Intern Minister Jacquie Zarley will share the wild and wonderful story of Quaker Benjamin Lay, one of the earliest Abolitionists and examine the naked hypocrisy of white silence in the face of racism. Attend in person (vaccines recommended, masks required in worship) or online (link below) Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you to a … Continue reading The Naked Emperor and the Cosmic Quaker: Uncovering the Nakedness of White Silence

A reflection on the courage it takes to face transience, and how when we do, what we find left is love.  Attend in person (vaccines recommend, masks required) 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 … Continue reading This Too Shall Pass

Rev. Susan tells the stories of two current day heretics to explore both the courage it takes to follow our conscience, and why the world needs us to make such choices. Join us in person (vaccines recommended, masks required in worship) or online, connection information below: Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you to … Continue reading Gold Tried by Fire: The Heretic’s Courage

This Sunday marks the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which is understood as the anniversary of the creation described in Genesis.  We celebrate the holiday’s reminder to pay attention to the cycles of making and unmaking, brokenness and wholeness, that allow us to become creators ourselves, reconstituting ourselves and the world. Join … Continue reading (Re)turn Again

Belonging somewhere is something every human heart desires. Nothing makes us feel as safe and loved as having a place to belong. Belonging brings with it a certain responsibility. When we belong to somewhere, that place also belongs to us. We are empowered by the sense of belonging to take loving care of each other.  … Continue reading We Belong to Each Other

In this Ingathering worship, we mark the start of the church year by reflecting on this month’s theme of Belonging.  What does membership—in the congregation, in the human family—both ask and provide for us?  We will also celebrate the beginning of the new choir season, dedicate a child, and enjoy farm fresh cider and Peace, … Continue reading Love is the Spirit of this Church

Rev. Ritchie explores the dignity of honest labor by applying Jesus’s parable about the shrewd manager to the issue of loan forgiveness.    Attend in person (vaccinated except for medical exemptions) and masked, or online below: Susan Ritchie (she, her, hers) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: NUUC Sunday Morning WorshipTime: 10:30 … Continue reading Debt Forgiveness and Jesus’s Shrewd Manager

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?