Dr. King talked about a choice between chaos and community – is it a choice? There must be a trick, because why would anyone not choose community? Bonus: This Sunday will be our annual Flower Communion Ceremony. For an online version of this, please take a photo (or many photos) of your flower(s) and send … Continue reading Cacophony and Symphony
During this time of social distancing and isolation, many people are turning to the arts for comfort, connection and distraction. Musicians are offering live-streamed performances, museums virtual tours, and Facebook is encouraging people to recreate famous paintings with their families and cameras. Have comfort, connection and distraction become your spiritual practice?
Finding the balance – the healthy tension – between ‘keeping things steady’ and ‘shaking it up,’ we can sometimes get stuck trying to make progress without losing anything important.
Our theme for May is “Thresholds.” Looking back at all that has led us to this moment with gratitude, we cast our eyes toward what is coming next.
Special guest minister, Rev. Erin Dajka Holley. Poised to fall, let us consider the possibility instead of a hard landing, a launching forward. The Rev. Erin Dajka Holley is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist and has served as the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica since August 2018. She lives in Utica, NY with her … Continue reading “Bounce”
What would it look like if all our politics, all our justice-making, were managed after the model of an old-growth forest? What does nature “know” that we can learn from to better manage our society?
Sunday services at UUCB are virtual until further notice. See the Members section or the latest e-Beacon for instructions. The Easter story is a message of life rising triumphant over adversity and death. With story and song, let us consider what this message offers us today.
Held online by Zoom with Rev. Douglas Taylor We will still have the congregation’s 1891 Communion Silver; but we’lleach need to bring our own bread and wine to the service.This is a small, but well-loved service we host each year. All are welcome,regardless of belief or unbelief. We share a ritual of connection and holiness. … Continue reading Maundy Thursday Communion Service
Sunday services at UUCB are virtual until further notice. Join the online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/5749237292, Meeting ID: 574 923 7292Zoom Basics PDF Our theme this month is “Liberation,” and we start with the quote from Toni Morrison who said: “The function of freedom is to free someone else.” Come, let’s get started again.
Sunday services at UUCB are virtual until further notice. Join the online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/5749237292, Meeting ID: 574 923 7292Zoom Basics PDF The conversation about racism has shifted among UUs into a conversation about White Supremacy Culture. Why? What does it mean? And why has this become our religious movement’s biggest conversation?
