Forgiveness and repentance are an annual theme for us. This year, the UUA Common Read is a book about the topic: On Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg. Join me in considering a very old outline for how to move forward after an experience of harm. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID … Continue reading Roadmap for Repair
The Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” Is there an element of service in your life? In our congregation? In what ways do we serve needs greater than our own? We hope to … Continue reading Let Our Service Begin
Join us as we come back together to celebrate a new church year together. Bring a small amount of water from a place that is special to you to add to our water communion service. “What is it you plan to do,” the poet asks each of us, “with your one wild and precious life?” Perhaps … Continue reading Ingathering Sunday: Adventure Awaits!
The trends are upon us! Attendance and participation in religious communities are declining in the US across the board. This has been going on for a while, but the pandemic increased things. Maybe there are good reasons for not attending that we can learn from. What do people need today that we could offer? Our … Continue reading Church: Why Bother?
I don’t mean it like that. Yes, we are ‘progressive’, but for this service I’m actually thinking about ‘progressive dinners,’ (and I didn’t want you all to think I was offering food.) Join us for a playful and thought-provoking service throughout the building and grounds (we’ll start in the sanctuary.) Our Summer Services (July 2 … Continue reading Progressive Religion
Starting at 11:00, this service usually runs longer than our usual hour. But what a treat! This year’s preacher is Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti. You can read more about him here: https://www.uua.org/ga/program/highlights/sunday-morning-worship We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has been suspended and masking is now optional. Online information ..https://zoom.us/j/97989696520?pwd=ZG9NclFYQm9VV0NTb2VhNVM0R00xQT09 Meeting ID: 979 8969 6520 Passcode: … Continue reading Live Stream of our GA Worship
The big news for the coming General Assembly is the changes proposed to our Seven Principles (the Article 2 of our UUA bylaws). Join me in this exploration of our values and the process of change. We hope to see you in person! Our COVID policy has been suspended and masking is now optional. Online … Continue reading Love Holds the Center
Join us for our annual ceremony to honor the passages and transitions in the life of our congregation. We will celebrate our new members and read the names of all those who have had a birth, marriage, or death from within our congregation. Following this service, we will have our Annual meeting and then our … Continue reading Passages
One Hundred years ago, Rev. Norbert Fabian Čapek (pronounced “CHOP-eck”) introduced a new ritual to the people in his congregation. The Flower Communion (or celebration or ceremony) has endured as a much beloved ritual among us. As we celebrate its centennial, we will learn a little more about it together. We hope to see you … Continue reading 100 Flowers
There is a bittersweetness to all of our living, joy and sorrow mingled together. Joni Mitchell’s song “Both Sides Now” reminds us that by embracing the sorrow and loss as well as the joy and love, we can move past our illusions of life to appreciate the beauty of it all. We hope to see … Continue reading Both Sides
