Leave your boots by door and warm your bones by the fire. Director of Religious Exploration Morgan Patten explores oral tradition as a vessel of wisdom, memory, and community. Together we will reflect on storytelling, the origins of sacred texts, and modern folktales. By honoring the spoken word, we celebrate how stories passed from mouth … Continue reading Word of Mouth: Folklore, Faith and the Stories that Shape Us
This time of year we think of giving up certain vices as a positive, life affirming act of self-care. And yet, “giving up” in general has a bad reputation. How are we to know when to persist and when and what appropriate “giving up” looks like? Today, Rev. Susan offers some possibilities for recasting these … Continue reading Giving Up
“Nothing.” A word that means whole lot in spite of it meaning, well… nothing. For all the time we spend immersed in a world of people, places and things the idea of nothing can be overwhelming or even unfathomable. But it’s an important concept that help us in seeing not just the fullness of our … Continue reading Finding Faith in Nothing
Join us for a Christmas Eve worship, celebrating in song, story, lesson and candlelight. Join us at 7:00 PM at our newly renovated and expanded church home at 1574 Franklin Street, Lewis Center, Ohio, or, attend online using this link: Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82694590385?pwd=TlRCUitCa0VSdnNyY2tvemM5N29KUT09 Meeting ID: 826 9459 0385Passcode: 962432
Rather than descend into darkness, the solstice lifts our gaze to the sky—where Earth tilts, turns, and traces ancient arcs around the sun. This sermon honors the solstice not as absence of light, but as cosmic alignment: a moment to feel the sweep of time, the precision of planetary rhythm, and our place in a … Continue reading Turning of the Heavens: A Solstice Reflection
In this sermon, we ask what it means to remain, to witness, and to respond when others have fled or forgotten. By examining some of the stranger and more sinister Christmas time traditions, Rev. RItchie explores winter as both literal and spiritual terrain: a season that holds grief, stillness, and transformation. From ghost stories to … Continue reading Dead of Winter
This Advent season, Rev. Ritchie explores a variety of quirky and invented traditions and holidays in order to offer permission and guidance on how to reshape this holiday season to match whatever your current needs. Join us at 10:30AM at our newly renovated and expanded church home at 1574 Franklin Street, Lewis Center, Ohio, or, … Continue reading Happy Festivus!
Through shared sacred song and simple embodied practice, this service invites us to experience living into our shared faith with our whole selves. Our service leaders today are Debra Gray Boyd and Whitney Dawm Pyles. Debra Gray Boyd has been a deeply engaged UU serving at the local, regional and national level for over two … Continue reading An Embodied UU Life
What does communion mean when it’s not bound by creed? In this service, we’ll explore the Unitarian Universalist understanding of communion—not as sacrament, but as symbol. Bread becomes our teacher: of sustenance, of community, of brokenness and renewal. From ancient grain to shared table, we’ll reflect on how bread invites us to remember our interdependence, … Continue reading Broken Bread: Rituals of Thanksgiving
As the many holidays and religious celebrations of this part of the year descend upon us, I want to offer this little bit of advice: get out the good dishes. Please let’s not leave the china in the cupboard for fear of breaking it. Life is short and not always sweet. Celebrations are good. Family … Continue reading Eating on the Good Dishes
