“Love is always a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient.” In this month centered on pluralism, this service will reflect on the complexity of Mother’s Day and the gifts and challenges of committing one’s self over time to a person, a community, a … Continue reading Choosing to Love
Like a number of other cities in Massachusetts, Woburn has become home for many immigrants, newly arriving from Haiti. As part of our long-standing commitment to refugee settlement, our congregation has played a role in supporting our newest neighbors. In this service, we will hear from leaders from Social Capital Incorporated, an organization that has … Continue reading Yearning to Breathe Free
Cornell West reminds us that “justice is what love looks like in public.” As we continue to explore “liberating love,” this service will draw from Jason Stanley’s “How Fascism Works” and Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny” to consider what a public love, countering authoritarianism, looks like. Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream Click here for: Order Of Service … Continue reading How Resistance Works
As we approach Valentine’s Day, a day focused on romantic love, this service will explore a different kind of love, the love we receive from beyond our circles of close connection. We will also celebrate and commission our Pastoral Care Associates, honoring the lay ministry of care between and among community members, sometimes even strangers… … Continue reading Love in the Universe
Happiness manifests through that which we value. Gratitude is a key to lifelong happiness, but only if we believe in the worth of the gifts and blessings bestowed upon us. Dan Hermes will explore the worth of our existence in the context of the lifespan of our universe, the life within it, the billions of … Continue reading Our Precious Lives: Gratitude, Happiness, Meaning, and Love
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship When we gather on Sunday morning, we gather on Valentine’s Day, a day to celebrate…love! On this particular Valentine’s Day, we will hear from a number of leaders beyond the Winchester Unitarian Society about how WUS has earned their gratitude and affection. Through a series of “video valentines” this service will … Continue reading The Greatest of These is Love
Middle Collegiate Church – a progressive, multicultural Christian community in NYC – organizes an annual conference each year from the foundation of their congregation, the intersection of liberal spirituality, progressive social movements and the arts. What can the leaders of this year’s Revolutionary Love conference, representing many faith traditions, offer us in this painful chapter? … Continue reading Love. Period.: Join the Revolution!
This Sunday is Youth Sunday, our special annual service that includes our beloved graduating seniors’ statements, and a bridging ritual that will mark their transition to Young Adulthood in the UU faith. The rest of the youth group will be contributing with readings, musical performances, and more. The service will focus on the ways love … Continue reading Youth Sunday
This is a time when all of us are learning in a tangible way that we belong to one another, that there is health and strength in balancing individualism with community care. In this month centered on “wisdom,” we turn to the wisdom of the world’s religions to guide us in what it means to … Continue reading Our Finest Hour: Love Wisdom from the World Religions
Many join and commit to a congregation “for community.” Whether we think about it at the time, we often seek community so that we do not live through our joys, transitions, sorrows and fears alone. This service will reflect on how we companion one another through the peaks and valleys of life. It will also … Continue reading “There is a Love Holding Us”: Celebrating Pastoral Ministry
