Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Given the recent mass shootings in Texas and New York, we are shifting from the planned topic for this Sunday to address the emotions that so many of us are feeling now: rage and despair. How can we talk about horrific events with children and let them know that … Continue reading “Rage and Despair”
“Covenant and commitment, not comfort, should be the binding fabrics of UU congregations… Our faith communities are not just available for those who fit in most easily or who make so much trouble no one is willing to challenge them. New generations have even more … lack of tolerance for this sort of culture and … Continue reading Conflict
Join us online or outdoors, on the lawn! Oklahoma County is now at the high risk level for COVID, which means that we can move to the next phase of our reopening plan and have a seated service outdoors. To minimize set up and clean up work, please bring your own lawn chairs or blankets, … Continue reading Mysterious Powers – Outdoor Seated Service!
Barring a significant increase in new COVID cases or stormy weather, we expect to hold our first outdoor service this Sunday! All must wear a well-fitted mask over mouth and nose at all times and remain safely distanced. The expectation is that all adults and youth over 12 who participate in-person have been fully vaccinated. For … Continue reading 600 NW 13th St. – An Outdoor “Stations” Service
The First Unitarian worship team is taking a short break this week so we can focus on preparing our transition to in-person services. We are so grateful to the Church of the Larger Fellowship for allowing us to use a beautiful service they have created, focused on the Worthy Now UU Prison Ministry. Copied from … Continue reading Worthy Now! – A Prison Ministry Service
“We gather our minds to greet and thank the enlightened Teachers who have come to help throughout the ages. When we forget how to live in harmony, they remind us of the way we were instructed to live as people. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to these caring Teachers. Now our minds … Continue reading How to Build a House (Power With vs Power Over)
The overarching theme for the month of October is POWER and privilege and we’ll begin our exploration by thinking about how humans have conceptualized our relationship with all other animals. Many cultures have defined the relationship as one of dominion, or human power over other animals. Does it have to be this way? What if, … Continue reading Comfort Animals (Blessing of the Animals)
September 27 is World Rivers Day. Rivers are life-giving resources, carrying water to parched earth, and serving as home to fish and other aquatic animals and plants. It was by wading through rivers and streams that enslaved people found a path to freedom. And, in the Christian tradition, it was in a river where Jesus … Continue reading I’ve Known Rivers (Theology of Liberation)
“In an age when so many struggle to find meaning, a community formed through a set of commonly held beliefs can form a stronger bond than one formed through antipathy towards rejected beliefs (p.14).” — Widening the Circle of Concern (2020 Report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change) The theological roots of Unitarian Universalism … Continue reading Heretics! (Theology of Freedom)
The delta variant is keeping us from meeting together in person, but it can’t keep us from celebrating our community! Our church goes on. Today, we celebrate the beginning of a new church year with ritual. At our annual Ingathering service, we come together as a family of travelers reuniting after our many separate journeys. … Continue reading Ingathering/Water Ceremony (Theology of Relationship)
