Is the world lacking in magic? Is it disenchanted, or are we? Attend in person (masked and vaccinated except for medical exemptions) 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 Sundays Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82694590385?pwd=TlRCUitCa0VSdnNyY2tvemM5N29KUT09 Meeting ID: 826 9459 0385Passcode: … Continue reading Keep the Channels Open
Rev. Ritchie shares some of her passion for home cooking as a way of exploring how we might transform some of life’s more ordinary moments into rituals worthy of the dignity of humanity. Attend in person (masked and vaccinated except for medical exemptions) or online (link below). Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you … Continue reading How to Cook a Wolf
These past few years and indeed the next few years to come, have been, and continue to be a roller coaster of emotion. Fear and sickness, the loss of loved ones, political turmoil and general, albeit necessary social unrest have not only left a toll on us, but have changed us forever. After spending over … Continue reading If You’re Happy Do You Know It?
A while ago, the Unitarian Universalist Association published a pamphlet: “Ten Reasons to Belong to a Unitarian Universalist Church.” In today’s worship, we revisit those reasons in context of new uncertainties. From the disruptions of COVID to changes in American demographics, some wonder about the relevance of religious bodies to the future. But what if … Continue reading The Once and Future Church
Do we as a liberal religious people overvalue reason? Is such a thing even possible in a world where people believe weird and even toxic things? Rev. Ritchie suggests we need not abandon reason, but how we might temper it with healthy doses of doubt and love. Attend in person (masked and vaccinated with the … Continue reading Extraordinary Delusions: Reason and its Limits
Rev. Ritchie responds to questions from the congregation on a variety of topics, from human dignity to the nature of transformation, to the role of the Bible in the debates around abortion. Join us in person (masked and vaccinated, except for medical exemptions) or online (link below). Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you … Continue reading Question Box Sermon
It’s Intergenerational Sunday! Intern Minister and Interim DRE, Jacquie Zarley will be leading us along the Path of the Fairy. We’ll explore the history and lore of fairies and examine how they were interpreted in the past and what they have come to represent in our culture. (Spoiler alert: Fairies are very compatible with Unitarian … Continue reading The Fairy Path
Intern Minister Jacquie Zarley will explore Article II of the UUA Bylaws. This article includes our Principles and Sources. As the UUA plans to make changes to this article for the first time in many years, it provides us with an opportunity to revisit our Unitarian Universalist Covenant, and what it truly means to be … Continue reading What Does Article II Have to Do With You?
The fourth principle of the congregations belonging to the Unitarian Universalist Association asks us to “affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” On this Fourth of July weekend, we explore the connection between “free” and “truth” by looking into the life and work of one of the most important (and … Continue reading Our Experiments in Truth
On the 53rd anniversary of the famous Stonewall Uprising, Ministerial Intern, Jacquie Zarley will sift through the wild stories and mythology to recount what historians and eyewitnesses believe actually happened on that fateful day in June of 1969. Rest assured, the real story is just as exciting as the myth, and the legacy for today … Continue reading Stonewall Was Never a Riot, or, What a Time to Be Gay!
