karen Van Fossan et al | Sunday, December 3, 2017 |
I Have Seen Some Things | Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, November 26, 2017 |
Reflections from Colombia to North Dakota | Sofia Agudelo and David Toledo | Sunday, November 19, 2017 |
This I Believe | Aaron and Megan Carranza | Sunday, November 12, 2017 |
Blue-Green Conversation | Don Morrison and Waylon Hedegaard | Sunday, November 5, 2017 |
Color Lines: Making Connections in Bismarck-Mandan | Sheridan and Joe McNeil | Sunday, October 22, 2017 |
How Do We Raise Inter-Cultural Youth? | Leah Hargrove | Sunday, October 15, 2017 |
Embracing the Path of Mindfulness: Peace, Poise, Positivity, and Purpose | Jeffon Seely | Sunday, September 17, 2017 |
In The Beginning - 65th Anniversary series | Joyce Conrad and Betty Mills | Sunday, September 10, 2017 |
Water is Life: The Poetry of Summer | Janis Cheney and Janelle Masters | Sunday, June 25, 2017 |
The Power of Place | Helen Pohlig | Sunday, June 11, 2017 |
Transformative Collaboration here at Home | Johnnie Aseron and Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, June 4, 2017 |
This I Believe; This I Do | Andrea Grigsby and Derek Lowstuter | Sunday, May 28, 2017 |
Mindfulness | Heidi Demars | Sunday, May 21, 2017 |
She's been Persisting a Long Time | Peter A. Huff | Sunday, May 14, 2017 |
Charging and Changing Colonialism in our Time | Ronya Hoblit, Liz Anderson, Liz Loos, Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, May 7, 2017 |
Thinking about the Infinitesimal in the Infinite | Dr. Larry Skogen | Sunday, April 30, 2017 |
Top Ten UU Stories of all Time | Karen Van Fossan, Bismanuu minister | Sunday, April 23, 2017 |
Nature, Community and Raising Parents and Kids | Don Morrison and Janis Cheney | Sunday, April 9, 2017 |
Water is Life: Who Decides What's Sacred? | Clay Jenkinson | Sunday, April 2, 2017 |
This I Believe; This I Do | Jim Lennington and Liz Anderson | Sunday, March 26, 2017 |
Musings Along The Missouri: Practices For Life | Karen Van Fossan, Bismanuu minister | Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
Water is Life Series:The Beginning | Nicole Dammert and Megan Carranza | Sunday, March 12, 2017 |
Interfaith Solidarity Prayers | Karen Van Fossan, Bismanuu minister | Friday, March 10, 2017 |
Women of the World | Panel Discussion | Sunday, March 5, 2017 |
This I Believe; This I Do | UU Youth | Sunday, February 26, 2017 |
I Just Can't Keep Quiet | Karen Van Fossan, Bismarck Mandan UU Minister | Sunday, February 19, 2017 |
Water is Life: A Space to Honor Life | Johnnie Aseron | Sunday, February 12, 2017 |
Focusing Through the Lens of Positive Purpose: Reflecting the Light Within You, Back To You | Lea Black | Sunday, February 5, 2017 |
Who We Were Going To Be: On Self-Forgiveness | Karen Van Fossan, Bismarck Mandan UU Minister | Sunday, January 29, 2017 |
Nonviolent Peace Force and Unarmed Civilian Protection | Thiago Wolfer and Martha Hernandez | Sunday, January 22, 2017 |
This I Believe: This I Do | Liz Loos and Dennis Lyon | Sunday, January 15, 2017 |
Comfort for the Caregivers | UU Trauma Ministry | Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
Where did all this stuff come from, anyway? | UU Youth | Sunday, December 18, 2016 |
THIS I BELIEVE; THIS I DO | Alicia Faul and JP Holmes | Sunday, December 11, 2016 |
Water is Life: Archiving Your Stories | Mark Holman | Sunday, November 27, 2016 |
