Tending the Flames of our Hearts
This service is about connecting with joy and love in times of great challenges, sharing gentle remedies for challenging times. Click here to listen to the service. Click here to read the readings and sermon.
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Lifted from the No of All Nothing
“…lifted from the no of all nothing, human merely being…” ~ E. E. Cummings What if love/consciousness did that lifting? Quantum physics seems to confirm this indigenous wisdom. How does the Shambhala Warrior Prophesy as told by Joanna Macy fit with this idea? Can these insights inspire us during these dark times? Click here to listen … Continue reading Lifted from the No of All Nothing
Disappeared in America
Some of us are deeply engaged emotionally or physically in the resistance that is happening in our country now, in response to the loss of democracy, and the demonization of immigrants, LTBTQ people, and others. Many more are frustrated and sad that our institutions seem to be falling apart. But often, living in our Jefferson … Continue reading Disappeared in America
A Celebration of Nature’s Sacred Places: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
~An Interactive Service for All Ages~ Please help celebrate by creating a Nature Altar. Bring in something found on a walk-in nature which delighted one of your senses (a leaf, pinecone, beach stone or seashell, wildflower). Come Participate with the Children in “A Time for All Ages”. We’ll share a poem, thoughts and…Sing, Sing, Sing! Click here to … Continue reading A Celebration of Nature’s Sacred Places: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
The Alphabet, Bathrooms and Come Play
In the 1980s and 90s, when the word “welcoming” became a code word for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, the Unitarian Universalist Association launched the Welcoming Congregation Program to help us engage in undoing homophobia – and later, transphobia – in our hearts and minds, our congregations, and our communities. On this last Sunday of … Continue reading The Alphabet, Bathrooms and Come Play
General Assembly 2025
Although we won’t have a live service this morning, we will be streaming the Sunday morning worship service from General Assembly in Baltimore MD. Dr. Nicole C. Kirk is Program Minister at All Souls UU Church in Tulsa OK. Her sermon will weave together scholarship, storytelling, and a deep love for Unitarian Universalism. Click here to … Continue reading General Assembly 2025
Mending Wall
From ancient China to modern elections, from poetry to pop music, the word “wall” is one of the world’s most charged and telling Rorschach tests. In his iconic poem “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost works with his neighbor to replace fallen stones in their common wall, and thinks to himself, “Something there is that doesn’t love … Continue reading Mending Wall
Bridging Service
As a religious community we celebrate rites of passage, and today we honor our older youth as they pass from youth-hood to young adulthood, or “bridge.” Our bridgers will share with the congregation on this point in their lives and honor their transition to adult UUs. This year we celebrate two young people, Tommy Magee … Continue reading Bridging Service
Closing Words
On Rev. Linda’s last full service we’ll revisit her early prescriptions for our community. Click here to listen to the service. Click here to read the readings and sermon.
Celebrating Our History
The American Unitarian Association was founded 200 years ago. We’ve gone through many changes, but our core values have served us through it all. We’ll celebrate our past and look to the future. Click here to listen to the service. Click here to read the reading and sermon.