Your stewardship connection to nature: On July 11, I will be leading a service about “environmental responsibility” as featured in the WUS’s short Vision statement. I would love to have your contribution to the subject in a phrase or two. And photos! Do you have a picture that speaks to your hope/fear/passion/role in repairing the … Continue reading Environmental and Social Responsibility
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship On this 245th anniversary of our nation’s independence, we’ll take a look at the Declaration of Independence’s famous assertion – that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” and see where … Continue reading White Supremacy Culture
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship The UUA President invites a distinguished guest each year to address the General Assembly as the Ware Lecturer. Join us this Sunday to hear this year’s Ware Lecturers, Stacey Abrams and Desmond Meade. Stacey Abrams is the New York Times bestselling author of Our Time Is Now and Lead from the … Continue reading UUA General Assembly – Ware Lecture
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship This Sunday, as we commemorate Father’s Day, Linda Copeland shares memories of her father, a man of few words. He “kept going” like the lyrics from the WUS adopted Guyanese song, Woyaya. She learned “faith, flow, hope, resilience, determination” and more from her father.
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Generations ago, a Unitarian minister created a ritual celebrating the individuality of every person, the power of a number of individuals coming together and the beauty of each individual freely choosing to join the others. This is Flower Communion, a ritual whose meaning has only deepened in this year of national … Continue reading The Transient and the Permanent: Flower Communion
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Leaning into Learning. As Rebecca Kelley-Morgan takes her leave of WUS after 12 plus years, reflections on what learning looks like in the faith community and beyond. Some thoughts on what Rebecca has learned from WUS and the inspiration drawn from these words from T.H. White “There is only one thing … Continue reading The Accidental Learner
Human memory is a powerful yet malleable experience. In this Memorial Day service, we will draw from David Blight’s “Race and Reunion” to consider the practice of memorializing after war, the role of identities in how memory is collectively constructed and the lessons for us to consider as we approach own time of post-traumatic reconstruction. … Continue reading Forgetting and Remembering: The Art of Reunion
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship This Sunday is Youth Sunday, the special annual service that includes our beloved graduating seniors’ statements, and a bridging ritual that will mark their transition to Young Adulthood in the UU faith. The rest of the youth group will be contributing with readings, musical performances, and more. This service will be … Continue reading Youth Sunday: And Still We Rise!
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship This past year, a number of members of the WUS community explored how spiritual growth can enhance our leadership and how leading and serving can also be spiritual practices. This was done through the adult religious education program Harvest the Power. This service will reflect on some of the critical lessons … Continue reading Harvest the Power
This Sunday, attendees of the WUS service are invited to “road trip” and worship with First Church of Salem, MA. The service will be led by the Rev. Laura Randall, Associate Director of Development for Congregation Relations with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, who will reflect on lessons learned through the UUSC’s international partnerships.
