Cooperation Meets Our Needs
This service, with guest Rev. Ken Reeves, supports the principle of cooperation. When people cooperate with each other, with nature, with reality, and with the spirit, our needs are met. Needs met, we are happy. This service tells stories of cooperation involving...
What Just Happened? Post-Election Sunday
People will have varying responses to the results of the election. We shall gather as we always do, rubbing shoulders, shaking hands, and seeking the continuing creation of spiritual community. We will sing our praises for life!We will share words of comfort, wisdom...
Who Are We Now?
Last summer, many of you attended a “Dessert and Decaf” conversation. These gatherings were led by Jan Hardenbergh, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Rev. Kathleen Hepler. We discussed questions related to personal beliefs, desire for social justice work, what the...
Old at Heart: Aging & the Spiritual Path
You are not old you say? Well, you will be if you are fortunate. Let’s get real about being a “senior,” an “elder,” a “baby boomer.” What are the benefits? What are the challenges? Why is the humor about old people so ensconced in stereotype? Who are the old people...
Interfaith Spiritual Awakening Ceremony: Healing the Wounds of Slavery
In 1999 a group of about 100 people of varying faiths and races walked the path of the Middle Passage. Since then they have formed an organization (Crossing the Waters, Institute for Cultural Change) that seeks to heal the wounds of slavery through interfaith,...
Love & Pluralism
It used to be taught that America was a melting pot. But this metaphor assumes a kind of sameness that does not exist here. The second of our UU values to consider this year is “pluralism.” What does living out the ideal of pluralism call forth within anyone who...
Who is In The Book of Life?
This weekend is the first anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas…and the resultant war which is now escalating beyond Gaza. October 2 at sundown is the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. October 11 is Yom Kippur, a day of repentance and...
Conversation Circle
"Is there something you wanted to do in your life but you didn't do? What held you back?" Join Leslie Bryant of the Worship Associates as we explore these questions. The service will take place in the Parish Hall to facilitate sitting in a circle. It will follow...
Joy
First, how is the “joy-quotient” in your life? Does it rise unbidden or can we affect its appearance in some ways? Second, the coupling of the words “politics” and “joy.” What a rare occurrence! This service will not be a partisan stance for one party or another, or...
Love & Transformation
At General Assembly in June, a new set of Unitarian Universalist values was voted into existence after a three-year long democratic process.” They are a current representation of what is central in our tradition. The values are Justice, Equity, Transformation,...