PRACTICES OF EVERYDAY ANTHROPOLOGY: RECOGNIZING WORLDS BEYOND OUR OWN | Cecilia Montesdeoca | Sunday, November 20, 2016 |
HEALTH. HOPE. HUMANITY | Cheryl Ann Kary, Hunkuotawin | Sunday, November 13, 2016 |
Sensing Joy | Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, November 6, 2016 |
Interfaith Clergy at Standing Rock | Rev. Peter Morales | Friday, November 4, 2016 |
Community Cultivation via Art Creation | Molly McLain and Paul Noot | Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
Water is Life: Youth Runner Shares Her Story | Alice Brownotter | Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
EMPOWERING THE NO. HOW TO HEAR IT. HOW TO SAY IT. | Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, October 16, 2016 |
STANDING UP FOR PEACE IN DIFFICULT TIMES | Vinod and Aruna Seth | Sunday, October 2, 2016 |
WATER IS LIFE: FIRST IN A SERIES | Ronya Hoblit, JP Holmes, Vinod and Aruna Seth | Sunday, September 25, 2016 |
How Yesterday became Today | Betty Mills | Sunday, September 18, 2016 |
The Beginnings of Things | Brian Palecek | Sunday, September 11, 2016 |
WHAT THE LABOR MOVEMENT WANTS AND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT NEEDS | Waylon Hedegaard | Sunday, September 4, 2016 |
Suicide Non-attempter_ The Third Kind of Survivor | Ronya Hoblit | Sunday, August 28, 2016 |
Peace Corps and different cultures | Dean Conrad, Ursula Conrad, Michael Knutson, Steve Crane | Sunday, August 14, 2016 |
THIS I BELIEVE; THIS I DO | Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, August 7, 2016 |
The Good Death | Janis Cheney | Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
AN AROMATIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES | Cathy Breiner | Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
FATHER’S DAY, MEET PRIDE SUNDAY | Don Morrison, Karen Van Fossan, and Friends | Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
CENSORSHIP AND BANNED BOOKS: CELEBRATE YOUR FREEDOM TO READ | Christine Kujawa | Sunday, June 5, 2016 |
Sports and Meaning-Come Play with Us | Liz Anderson, Tyler Demars, Don Morrison | Sunday, May 29, 2016 |
The Road I've Taken | Betty Mills | Sunday, May 22, 2016 |
Jesusian Earthism | Colleen Reinke | Sunday, May 15, 2016 |
Honestly, Mother's Day | Karen Van Fossan & Friends | Sunday, May 8, 2016 |
Regarding the Pain of Others | Brenna Gerhardt | Sunday, May 1, 2016 |
Women in Islam | Nadia Javaid | Sunday, April 24, 2016 |
If you love the Earth with one hand | Karen Van Fossan, Bismarck Mandan UU Minister | Sunday, April 17, 2016 |
Art in the Community | Andrea Ficek and David Martel | Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
Pedal Powered Philosophy | Tayo Basquiat | Sunday, April 3, 2016 |
How do UUs know Right from Wrong? | Karen Van Fossan | Sunday, March 20, 2016 |
HOLDING AND FOLLOWING RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL BELIEF | Dr. Henry Riegler | Sunday, March 13, 2016 |
SIMPLICITY AND THE MORAL LAW OF RECIPROCITY | Steve Axtman | Sunday, March 6, 2016 |
Bumper Sticker Theology & the Future of Our Faith | Karen Van Fossan, Bismarck Mandan UU Minister | Sunday, February 28, 2016 |
This I Believe, This I Do | Ursula Conrad and Dan Christ | Sunday, February 21, 2016 |
REFUGEE NEW BEGINNINGS ON THE DAKOTA PRAIRIE | Turdukan Tostokova, Kaswara Isingoma, Christiano Mwesigwa, Patrick Ngabu, and Yasini Ngabu | Sunday, February 14, 2016 |
