Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship There has been a terrible mistake – Eleanor Shellstrop learns she has died and gone to the Good Place but has not actually done any of the virtuous deeds to be there. Thus begins the television show “The Good Place,” inviting its viewers to consider the nature of the afterlife, mistakes … Continue reading The Good Place
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Perhaps there are children in your household who ask “Why do we go to church?” Perhaps when you were a child, you asked that same question. As the Winchester Unitarian Society considers its next chapter in religious education for our youngest community members, this service will invite us to consider the … Continue reading “To Touch Inward Springs”: Envisioning Faith Formation
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship The ancient Easter story of death and resurrection becomes new each year as understood through the stories of our lives. This Easter service will recall the Christian story of Jesus’s rebirth and will consider the themes of preparation, transition and renewal in our time. Log on wearing your Easter best! Fancy … Continue reading The Growing Edge: An Easter Service
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship There are many different cultural and religious traditions that feed into our hymnals. To name just a few, they include German Lutheran hymns of the reformation, Jewish hymns, Shaker and Quaker hymns of the 19th century, and contemporary hymns both composed by living Unitarian Universalists and borrowed from the popular music … Continue reading Music Sunday – The Hymns We Sing
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship People think of faith communities as institutions centered on ethereal concepts, such as spiritual beliefs and moral values. They are…and they also function in the everyday world as non-profit employers. A past hiring decision by the Unitarian Universalist Association sparked a multi-year process examining the gap between the UUA’s professed objectives … Continue reading Widening the Circle
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Is Heinrich Heine right when he states “People in…old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions”? Many would say that faith communities are still centered on deeply-held convictions. This naturally leads to a curious question: If we were “convicted” of Unitarian Universalism, what would be the evidence? In this month … Continue reading Convicted of Unitarian Universalism
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship It has been said that the current health crisis has had a greater impact on those already living at the margins. This is true in terms of gender roles. With so many “essential workers” – grocery store workers, nurses, teachers – keeping society going at their own risk, we cannot forget … Continue reading Half the Sky: Honoring International Women’s Day in the Era of COVID
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship This Sunday will be a Question Box service: The questions, ponderings, curiosities and wonderings of the gathered community serve as the focus of the Second Reflection time. In our last Question Box service, questions ranged from “Do you believe in an afterlife?” to “Why did we remove the carpet in the … Continue reading Question Box Service
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship “There cannot be unity without accountability” has been a recent and common cry. Unitarian Universalists, practicing a covenantal instead of a creedal faith, know a lot about the relationship between unity and accountability. This service will explore the paradox that the promises of community – connection, freedom and acceptance – are … Continue reading Accountammunity
Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship When we gather on Sunday morning, we gather on Valentine’s Day, a day to celebrate…love! On this particular Valentine’s Day, we will hear from a number of leaders beyond the Winchester Unitarian Society about how WUS has earned their gratitude and affection. Through a series of “video valentines” this service will … Continue reading The Greatest of These is Love
