“We come into this world alone, and alone we leave it; and between the entrance and the exit we spend our time searching for companionship.” -D.M. Dooling. So many who come to church express a desire for real community, not only a space for socializing, but a place that authentically serves the wider world. How … Continue reading Safety, Sanctuary, and Service
What do you do if a tree crashes through your roof? Do you hire someone to fix it? If you can’t afford it, what are your other options? Climb up on the roof yourself with some duct tape and tarp and pray for the best? Ignore the hole in the roof and pretend it will … Continue reading When the Roof Caves In…
As we say goodbye to 2025, and welcome the new year, we ask ourselves: What’s holding us back? What’s getting in the way of living as fully as we’d like? What from the past year might we like to wash away and release? During this intergenerational service, you will be invited to write down those … Continue reading Wash, Rinse, Repeat
Join in the magic: special music, stories traditional and modern from our young adults, and singing from all with bright candles of joy and celebration. 5:30pm. And new this year, at 5:00pm the choir presents Evensong, a half hour of singalong and choir anthems for your musical pleasure! Hope renews itself again. Zoom access here. … Continue reading Christmas Eve Service
This service will focus on the timeless story of the Maccabees reclaiming and rededicating their temple in Jerusalem with a single oil lamp that lasted way beyond its usual burning time. This is a powerful metaphor for the tenacity of the human spirit and the oftentimes miraculous power of the Universe to give us what … Continue reading Don’t Let the Light Go Out
For Christians, Advent is the season of waiting in great anticipation for the birth of Jesus, who was called the Prince of Peace. In a world that can sometimes feel out-of-control and unkind, how might we use this time of waiting to center ourselves, so that we might radiate more peace and love out into … Continue reading What I Really Want for Christmas
Join us for this intergenerational worship service, where the children will express their gratitude for the bounty of the harvest, time with friends and family, and our loving spiritual community. We will also distribute Guest at Your Table boxes, as a way to support the “good trouble” happening at our courageous U.U. Service Committee. Following … Continue reading Grateful, Giving, and Generous
During these six weeks of family, shopping, decorating, more family, eating, more shopping, baking, drinking, letter writing, more eating, more drinking, how do we find time to pause, take a breath and care for our bodies and souls? During this service we will explore the very real mental health struggles we all face at times … Continue reading TDay & Hanukkah & XMas & Kwanza & New Years… Oh My!
In this election season, how do we make our communities and country more in alignment with our UU values? With all of the conflict, anger, and judgement between red and blue, rich and poor, north and south, how do we listen to the perspectives of those with whom we disagree? Where is the common ground? … Continue reading Learning to Listen
This is the time of the year when many traditions believe that the veil separating us from our beloved dead grows thin. Pagans celebrate the harvest festival Samhain, children dress up in ghoulish costumes for Halloween, Catholics honor their dearly departed on All Saints Day, Protestants mourn their deceased on All Souls Day, and Latinx … Continue reading God (they, them, we, us)
