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What seeds are you planting for the new year? How are you weaving your magic into your relationships with others? How can we center beauty and goodness and love in all that’s ahead? These questions are at the heart of this worship featuring a sermon by UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt, with other elements … Continue reading Seeds for a New Year
In this traditional Christmas Eve service, we will consider the story of the gift of Love that comes in the form of a baby, a refugee, born under both a bright star and the shadow of poverty, rumor, and oppression. We will consider the love of Mary and Joseph for both their child and for … Continue reading Love is Our Gift
This will be a short, quiet contemplative service for those who need a little stillness amid the holiday rush of activity. We will make space for both the celebration and the pain that may come with the season.
At Hanukkah, the menorah holds nine candles. But there are only eight nights. The ninth candle is the shamash and is the candle used to light the others. We will explore stories and lessons of the shamash candle and what it might teach us.
Our shared value of Generosity is described in Article 2 as something we cultivate through gratitude and hope. Rev. Sean will consider these things and how they connect with interdependence, sharing, and caring for each other.
To be grounded and rooted in something more than our own worldview, beliefs, and opinions is vital to our movement. We are not an aggregate of individuals but something more: a community that transcends both time and the myth of individualism by keeping us connected to those who have come before and those that yet … Continue reading Grounded and Rooted
What are the inspirations of Unitarian Universalism? Who are our heroes and saints? What are our formative stories? What do we bring with us from other traditions and how do we keep learning as we hold onto our collective identity?
At this time of year we encounter stories that encourage us to imagine freedom even in death. To acknowledge our own losses and grief, but imagine that something of those we love goes on: in memory, in story, in this world or another. We will explore the wisdom of these traditions to help us accept … Continue reading Skulls, Bonfires, Butterflies, Tricks & Treats
What, ultimately, would it mean to be truly free? Free from coercion, free from fear, free from isolation, free from our trauma and pain? Is there a way to be both free and fully engaged in all that life brings?
