Click on title to hear audio. Joe Vitale states, “A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot.” This presumes you know what excites you. At this service Rev. Sue Browning will consider how we identify what excites us, and then how we use what excites us to bless the world.
Click on above title to hear audio. In 600 BCE, Jerusalem was sacked by the Babylonians and thousands of Jews were taken to Babylon as slaves. How they reacted to exile, and how each of us reacts to feeling like strangers in a strange land, will be discussed in this service.
Click on above title to hear audio. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., challenged the world to “live into” a vision of Beloved Community. How do our 7 principles help us live into this vision? At this service Rev. Sue Browning will consider the deep challenges of living into Beloved Community and why Unitarian Universalists are evaluating … Continue reading Jan 21, Rev. Sue Browning, “The UU Principles and Beloved Community.” Nevin Dawson will be our guest musician for the service.
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” At the beginning of the new year, what better time to reflect on the cycles of our life and it purpose? ….Click on ‘NEWS’ then Upcoming..
Click on above title to hear audio of service. Is the question “What do I have to get done today?” different from the question “What do I want this day to be about?” ? Join Rev. Sue Browning for this service where we’ll explore the art of being intentional and the ways this religious community … Continue reading Jan 7, Rev. Sue Browning, “Getting Started.”
Click here for text of Namaste – A Blessing2 John explains, “‘Namaste’ is the traditional greeting all over India. Although it really doesn’t translate into English, I prefer to think of it as saying, ‘The divine within me smiles upon the divine within you.’ I believe this fits the form of a blessing and that it can … Continue reading Dec 31, Dr. John Turner, “Nameste: A Blessing.”
There will be no services at UUCR on December 24 or 25.
Join the Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River for a traditional evening of carols and story. We’ll take time to pause and sense the moment “just before” and the wonder of new life.
For many, there is a love/hate tie to the holiday season. What do the rituals of the holiday bring forth for you? Times of connection? A sense of beauty? A range of memories? “Busyness” at times bordering the frantic? Maybe loneliness? For most, the season holds some frustration too – from busyness to loneliness. At … Continue reading Dec 17, Rev. Sue Browning, “The Mixed Bag of ‘The Holiday Season.’”
A great naturalist writer once observed a spider spinning a web on a warm street light, in defiance of the winter cold, leading him to the conclusion: “In the days of the frost seek a minor sun.” But when is it important to hold onto that glowing orb of hope and when is it time … Continue reading Dec. 10, Rev. Diana Davies, “To Seek a Minor Sun: Letting Go and Fighting On.”
