Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Many cultures imagined winter as an old woman who brought with her darkness and death, only to be replaced by a beautiful young maiden in the spring. How can we embrace our old woman and learn to love her, wrinkles and all? What wisdom does winter offer?
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Join us as we usher in the winter holidays! Families and friends gather in the sanctuary for an opening hymn and offering, then split into different groups. Some sing beloved carols, some decorate the church, and some create ornaments. The groups rotate and then we return to the sanctuary … Continue reading “Hanging of the Greens”
Join Rev. Diana in the sanctuary for a quiet hour of chant / a cappella singing, meditation, and self-reflective spiritual practice. We will recess to the Allen courtyard for a burning bowl ritual. Because of the contemplative and intimate nature of this service, there will be no YouTube stream.
Direct link to YouTube service HERE. “It will never happen,” we think, or “It will never happen to me.” But what about when it – an unimaginable loss – does happen to us? How can we find hope and peace in the “land of never?” This gentle and healing service is offered to everyone who … Continue reading A Blue Christmas Service: The Land of Never
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Join us as we usher in the winter holidays! Families and friends gather in the sanctuary for an opening hymn and offering, then split into different groups. Some sing beloved carols, some decorate the church, and some create ornaments. The groups rotate and then we return to the sanctuary … Continue reading Hanging of the Greens
This service will be online (Zoom and Facebook) only. New Year’s is the winter holiday that most speaks to our Director of Religious Exploration, Tim Atkins. Come to the online worship service, Sunday, January 2, 2022 and learn more about how to make New Year’s a meaningful holiday in your life too. We will talk about how to … Continue reading New Year’s: An Act in Three Parts
This will be an online (Zoom) service only. During this reflective service, we’ll engage in a gratitude practice and look back on the past year to name the things that brought us light, joy, and hope. Because we will be breaking out into small groups during this service, there will be no virtual coffee hour … Continue reading These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Because of cold temperatures and rising COVID numbers, we will be online-only this Sunday. On this Sunday before the Winter Solstice (12/21) and the Humanist celebration of HumanLight (12/23), we will shift focus from the babe in Bethlehem to all babies, from angels to astronomy, from flying reindeer to the Earth’s rotation. And there, too, we … Continue reading Celebrating the Winter Solstice and HumanLight
Because of cold weather and rising COVID numbers, this service will be on Zoom and Facebook only! Order of Service Back in 1974, country singer Merle Haggard released the song, “If We Make It Through December,” in which the narrator is laid off from his job right before Christmas. Sad, even devastating Christmas songs make … Continue reading “If We Make It Through December” — a Blue Christmas service
Join us on the front lawn or on Zoom/Facebook for the annual “Carols and Stories” service. This year, we will focus on the very first Christmas carol, the song that Mary sings in the first chapter of Luke, known as the Magnificat. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian who was executed by the Nazis, described it … Continue reading Carols and Stories: the Magnificat
