Click on title to hear audio. In this harvest season we take time to say thank you for the abundance around us. Join us for an inter-generational Unitarian Universalist Bread Communion service where we’ll reflect on the grace underlying our gratitude as together we’ll set a table and share in the harvest.
We claim universality in our faith community. We talk about the worth and dignity of every person. One of our responsive readings proclaims that it doesn’t matter whether one is black or white, gay or straight. That’s true but it’s also not true. If we ignore an identity that is important to a person, we … Continue reading Nov 12, Dr. Michael Franch, “Thinking About How Lives Matter”
Our Universalist ancestors held that love was an unlimited resource and felt called to offer unconditional love. Rev. Gordon McKeenan describes, “Universalists believe that all of us are going to end up together in heaven, so we might as well learn how to get along with each other now.” At this service Rev. Sue Browning … Continue reading Nov 5, Rev. Sue Browning, “Trusting in Abundant Love.” Special music by Pam and Bob Ortiz
Oct 29, Phyllis Levinson, District Leader of the Humane Society of the U.S., Maryland. “Saving the Vulnerable: Rescuing Animals during Severe Hurricanes.”
Rebecca Solnit writes of a future that is unknown, dark, with an enveloping sense of possibility and com- munion. Martin Luther King Jr. considered “agape,” or love in action, as going to any length to restore community and heal that which divides us. Click on above title for audio of service.
Click on above title for audio. If only we could be two places at once. Just imagine being able to accept two invitations. Strictly speaking, it’s impossible to be in two distinct places in the same moment, or is it? As Unitarian Universalists we’re challenged to a free and responsible search for truth and meaning, … Continue reading Oct 15, Rev. Sue Browning, “Being in Two Places at Once.”
Click on above title to listen to audio. We don’t talk much about forgiveness; the word didn’t even make it into our UU 7 Principles statement of values. Is it relevant? Worthy of our attention? How do we feel about the idea? Or is there something better?
Click on above title to hear audio. In his book The Philosophy and Mythology of Harry Potter author Patrick McCauley reminds us of a core lesson from the Harry Potter series: “The decision to approach and confront that which scares us is not a thought, it is an act.” Click on “NEWS” for more.
“Click on above title for audio recording” Every congregation has a purpose. You cannot be a congregation long without one. The key is uncovering that purpose and claiming it. Please stay after the service and a light lunch for the 90 minute workshop with Rev. Pyle, our UUA Staff Primary Contact, who will facilitate a discussion on our … Continue reading Sept 24, Rev. Dr. David Pyle, “Held by a Vision.”
Being the newcomer comes with possibility and challenge. A newcomer often wants to blend in and not draw attention, yet at the same time wants to be seen and welcomed. When have you been “the new kid”? When have you sensed you truly belonged? Click on Title to listen to audio.
