Join us this Sunday for a meditative service featuring candle lighting and a guided gratitude practice. On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we also take time to remember and mourn all the trans and gender diverse individuals whose precious lives were taken by violence within the past year. We will also welcome our newest members … Continue reading “Beyond Food and Football: a Gratitude Practice”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. The winter holidays can be a stressful time for many, between the high expectations for meals, cards, gifts, parties, and general merriment. It can feel like unless everything is just perfect, we are somehow failing, not doing the holidays “right.” But Halloween offers an opportunity to just have fun, … Continue reading “The Fun of Halloween”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. This is the time of year when we might dress up as ghosts, vampires, monsters, or witches, but behind some of these fun and fantastic figures, there is actual, historical horror. Did you know that American Unitarianism grew out of congregationalism and that our congregationalist ancestors in Salem Massachusetts … Continue reading “A Witch Story”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. As Unitarian Universalists, we focus not on heaven or perfection but on practicing our faith. Abstract ideas about how to live don’t really matter. It’s how we live that counts, even when that living involves a lot of falling down and failing. Today we pick up the ancient philosophical … Continue reading “Practice, Practice, Praxis”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. The ability to talk with animals is an ancient and cherished wish. Many of us don’t just talk to our beloved pets but have extended conversations with them! But what if we could hear what they’re thinking and actually talk with them? Would it change the way we treat … Continue reading “If We Could Talk with the Animals” — Animal Blessing!
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Although our building is a historical treasure, the people who make up the church are everyday folks living into an ever-evolving truth.
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. The role of a teacher has always been challenging, but especially with the introduction of censorship laws that could lead to severe consequences just for teaching the truth, it also requires a great deal of courage. The process of learning also requires courage: it isn’t easy to stretch beyond … Continue reading “The Courage to Learn, the Courage to Teach”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. The official start of our new church year is September 11. This will be a special Ingathering service — our first together in person since September 2019! Once again, this service will feature a water ceremony. In this ceremony, everyone brings a small container of water that represents a … Continue reading Rivers of Life (Ingathering)
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. During the last two weeks of August, our services are designed to introduce core concepts and principles of Unitarian Universalism to those who may be seeking a spiritual home or who are just curious about our liberal and liberatory faith. This year, we examine two terms that can be … Continue reading Religion (through a UU Lens)
Direct Link to YouTube Stream HERE During the last two weeks of August, our services are designed to introduce core concepts and principles of Unitarian Universalism to those who may be seeking a spiritual home or who are just curious about our liberal and liberatory faith. This year, we examine two terms that can be … Continue reading Faith (through a UU Lens)
