BRING A FLOWER FOR FLOWER COMMUNION Rev. Jane will offer reflections on Flower Communion, Mothers Day, and the reality of living with our own human frailties even as we care for others. What is the source of our strength in hard times? During the first part of the service we will celebrate our beautiful annual … Continue reading When Love Isn’t Enough: A Mother’s Day Sermon for Mothers and Others
What vision, spirit, or purpose gets you out of bed in the morning? How do you focus on that vision despite the worries of politics, jobs, health, family, and more? With meditations and with stories from some of our Unitarian heroes we will imagine how a central vision that claims our heart might give us … Continue reading Whose are you?
There are many interpretations about what we are supposed to doing as a church- rituals, building community and justice are just a few. Liturgy, sometimes interpreted as the work of the people, calls us to make micro experiments in beloved community creation. Let’s explore how our care of the land and collaboration with the planet … Continue reading Liturgy: “the (earth)work of the people”
Joy to the World! The service on Sunday, December 17, will be an All Ages service, our Festival of Lights. RE students will remain in the service with their families to light holiday lights and hear the stories of winter holidays from different religions and cultures. The children will decorate and light our Christmas tree … Continue reading A Festival of Lights
Easter is both a frightening and thrilling event. Easter challenges us to break out of our own personal tombs, and face the glaring light of truth and freedom. With stories, songs, glorious music by our choir, and a special treat during our Story for All Ages, we will celebrate the power of resurrection in our … Continue reading “A Tomb Is No Place to Stay”
Well, they did it again. Changed the time on us and messed up our daily rhythms. We have also just celebrated the Spring Equinox, as days become longer than nights. Together, we will explore how the idea of time affects not only our bodies, but also our hopes, our values, and our vision of the … Continue reading Taking Time Seriously
This Sunday it will all be on the table: Unitarian Universalism is “a living faith” and our current Principles and Purposes – much as we love them – may soon evolve into new language. How do the words that we use to describe ourselves frame our worship, our programs, our religious exploration and the way … Continue reading Who Do We Say We Are?
Jesus lived at a time of great brutality and oppression. The Buddha saw real sickness, aging, and death. We also live in a time when we witness terrorism, suffering and despair, both afar and quite near. What spiritual messages do the laughing Buddha, laughing Jesus and the masks of Carnival have for us this season? … Continue reading Mardi Gras When We Really Need It
What is truth, anyway? Politicians, poets, theologians and our neighbors all seem to have an opinion, these days. As Unitarian Universalists, we have long struggled with the challenge of recognizing some eternal truths in a constantly evolving world. With stories, poetry, and a bit of UU history, we’ll explore the possibilities for naming and acting … Continue reading Where and What Is Truth, Anyway?
Hope is ancient and eternal. In the darkest time of the year, in the hardest times of our lives, we turn to hope… not false hope, or irrational hope, but hope that is real, deep and true, and which strengthens when we share it. In what do you find your hope, this new year? We … Continue reading Happy New Year? Bah, Humbug! … or Maybe Not!
