Many of us have played that children’s game “One of These Things is not Like the Others,” a game that invites us to find the common thing and to exclude that which seems not to belong. Imagine that as a next step, we moved from attention to difference toward new categories, ones that seek relationship … Continue reading Our Differences Lending Strength to What We Share In Common
Bread is a staple of life, and it would not exist without fire—fire created by natural processes, and fire created by passion and effort. By breaking bread together, we celebrate the passion and the effort of our Fellowship to create more compassion and more justice in this world Bring your bread—the bread of your childhood, … Continue reading Bread Communion—An All-generation Worship Service
A sense of belonging emerges from prepared ground, when the conditions are right to welcome us into the fold. This Sunday, with inspirational music by our Choir, as well as some fun and games and playacting, we explore how our longing become belonging. This is an All-generation service, using elements from the Children’s Chapel. Coins … Continue reading “We Know We Belong When . . .”
We all hold within us longings—personal ones, like to be loved or respected or cared for. And communal ones—such as to understand the stories of those with different life experiences, to ameliorate the suffering of homelessness or poverty, to live justly in a world with a changed climate. This week, we will explore how our … Continue reading Be Your Longing
In 2006, the Fellowship became a “Welcoming Congregation.” A designation that goes well beyond an expectation of warmth and friendliness, “Welcoming Congregation” calls us to be radically hospitable. We are called to create the Fellowship as a place where it is easy to see and feel that all belong. Rev. Rita looks forward to exploring … Continue reading A “Welcoming Congregation”
The Fellowship is now fully immersed in our Welcoming Congregations Trans Initiative. Are you feeling engaged? Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen reminds us that “We do not know if this arc bends toward justice. The great test of our Unitarian Universalist faith is not whether we believe we can bend the arc, but how we are when … Continue reading An Expectation of Justice
Today we mark the International Day of Peace with acknowledgment of this Fellowship’s commitment to our 6th Principle: “The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all. And we also will recognize that our Fellowship occupies land where treaties were broken. This is an All-generation Service, and the Choir, under the direction of … Continue reading International Day of Peace Celebration
The great “Unknown” records that “What you see depends upon what you’re looking for.” Today we will give some consideration to whom and what we expect to see in the Fellowship, and how that expectation provides us with “community.” Rev. Rita preaching. Soul Matters Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a community of … Continue reading An Expectation of Community
Flood waters finally receded over the summer, and now we rise once more as a people returning from our summer lives and eager to coalesce once more as a religious community creating compassion and justice. This is an All-generation Service, and the Choir, under the direction of Peter Kuhlman, will provide inspiration. Bring some water … Continue reading Ingathering/Water Communion
The theme of the 2019 UUA General Assembly was “The Power of We.” While an inspiring ideal of unity and inclusion, how does a person or a community actually achieve such an ideal within a society rife with division, hatred, and violence? Rev. Rita addresses how curiosity and creativity gave rise to the UUFM Trans … Continue reading Curiosity and Creativity
