Speaker: Susan S. Chambers

Solstice Celebration

December 21st is  the shortest day of our year.  Pagans have celebrated Solstice for eons.  Solstice comes from two Latin words “sol” meaning “sun” and “sistere” meaning day. Thus, “Solstice” means the Day of the sun.   We will acknowledge the darkness we face, and, as our December theme “Choosing Hope” … read more.

Still I Rise

Maya Angelou’s poem Still I Rise states in part:
“Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise”

This is a poet who understands compassion, who cultivates it for all. We will discuss her sage advice “You may … read more.

“Restoring What We Have Lost”

Our landscape has changed so much over the past 200 years.    The prairies that our ancestors experienced in this place we call home in the 1830’s are now mostly gone.   Bison were nearly killed off to extinction.  Many species that once were part of the land … read more.

I Will Meet You There

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, There is a field. I’ll meet you there.”

Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) Translated by Coleman Barks and John Moyne

Our theme for December is “Presence”. We are entering the holiday season, we are
worrying about what the new year will bring, … read more.

“Change”

Haven’t we all planned the perfect events, just to have everything change?  Hermann Hesse stated “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.”  We will explore letting go, facing change head on.

Join us after the service for in-person hospitality downstairs … read more.