The 7 Principles of Kwanzaa are significant because the remind people to value their history, culture and community. Celebrating history, culture and community is also foundational to Unitarian Universalism. If these core values are common to this holiday and our faith why is it we don’t know more or talk more about these principles? – … Continue reading Kwanzaa’s 7 Principles
Our traditional Christmas Eve service is a more contemplative service reflecting on the themes of the season, filled with music, candlelight and carols, including the perennial favorite Silent Night. Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream Click here for: Order of Service
Join us for our family friendly Christmas Eve service. The service at 4 pm is especially geared toward families with younger children. All kids have a (noisy) part to play in the Christmas story and there’s lots of singing and marching about. It’s not to be missed if you have little ones who have trouble … Continue reading Christmas Eve – Family Service 4pm
Join us this Sunday for an all-ages service that never disappoints – our annual Paper Bag Pageant! It’s a raucous good time at the nativity in this fun, no-rehearsal Christmas pageant that includes everyone – babies, elders, and everyone in between. Costumes are provided, but feel free to come dressed in your favorite costume – … Continue reading Paper Bag Pageant
This special Music Sunday features the premiere of the Freedom and Democracy Suite by Music Director John Kramer. This five-movement cantata for choir, small ensemble, and soloists explores multiple aspects of our democratic experiment, how it has worked to expand rights for its citizenry, and how those rights are being threatened today. The work includes … Continue reading Music Sunday
People needing to leave their home countries for safety or for work is ongoing challenge experienced by our country and the broader world. Join us this Sunday as we deconstruct the “immigration” narrative and explore an approach to helping one another that is supported by our Unitarian Universalist values. Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream Click … Continue reading Misplaced, Displaced, and Dehumanized
This season of the year, so rich in darkness, can be a time that nourishes our spirit, when we let it. Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream Click here for: Order of Service
Our All Ages service this Sunday will feature the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, which was used by the six nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) to open and close major gatherings or meetings. We will explore our connection with nature and the universe as we reflect together on how interdependence and gratitude connect and intertwine. Don’t forget … Continue reading Gratitude: Nature & Interdependence
People generally aren’t “against” the idea of gratitude, even as perhaps some of us might disagree over what we should be grateful for. It’s generally accepted in our culture that gratitude is a good thing. And yet it’s also not something we talk about as a practice to embrace. While we might complain about those … Continue reading Nurturing Gratitude
We gather this Sunday for our annual “Remembrance” service, where we honor and reflect on those in our lives who have died. You are invited to bring a photo or small memento to place on the chancel during the service if you wish. If you wish to have a loved one who has died named … Continue reading Remembrance
