Our annual celebration of life and beauty! Bring a flower to share, and take one home from the ceremony. For over 90 years, Unitarian Universalists have celebrated the Flower Communion to remind us that every living thing is special and important, a part of the interconnected web of nature. This will be the last Sunday service … Continue reading Flower Communion
This morning we celebrate Children’s Sunday and also welcome and honor the Girl Scouts among us. Together we will reflect on the blessing of friendship and recognize our many wonderful Religious Education volunteers.
As we enter this new year together, we also enter a new phase of our interim time. Now that things have begun to settle down and we’ve been able to take some deep collective breaths, after a fall of big transitions, it’s time to get to work on planning for our future! This month in worship, we’ll … Continue reading Resilience
As we reflect on the Hanukkah story, we remember those who had faith to light that one lamp to be witness to whatever might unfold, knowing they were not in control, but remaining hopeful nonetheless, for what else could they do? Sometimes it might hurt to watch, since you can’t fix everything the way you might wish … Continue reading Light One Candle
There is a deeper meaning to be found in the season of Advent, but to find it we must look beyond the greens and the crèches, beyond gift-buying, list-making and cookie-baking. Advent doesn’t make much sense at all unless we reflect on the kind of world into which Jesus was said to have been born. Unless … Continue reading The Advent of Hope
In whatever theological language you use, church is about encouraging and facilitating our transformation. And that is holy work. Learning and being reminded to care for others and to carry out acts of compassion in a world and a culture which prefer that we take care of our own interests, mind our own business, and fear … Continue reading Why Church Matters
Is there anything that you are holding onto that you have thought to be really important, but which may, now, be proving a hindrance? Something that may be weighing you down? What is it? Now step back and look more closely…Is there another way forward? A path you haven’t yet considered that might we worth … Continue reading Letting Go to Carry On
It has been said that “Forgiveness is the act of admitting that we are like other people.”[1] Other people sometimes fall short of our expectations for them, and we sometimes fall short of their expectations for us. Other people make mistakes, but so do we. If we do not engage in the practice of putting … Continue reading Broken Trust and Forgiveness
The first service of the new church year, bring a small sample of water from the places you’ve traveled over the summer. Symbolic water will also be available for those who want to participate. Welcome home! Download a copy of the minister’s message.
