Founding Parents..  On this Presidents’ Day weekend, we look at new attitudes towards our national founding figures  (beginning but not ending with the surprising reinvention in the musical Hamilton);  what is the current state of moral imagination in America?

Trust is an essentially component of all relationships.  But do we know how to purposefully build trust, one small action at a time?  And what does it mean in a culture like ours that has entirely new ideas about trust than previous generations?

The younger children are with us for the first part of worship, and the sixth graders and up for the whole service, as we introduce this month’s theme in worship and religious education, “Trust.”  Lessons fro the civil rights movement on how to become trustworthy, not only as individuals, but in community settings.

Local UU Minister Rev. Lynda Smith offers a worship focused on what she learned and witnessed as a participant in the Poor People’s Campaign.

On this Martin Luther King Day weekend, we explore how nonviolent resistance can introduce new possibilities into even seemingly intractable situations.

We believe (possible erroneously) that we  learned how to identify those moments in social history where possibilities coalesce into realities.  What would it be like to recognize the same moments in our spiritual lives?     

The younger children are with us for the first part of worship, and the sixth graders and up for the whole service, as we introduce this month’s theme in worship and religious education, “Possibility.” Student Minister Mary Vietmeier leads the worship today.

How to bring in the New Year?  With prayers, intentions, superstitions?  This casual, intergenerational participatory worship consisting exclusively of poems, readings, stories and rituals explores the possibilities.

Holiday and Christmas stories are everywhere this time of year.  Why are there so many, where did they come from and what are they trying to accomplish?

Come share in a worship full of poetry, music, and candlelight; with rituals for releasing the past and setting our fresh intentions as wheel of the year turns yet again. The service will be in the sanctuary from 7:00 PM-7:40 PM on Friday, December  21. All interested are invited to stay for a drum circle … Continue reading Winter Solstice Service