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Working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions

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Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 01.16.2022 OOS In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, September 17th, four members of the WUS community, Claire McNeill, Gloria Legvold, Liz Scott, and Patty Shepard, have prepared a special worship service with guidance from both Rev. Heather Janules and … Continue reading Working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions

Mysterious Times

Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 01.09.2022 OOS Rev. Hank uses the story of sailing as a teenager to illustrate the strange situation that we find ourselves in during this pandemic. We are searching for what we think we remember of the world we knew, yet things keep changing making … Continue reading Mysterious Times

Wild and Precious

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Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 01.02.2022 OOS “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” asks the poet Mary Oliver in her poem “The Summer Day.” Three members of the WUS community – Isabelle Kamikawa, Ivan Correia and Patty Shepard – … Continue reading Wild and Precious

Taking Stock, Creating Space

Christmas Eve Order of Service: 12.24.2021 OOS Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 12.26.2021 OOS On the cusp of 2022, this service reflects on the past year and – as the worship leader prepares for a four-month sabbatical – invites us into new opportunities to “open to joy” in the … Continue reading Taking Stock, Creating Space

Parking Lot Pageant

Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 12.19.2021 OOS We are excited to invite you all to join us for “Welcoming the Stranger: A Christmas Pageant.” Our annual beloved all-ages tradition returns this year with a bit of a twist. The service begins for adults in the WUS Sanctuary, but we … Continue reading Parking Lot Pageant

A Service of Poetry and Music

Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 12.12.2021 OOS Music and Poetry are both essential parts of our soul’s expression. This Sunday features unique pairings of poetry with musical companion pieces. Walt Whitman and Frédéric Chopin; Mary Oliver and Antonín Dvořák; Billy Collins and Bill Evans; Timothy Steele and Pytor Tchaikovsky; and … Continue reading A Service of Poetry and Music

“Journeying Toward Spiritual Wholeness”*

Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 12.05.2021 OOS “Revelation is not sealed” is a common phrase describing the spirit of progressive faith. What we believe – about that which is greater than ourselves, about who we are, about the nature of reality – often changes over time. What does it … Continue reading “Journeying Toward Spiritual Wholeness”*

Touchstones and Transitions: Thoughts on Ritual

Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: Continuing traditions and practicing rituals is a unique kind of human history, bound in community and identity. What role does ritual play in our lives? How can we reclaim a ritual when we reject the spiritual symbolism behind it? What secular rituals give us … Continue reading Touchstones and Transitions: Thoughts on Ritual

Parable of the Last Leaf: Reflections on Gratitude

Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 11.21.2021 OOS This is the time of year we turn our hearts and minds towards gratitude, a task that is not always easy. How do we cultivate authentic awareness of the gifts of life when we also face fear and loss? But gifts are … Continue reading Parable of the Last Leaf: Reflections on Gratitude

More Than a Folding Chair: How Winchester A Better Chance Offers Students of Color a Seat at the Table–A Story of 50 Years of Progress

Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSlivestream Order of Service for Sunday Worship: 11.14.2021 OOS As the Winchester A Better Chance Program turns 50, this service will explore how ABC, granting accomplished students-of-color from outside the area an opportunity to graduate from Winchester High School, came into being and how it has grown over the years. How … Continue reading More Than a Folding Chair: How Winchester A Better Chance Offers Students of Color a Seat at the Table–A Story of 50 Years of Progress