President’s Letter Partnership Yields Fun and Results at UUFM Pandemic times mandate creativity, innovation and constant experimentation at UUFM. For nine months our staff, board, committees and teams have been hard at work striving to function effectively in new ways. The challenge is not just to COPE in the midst of lament, but, in our … Continue reading Partnership Yields Fun and Results at UUFM
Minister’s Message November is the month of healing, and within this frame it would seem entirely sensible to imagine open wounds that become closed scars. That might work in our bodies much of the time. It is not so clear that wounds heal into scars within our psyches and our spirits. Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen … Continue reading November 11, 2020 Minister’s Message
“Healing is long, continuous, heartbreaking work that over time, results in the capacity to experience resiliency, which I feel energetically as buoyancy, or the ability to ride the suffering and not get swallowed in it.” – Lama Rod Owens Celebrating the month of Healing… It was no surprise to many of us that we received … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 11/11/2020
Speaker: Reverend Dr. Rita Capezzi 11 8 20 Order of Service 11 8 20 Homily–Healing_from_Our Democracy
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” bell hooks Welcome to the month of Healing… I hope that you’re all feeling hopeful, calm, and well following this election. It certainly brings up a whole spectrum of emotions for people, everything from joy to outrage. I … Continue reading Children’s Faith Development Director’s Corner 11/4/2020
Healing through Companionship—Celebrating Bread Communion. On November 22, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we honor a long-standing tradition conceived in new ways for our strangely distanced times. The Worship and CFD Teams, along the Hospitality and Luncheon Teams, are organizing a drive-up event at the Fellowship on Saturday, November 21. We will exchange bread and provide … Continue reading Calling for all Bread Bakers and other Helpers
Chinese-American philosopher and social activist Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) wrote, “Another world is necessary. Another world is possible. Another world is happening.” While the votes continue to be counted, let us remember these words. Whatever the outcome, we know after the last four years and this election season that our country is in serious need … Continue reading November 4, 2020 Minister’s Message
Our Community Lights and Extinguishes a Chalice and Your Sacred Space as Our Worship Background: Members of our congregation contribute actively to worship through photos of their sacred space as worship backdrops and videos of kindling and extinguishing a chalice at home while reading our usual unison words. With this sharing, we co-create services which … Continue reading Our Community Lights and Extinguishes a Chalice and Your Sacred Space as Our Worship Background
Speaker: Reverend Dr. Rita Capezzi 11 1 20 Order of Service UUCC 11 1 20 Homily–When Holding Nothing Back is Healing
