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New Years Day Worship

Commissioned Lay Minister Teri Cornell, with assistance from Rev. Ritchie, offers a participatory worship on the theme of discernment: what should we leave in the past year? What should we carry forward? Join us in person or online: Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: NUUC Sunday Morning … Continue reading New Years Day Worship

Christmas Day Worship: Online Only

Join Intern Minister Jacquie Zarley for a casual worship of story, music, and reflection. Attend ONLINE ONLY, link below: Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: NUUC Sunday Morning WorshipTime: 10:30 AM Sunday Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82694590385?pwd=TlRCUitCa0VSdnNyY2tvemM5N29KUT09 Meeting ID: 826 9459 0385Passcode: 962432One tap mobile+13052241968,,82694590385#,,,,962432# US +13092053325,,82694590385#,,,,962432# US Dial … Continue reading Christmas Day Worship: Online Only

Winters of the World

Rev. Ritchie turns to the wisdom of earth centered traditions to explore the special meaning and role of winter in the cycles not just of the earth, but of the spirit, and how early religious imagery around winter still informs how we relate to the coldest season.  Join in person or online, link below: Susan … Continue reading Winters of the World

Darwin’s Dog, Or, Love Inside The Tangled Bank

Beginning, but not ending, with Charles Darwin, Rev. Ritchie explores an especially Unitarian Universalist form of spiritual experience:  biophilia, or, the love of life.  Join in person or online, link below: Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: NUUC Sunday Morning WorshipTime: 10:30 AM Sunday Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82694590385?pwd=TlRCUitCa0VSdnNyY2tvemM5N29KUT09 … Continue reading Darwin’s Dog, Or, Love Inside The Tangled Bank

In Our Veins: Circulation, Rocks, and What We Choose to Believe

As we move towards the holiday season, many of us are thinking about the beliefs and traditions we were raised with – as well as those we embrace today. Commissioned Lay Minister Morgan Patten will explore Unitarian history and geology on the path towards considering how our evolving beliefs shape our understanding of our world. … Continue reading In Our Veins: Circulation, Rocks, and What We Choose to Believe

A Catalog of Delights and Laments

Rev. Ritchie explores how the spiritual practice of gratitude goes far beyond feeling grateful for the blessings we received.  Done in a deep way, gratitude emerges from the very place where joys and sorrows are woven fine.  Join us in person (masks required) or online (link below): Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you … Continue reading A Catalog of Delights and Laments

Tisquantum’s Interpretation

Intern Minister Jacquie Zarley will share the story of Tisquantum, the Wampanoag Native who helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter. His true story is an intriguing commentary on the power of interpretation and the ability to communicate meaning across cultures. Attend in person (masked, vaccines recommended) or online (link below). Congregational Meeting immediately after … Continue reading Tisquantum’s Interpretation

Saving Time

So much about how we view our situations, both personally and global, has to do with our understanding about the nature of time.  In this worship we explore how a paradigmatic “time change”  creates possibilities not just for hope, but positive action.  Attend in person (masked, vaccines recommended) or online (Zoom link below). Did you remember … Continue reading Saving Time

Dark and Stormy

In this sermon, Rev. Susan shares some of the insights she had while writing her new book about the impact of Unitarian theology on gothic literature.   Some might be surprised to learn that Unitarianism, closely associated with the Enlightenment and its positive valuation of reason and human nature, also has such a large claim to … Continue reading Dark and Stormy