In the deep of winter, let us gather to discuss one of the deep and big questions in life: what does a good death mean? Inspired by the book, Being Mortal, let us honor our mortality, aging, and caregiving. What does it look like to write this chapter of our lives with agency and intention?
Healing is an individual and communal journey. As we do the work of visioning our future, we need both a communal and individual perspective. There will be much to create, love, and heal. Healing is also both a communal and individual journey.
What would happen if we embraced uncertainty as a source of creativity rather than resisting it out of fear? None of us know the future. If we face that uncertainty with fear, we limit possibilities to what we can control. However, if we learn from the children to face that uncertainty with wonder, joy, and … Continue reading “Embracing Uncertainty in Creativity” – Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister — In-person & Zoom
Our descriptor of Unitarian Universalism as a “Living Tradition” is that our individual and shared religious experiences are alive, growing, and changing with time, not ossified into “a creed outworn,” as the poet Wordsworth might say. This January—with all its traditions of renewal and recommitment—let us together take a reinvigorating look at who we profess … Continue reading “Where is Our Holy Church?” – Adrian L. H. Graham, Guest Speaker — In-person & Zoom
What are the gifts of youth and the joys of the older mind? Let us continue to build on our concept of our life journey by celebrating the types of intelligence that we have in our youth and how we both lose and gain as we transition into midlife and beyond. Each phase of life … Continue reading “The Gifts of this Phase of Your Life” – Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister — In-person & Zoom
It is tempting at this time of year to make resolutions to improve ourselves. What do they say about us; our hopes, dreams, desires? Why do they so often fail? What alternatives might we have?
As we start the new year, let’s talk about our travels and journeys. Michael Crichton offers a beautiful blend of his literal and figurative travels in his autobiography. He describes his self-discovery with the loss of routine and comfort of his external travel as well as the transformative journey of his inner travel in spiritual … Continue reading “Inner and Outer Travel, the Journey of Self-Discovery” – Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister — In-person & Zoom
Join us for this final Sunday service of 2025. It is said that the moments between transitions hold a special wonder: when one thing ends and another begins, a baby is born, one enters a room, one sets out on a journey. There is mystery and wonder in the spaces between these comings, goings, beginnings, … Continue reading “Gathering Together at Year’s End,” — In-person & Zoom
Let’s center several different perspectives on what Christmas means in our special holiday service. Many voices from throughout the congregation will help us celebrate the transition from waiting and anticipating to the celebration of the birth of a child. There will be a musical presentation prior to the service beginning at 6:30 PM presented by trombonists … Continue reading “Eve-of-the-Eve Service: What Christmas Means to Me” – Rev. Kathryn Adams, Minister — In-person & Zoom