The Art of Being Second Best | Dean Conrad | Sunday, February 7, 2016 |
The Center | Dr. Paul Markel | Sunday, January 31, 2016 |
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES: FROM TRAUMA TO HOPE | Mylinda Ogundipe | Sunday, January 24, 2016 |
Comimg to be: On Racial Justice | Karen Van Fossan & Friends | Sunday, January 17, 2016 |
Inspirational Atheism | Don Morrison | Sunday, January 10, 2016 |
Celebration of the New Year in Song and Story | Don Morrison | Sunday, January 3, 2016 |
The Best Christmas Pagaent Ever! | UU Youth | Sunday, December 20, 2015 |
What is Love? | Karen Van Fossan, Bismarck Mandan UU Minister | Sunday, December 13, 2015 |
A Celebration of Gratitude | Karen Van Fossan & Friends | Sunday, November 29, 2015 |
Important Voices | Susan Wefald | Sunday, November 22, 2015 |
THIS I BELIEVE; THIS I DO | Angela Harmon and Kim Hocking | Sunday, November 8, 2015 |
CARING FOR EACH OTHER: WOMEN ALCOHOLICS | Judith Roberts | Sunday, October 25, 2015 |
HOW DO WE HEAL? | Karen Van Fossan, Bismarck Mandan UU Minister | Sunday, October 18, 2015 |
COMING OUT STORIES | Kevin Tengesdal and Janell Cole | Sunday, October 11, 2015 |
IMMIGRATION JUSTICE | UU Youth | Sunday, October 4, 2015 |
Spiritual Enough? Too Much? | Karen Van Fossan, Bismarck Mandan UU Minister | Sunday, September 27, 2015 |
Every Child: What do Maslow, Erickson, Marshall, and Tipi have in common? | Ronya Hoblit | Sunday, September 20, 2015 |
Welcome to Our World | Betty Mills | Sunday, September 13, 2015 |
Joe and John DeMasi concert | Joe and John DeMasi | Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
A Weed by Any Other Name: The Creator's Unexpected Bounty | Linda Black Elk | Sunday, April 19, 2015 |
Inspiration and Awe In a Secular World | Waylon Hedegaard | Sunday, April 12, 2015 |
Scatter My Ashes | David Kraemer | Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
Life's Continuum - The Importance of the Seque | Valerie Naylor | Sunday, March 22, 2015 |
Wealth Addiction | Karen Van Fossen | Sunday, March 15, 2015 |
Change | Tamera Markel | Sunday, March 8, 2015 |
What's Ailing the Land | Tayo Basquiat | Sunday, March 1, 2015 |
Caring About Children In North Dakota | April Fairfield | Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
This I Believe; This I Do | Monte Faul | Sunday, February 15, 2015 |
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing...Wait, It Already Can! | Kris Kitko | Sunday, February 8, 2015 |
Conflict and Understanding | Don Morrison | Sunday, February 1, 2015 |
Justice | Dr. Sara Jumping Eagle | Sunday, January 25, 2015 |
Breathing | Rochelle Williams | Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
Justice | Nicole Montclair-Donaghy | Sunday, January 11, 2015 |
Ethics & Ebola | Colleen Reinke | Sunday, January 4, 2015 |
Listening: Year-End, New Year's Ritual | Janis Cheney | Sunday, December 28, 2014 |
Winter Solstice | Shay MacKay | Sunday, December 21, 2014 |
Ministry on the Margins | Kathy and Mike Schneider | Sunday, December 7, 2014 |
Thanksgiving Myths and Truths | Sandra Bercier | Sunday, November 30, 2014 |
Down Memoir Lane | Betty Mills, Dean Conrad and Sherry Mills-Moore | Sunday, November 23, 2014 |
Gratitude | Liz and Jean Anderson | Sunday, November 16, 2014 |
Youth - This I Believe | Nola Demars, Quinn Hathaway, Owen Piehl | Sunday, November 9, 2014 |
Christian Opposition to Measure One | Camille Grothier | Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
