Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh calls us to important and perhaps uncomfortable insight: “When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity of accepting and having compassion for them is there.” Today … Continue reading Vision for Peace
Mother Teresa reminds each of us that “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” Each one of us makes an impact. Together, we are stronger. Join us for the beginning of our new year as we celebrate fellowship and community through music, story, … Continue reading Ingathering and Water Communion
July Theme: Growing Our Souls Five Smooth Stones “Why don’t more UUs know about the five smooth stones the way they know about the seven principles and occasionally the six sources?” This was a question posed during a recent online UU Theology course. We’ll take a brief look at James Luther Adams and his theology. … Continue reading Five Smooth Stones
May Theme: New Life Unitarian Universalism is not an easy faith. We must do diligent work in discerning exactly what we believe and how we are going to live. This Sunday, we’ll talk about ways to do that and celebrate our children’s faith development, too!
Do you say your prayers before bed each night? Do UU’s even pray? This morning, we’ll examine what role faith, hope and prayer can play in our lives. Inter-generational Service
Once upon a time there was a drop of water named Higgins. Higgins knew he was small, but mighty. Higgins was no ordinary drop of water. He was a drop with a dream. Today, we celebrate the successes that UUFM has achieved by gathering drops of water into a bucket. Speaker/Worship Leader: Carrie Rice Sound … Continue reading A Drop with a Dream
“The Quiltmaker’s Gift” A generous quiltmaker, with magic in her fingers, sews the most beautiful quilts in the world and gives them away. A greedy king yearns for something that will make him happy. This charming fable for our times celebrates the joy of giving. Intergenerational Service Speaker/Worship Leader: Carrie Rice
“There is such beauty in bread.” There is sunshine and rain, nutrition and community. Today, we will celebrate one of our favorite traditions: the Bread Communion. Please plan on bringing one of your favorite loaves to church, be it a family tradition or a new-found joy.
Our new UUA President, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray recently delivered a sermon that reminds us that worship is a vessel for our pain and our anger, and it continually calls us back to love. Today’s intergenerational service will invite us to bring our whole selves to our time together, to ponder what it means to love … Continue reading No Time For a Casual Faith
Understanding and describing their religion can be a challenge for Unitarian Universalists. This Sunday, as we gather to greet each other after the summer and rededicate ourselves to our highest aspirations, we explore The Big Question: “What are we?” Religions exist in part to help people join together in a search for answers to big … Continue reading Religion to the Rescue
