Living in a world rife with racial oppression and other forms of injustice is heartbreaking. However, one of the lessons of Juneteenth is that freedom can come if we work for it. Commissioned Lay Minister Morgan Patten will explore how joy and resilience, as spiritual practices inform our work for liberation. Intern Minister and Interim … Continue reading Juneteenth and Joy as a Spiritual Practice
Rev. Ritchie uncrates the many images packed into the hold of one of Unitarian Universalism’s favorite hymns to get at the heart of not just of the meaning of our sixth principle, which asks us to “affirm and promote the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all,” but for what it … Continue reading Blue Boat Home: A Deep Dive
The poet Galway Kinnell describes blessing as a reawakening the bud of inner divinity that lies within all, through the act of “reteaching loveliness.” This Sunday, amid so much that beats down the spirit, we relearn the art of flowering. Join us in person (masked and vaccinated except for medical exclusions) or online (link below): … Continue reading Reteaching Loveliness: The Art of Blessing
From the fraught history of the holiday itself, to the complicated challenge of finding appropriate ways to publicly remember those who have died in war, we explore whose history it is that Memorial Day is meant to preserve, and for what reasons. Join us in person (masked and vaccinated, except for medical exemptions) or online … Continue reading What Shall We Remember?
How beauty feeds the soul, and how this conviction informs our lives, theology, and well-being. “We are made immortal,” Emerson wrote, “by the contemplation of beauty.” Attend at 10:30 AM Sunday either in person (masked and vaccinated except in the case of medical exemptions) or online (connection information below). Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is … Continue reading Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
Ministerial Intern, Jacquie Zarley and Morgan Patten, Commissioned Lay Minister, co-lead our worship today. Jacquie will preach on Sophia Lyon Fahs (1876-1978), an extraordinary religious educator whose teachings sought to stimulate and capture the sense of wonder and creativity in our everyday lives. Fahs believed that every encounter with life was a possibility for deeper learning … Continue reading It Matters: The Life and Teachings of Sophia Lyon Fahs
On this Mother’s Day weekend, we celebrate all those persons who have nurtured in others the desire and ability to live into life’s questions without artificial restraint, and with attention to the needs of all to live with a sense of higher purpose. This worship continues the sermon series on Unitarian Universalism’s seven principles, exploring … Continue reading Crowdsourcing Stardust
Sometimes, in the life of both church and government, we need to take down what is broken before we rebuild. Rev. Susan K. Smith, preaching. Rev. Dr. Susan K Smith is the founder/director of Crazy Faith Ministries and is the Director of Clergy and Resource Development for the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference, Inc. She is … Continue reading When the Cake Has No Sugar
Today we celebrate the ministry that is shared by all who gather under the umbrella of our faith community. Hear reflections from Commissioned Lay Minister Teri Cornell, Commission Lay Minister Candidate Morgan Patten, and Rev. Susan Ritchie; partake in the commissioning of Morgan Patten as a Lay Minister with special guests Rev. Elaine Strawn and … Continue reading Mingle My Calling with All Who Would Share
This Sunday the children’s start off in worship with us to hear the choir and observe a seed celebration (a new twist on the traditional flower communion—but no need to bring anything to worship with you). Then they go off to their own program (complete with an Easter egg hunt!), while the message explores the … Continue reading Alleluia! A Celebration of Easter