Ingathering Welcome | Don Morrison | Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
How Do We Do It All? | Janis Cheney and Colleen Reinke | Sunday, October 19, 2014 |
Church in the 21st Century | Rev. Ian Evison | Sunday, October 12, 2014 |
I Want to be Whole and I Want You to Join Me | Megan Carranza | Sunday, October 5, 2014 |
Family Matters | Becky Podol Matthews | Sunday, September 28, 2014 |
The (Weakening) Wall of Separation Between Church and State | Clay Jenkinson | Sunday, September 21, 2014 |
Is Courage an Ordinary Act? | Dr. Larry Skogen | Sunday, September 14, 2014 |
To Search in Community, or to Teach the Fragile Art of Hospitality | Betty Mills | Monday, September 1, 2014 |
On Not Being Scorched by the Torch | Betty Mills | Sunday, May 18, 2014 |
Celebrating UU Mothers | UU Kids | Sunday, May 11, 2014 |
Buddhism and Soka Gakkai International | Solli Frank | Sunday, May 4, 2014 |
Lessons Learned | Dina Buitcher | Sunday, April 27, 2014 |
Lessons Learned (text) | Dina Butcher | Sunday, April 27, 2014 |
In Celebration of Martin Luther King | Pat Conrad | Saturday, April 19, 2014 |
Trust: Losing and Rebuilding | Dr. Larry Skogen | Sunday, February 23, 2014 |
Turning 60 So What Have You Learned? | Joe DeMasi | Sunday, February 2, 2014 |
Norwegian Inspiration for Life on the Prairie | Ryan Taylor | Sunday, December 8, 2013 |
Conscious Consuption: Shaping the Future of Food | Heidi Demars | Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
Why We Serve | Nancy Guy | Sunday, November 3, 2013 |
Sound, Song, and Silence | Brian Palecek | Sunday, October 20, 2013 |
Medicineseed | Jamie Holding Eagle | Sunday, October 13, 2013 |
Standing on the Side of Love as a Welcoming Congregation | Janell Cole | Sunday, October 6, 2013 |
This I Believe and This I Do | Don Morrison and Cathy Breiner | Sunday, September 29, 2013 |
Urban Indians | Cheryl Kary | Sunday, September 22, 2013 |
How "Outliers" Defines Success, and What It Means to UUs | Janell Cole | Sunday, September 15, 2013 |
Standing on the Side of Love | Betty Mills | Sunday, September 8, 2013 |
On Catching a Moving Train | Betty Mills | Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
The Role of Ritual | Tyler Demars | Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
Decency Without Deities | Waylon Hedegaard | Sunday, November 18, 2012 |
Unabridged Stories from the Bakken | Kris Kitko | Sunday, November 11, 2012 |
Wholeness and Human Sexuality | Katie Christensen | Sunday, November 4, 2012 |
Leadership, Spirituality, Loss and the Future of North Dakota | Clay Jenkinson | Sunday, October 28, 2012 |
Creating A Peaceful Community | Janis Cheney and Lisa Omlid | Sunday, October 7, 2012 |
On Pursuing the Questions | Betty Mills | Sunday, September 9, 2012 |
Philosophical Approaches to the Common Good | Tayo Basquiat | Sunday, April 29, 2012 |
This I Believe | Janell Cole and Rick Makelky | Sunday, March 11, 2012 |
Standing on Ceremony - The Gay Marriage Plays | Dan Rogers & the Bismarck State College Theater Arts Group | Sunday, February 12, 2012 |
The Tale of a Memorable Trail | Betty Mills | Sunday, January 29, 2012 |
Cultural Expectations of Gender: Melding the Chalice and the Blade to Foster Peace | Dr. Kim Crowley | Sunday, January 15, 2012 |
Genes and Justice | Beth Nodland | Sunday, January 8, 2012 |
Ric Masten - poet | Ric Masten | Sunday, April 29, 2007 |
