What does it mean to “practice” spirituality? Why do we even have to practice it at all? And what does curiosity have to do with it—doesn’t “having faith” mean “being certain”? There will be no answers here, but perhaps plenty of questions to get the “little grey cells” spinning. 2026.0510 OOS – Curiosity as … Continue reading “Curiosity as a Spiritual Practice”
Continuing the tradition, this is the 27th time we have devoted the Sunday before Memorial Day to remembering and reflecting on the lives of those we lost in the last year, from around the world, around the country, and from our community. 2025.0525 OOS – Memorial Day Service 2025 Join us after the service in-person … Continue reading Memorial Day Service 2025
Continuing a UUFM tradition, this is the 26 th time we have devoted the Sunday before Memorial Day to remembering and reflecting on the lives of those who have died in the last year, from around the world, around the country, and from our community. As Walt Whitman put it, “And of these one and … Continue reading Memorial Day Service 2024
When the Unitarian minister, Joseph Priestley, came to America, Thomas Jefferson was there to attend his sermons. In the course of his life, he wrote several letters and essays which address his thoughts on religion and morals. Thomas Jefferson will again attend a Unitarian church service where he will read from his writings and respond … Continue reading Letters and Essays from the Past
7 16 23 OOS – Shaping Worth Service
“On this Memorial Day Weekend, we take time to remember, with deep gratitude, the many who have left us in this past year and have lighted or supported the light within us.” 5 28 23 OOS–In Memory 2023 In Memory 2023 Service In Memory 2023 Photos In Memory 2023 Individual Info Video of Service Join … Continue reading UUFM Traditional Memorial Day Service with Tony Filipovitch
“On this Memorial Day Weekend, we take time to remember, with deep gratitude, the many who have left us in this past year and lighted or supported the light within us.” 5 29 22 OOS 5.29.22 Meditation, Additional Memorials & Notes We gather in the Charles Avenue Sanctuary beginning Sunday mornings at 10:10am, with informational … Continue reading Memorial Day Service
Our worship service today falls between Yom Kippur—the holiest day in the practice of Judaism, characterized by rituals of atonement and repentance—and International Day of Peace—a United Nations-sanctioned day of observance for world peace, especially an end to violence and war. How might practices of peace within ourselves, as well as between and among us, … Continue reading Reflections on Yom Kippur: The Possibility in/of Forgiveness
Join us for our traditional Memorial Day service, organized and lovingly delivered by Tony Filipovitch. Our space is virtual, but our worship is real, vital, and life-sustaining. The Zoom information for Sunday Worship is below: UUFM Sunday Morning Virtual Worship 10:30 am Followed by Virtual Coffee Hour Every Sunday Gathering begins at 10:10 am. … Continue reading Traditional Memorial Day Service
Join Tony Filipovitch for a service reflecting on Thanksgiving, native wisdom, and a Haudenosaunee ritual of gratitude as described in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass. Our space is virtual, but our worship is real, vital, and life-sustaining. The Zoom information for Sunday Worship is below: UUFM Sunday Morning Virtual Worship 10:30 am Followed by … Continue reading The Thanksgiving Address
