Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 11.21.2021 OOS This is the time of year we turn our hearts and minds towards gratitude, a task that is not always easy. How do we cultivate authentic awareness of the gifts of life when we also face fear and loss? But gifts are … Continue reading Parable of the Last Leaf: Reflections on Gratitude
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 11.07.2021 OOS It is our tradition – remembering those we have lost and love in a service of remembrance. This year, our service will include a ceremonial dedication of our Bell Tower Terrace and Pathways of Celebration and Remembrance. Arrive a little early (10:25 … Continue reading Witnessing Truth: A Service of Remembrance
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 10.31.2021 OOS We gather on Halloween to hear three creeeepy stories that teach us the value of telling the truth, facing our grief and companioning the suffering as they face the unknown. Two stories come from the podcast Fresh Hell: Murder, Mystery and the … Continue reading Relationships Across the Veil: Stories of Fresh Hell
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 10.24.2021 OOS In some faith traditions, its foundational tenets are believed to be miraculously carved onto stone tablets or delivered by angels. But Unitarian Universalism is defined by Seven Principles, articulated by everyday human beings. As UU people, congregations and organizations consider adopting an … Continue reading “To Affirm and Promote”: A Principled Faith*
Link for Celebration of Life Service: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday, October 17th: Sam Berliner III OOS
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 10.17.2021 OOS Our beliefs about ultimate reality often translate into how we live our day-to-day lives. What spiritual lessons can we learn from those who repair and rely on creativity and ingenuity?
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 10.03.2021 OOS Unitarian Universalism is a faith defined by freedom, the freedom to believe according to one’s conscience and experience. It is not a creed but covenant that holds such a diverse spiritual community together. The UUA’s Commission on Appraisal explored “the power of … Continue reading Unlocking the Power of Covenant
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 09.26.2021 OOS “Emergent Strategy” has been called “radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live.” Drawing from the work of science-fiction author Octavia Butler and organizational consultant Margaret Wheatley, writer, organizer and “pleasure activist” adrienne maree brown articulates … Continue reading Emergent Strategy
Link for Celebration of Life Service: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Saturday, September 25th: Beth Ann O’Donnell OOS
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 09.19.2021 OOS We will gather soon after Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, an annual observance that moves us to consider how we have harmed others and to seek amends. A contemporary story from a US National Park offers insight into the strength … Continue reading Hot Rocks and Conscience Letters: A Modern Parable of Repentance
