At the gym personal trainers energetically encourage us to meet personal fitness goals. Might a minister’s role be to kick-off the year by energetically encouraging us to meet ethical living goals? Join Rev. Sue Browning as we reflect on the wider world around us and the inherent possibilities that emerge when we take one ethical … Continue reading Jan 6, Rev. Sue Browning “Kicking Off the New Year: A Pep Talk on Ethics.”

We carry around a lot of relationships with us all the time. Sometimes we are aware of them and sometimes not. Sunday mornings, especially this time of year, are a good time to pause and think about these for a moment.

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Join the Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River for a December 23, Christmas Eve (of Eve) service, complete with music, story and the tradition of closing with “Silent Night.” This year with Rev. Sue Browning we’ll reflect on the ways winter holidays offer a sense of oneness with all humanity.

Of late the term “stay in your lane” is heard often. It translates roughly to “You do your job, I’ll do mine.” At this service with Rev. Sue Browning we’ll consider when this may be helpful guidance, when it’s not, and the spiritual practices that may help us decide how far to extend our reach. Special music for this service will be provided by Meredith Hadaway and Rachel Hock.

Many believe in the appeal of having a god as a life companion; how that seems to offer comfort, direction, security to those who choose to believe. How do we non-theists fill those gaps, if at all. Who or what do we walk with?

What might happen when you approach the day-to-day with a sense of unfolding what is to be? What might it open if less energy was spent determining the cause and effect of each unknown? At this service Rev. Sue Browning will explore lessons we may learn from the trusting nature of the mystics amongst us.

The sacred is present in nature. The sacred is present in community. The sacred is present in the sharing of food. Many traditions, including Unitarian Universalism, have rituals for the sharing of food, as a community, at harvest time. Please join Rev. Sue Browning for our annual Intergenerational Bread Communion service. There will be a … Continue reading Nov 25 Rev. Sue Browning, “The Joy of Breaking Bread as Community.”

Special music for this service performed by Karen Somerville and/or Sombarkin.

  “I’d lose my head if it wasn’t attached to my body,” the old joke goes. But what about when it’s the body itself doing the remembering? This sermon will examine the ways our bodies manifest our environment and history, and explore what that means for how we live out our covenants with each other … Continue reading Nov 11, Leika Lewis Cornwell, “By the Pricking of My Thumbs.”

Does the task of choosing which papers, or pictures, or books to save ever feel daunting? How about decisions on which memories to save? At this service with Rev. Sue Browning we’ll explore what from the past we choose carry forward on our journey, and what helps us let go of (or at least lighten) our load. Special music for this service will be performed by Fredy Granillo.