Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Society of Mill Creek (UUSMC) Web Site. We hope that this site will help you to get to know us and our values.

Located in Delaware's Pike Creek Valley near the border of Hockessin and Newark, the UUSMC offers a liberal religious experience that encourages spiritual growth through the exploration and discovery of the world around us.

Our membership is strong and growing and we are a welcoming congregation. We care deeply about giving back to the community through our Social Action committee; our Religious Education department teaches our youth to be independent thinkers; and our minister invites us to respond back to her sermons.

Please visit us in person and see if Unitarian Universalism is right for you.

Our Mission

We are a liberal religious community which explores and celebrates life through the spiritual, rational, and emotional in ourselves, each other, and the wider world.

We are committed to living the Unitarian Universalist Principles in all our relationships and welcome everyone to join us in celebration and service.

Contact Information

Telephone

302 369-2712

Address (Get Map | Get Directions)

Unitarian Universalist Society of Mill Creek

579 Polly Drummond Hill Rd

Pike Creek Valley

Newark, DE 19711

Electronic mail

General Information: UUSMC Info

Minister: The Rev. Nancy D. Dean

Acting Director of Religious Education: Stefanie Anderson

Music Director: Bob Gibson
 

UUSMC Board President: Fran Loeffelholz
The UUSMC Board: board@uusmc.org

 

Fundraising: fundraising@uusmc.org
Pledges:  pledge@uusmc.org
Volunteers: volunteer@uusmc.org

 

Directory Updates: directory@uusmc.org

Calendar Updates: calendar@uusmc.org

Grist Updates: grist@uusmc.org

Order of Service Announcements: oos@uusmc.org

Weekly Services

Time & Place

Services begin each Sunday at 10:30AM at the our new building on Polly Drummond Hill Road. Everyone is welcome to our services and invited to stay for refreshments and conversation following the program.

Order of Service

Each week we publish an Order of Service outlining the service and listing weekly announcements. An example Order of Service is included here.

For information about UUSMC's programs during inclement weather click www.wdel.com

Notices:

Brian & Jeanne Hanson are celebrating their retirement and their love of cycling this summer with a cross-country tandem bicycle trip. They’ll leave for Oregon via Amtrak on June 9 and take three to four months to ride to Virginia. You can share their journey vicariously by reading their journal on www.crazyguyonabike.com and search on “Hanson,” then click on either of their names. You can send emails via the website. They’d love to hear from you.

The UUSMC Membership Directory has been updated as of June 2008. See the member's only page.

Click here for a discussion of the spiritual, official and practical aspects of becoming a UUSMC member.

Has your email address or phone number changed? Please send any updates to directory@uusmc.org

View the June 2008 Grist -- our monthly newsletter.

Check out Chalice Circles!

Upcoming Services

Members can view the entire Schedule of Services on the Members Only page.

The texts of prior sermons are available in the Archives.
 

Please Note Summer Services will be held at 9:30 through August.

UUSMC Summer Services 2008 Theme: "Arts and the Spirit"

July 20 Jay Gibson "The Musical Arts for Spirited Seniors"

People around the world are picking up the musical instruments they played as students, and are finding them exhilarating, challenging, and even good for their health. We're beginning to learn about the intimate connection between music and the human spirit.

July 27 Clem Bowen & Bob Gibson "Old-Time Music & Hymn Sing"

Come and sing some of the old-time hymns and maybe some of the old-time songs as well.

August 3 "Social Action Community Outreach"

August 10 Stephen Petersen "'Imagine': Art and Life"

Not only an anthem for world peace, John Lennon's "Imagine" invites us to think of ourselves as the artists of our own lives.

August 17 Larry Stomberg "Music and the Fourth Principle: One Musician's Tortured Search for Truth and Meaning"

Most everyone has some sort of emotional and spiritual response to music, but those who participate in making music, particularly professional musicians, delve into the depths of the soul and the heights of spiritual meaning in ways that are life-shaping.

August 24 Rev. Dean "The Cracked Water Pot"

There is still a use for something as seemingly useless as a cracked water pot.

August 31 Rev. Dean "Learning to Trust Again"

When trust is broken it can be a great quest of the spirit to trust once again.
 

Click here for the Rental Information Sheet.

Click here for the UUSMC Room Request Form.