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Life After Covid-19

Link for Sunday Worship:  https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship We have two sets of clues that can guide us in foreseeing how life may change after the pandemic subsides. One is the experience we have had over the past few months of dealing with this scourge; the other is our history with previous plagues. Each of these will be … Continue reading Life After Covid-19

The House of Peace

Link for Sunday Worship:  https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship “It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to open the door when someone in danger knocks.” (Dina Nayeri) The marginalizing and demonizing of the refugee is a soul-illness in our time. The House of Peace, founded in 1990 in Ipswich,Ma, will reflect on its thirty … Continue reading The House of Peace

Going First

Ministerial Survey – Respond ASAP! https://tinyurl.com/RevHeatherReview2020 Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Join Martin Newhouse for the first of our Summer Worship Services

The Gospel of Flowers: Flower Communion

Link for Sunday Worship: https://tinyurl.com/WUSworship Flower Communion is an annual ritual first created by Norbert Čapek so his congregation could celebrate their collective beauty, diversity and individuality. In this intergenerational service, we reflect on the lessons that Čapek and flowers themselves teach us about community in challenging times. Bring a flower when you log-on. You … Continue reading The Gospel of Flowers: Flower Communion

Love. Period.: Join the Revolution!

Middle Collegiate Church – a progressive, multicultural Christian community in NYC – organizes an annual conference each year from the foundation of their congregation, the intersection of liberal spirituality, progressive social movements and the arts. What can the leaders of this year’s Revolutionary Love conference, representing many faith traditions, offer us in this painful chapter? … Continue reading Love. Period.: Join the Revolution!

Virtual Realities and Essential Ministries: What Makes a Congregation?

In this month of exploring “thresholds,” our state has begun the process of moving from “stay at home” orders to gradually “reopening.” What does this mean for houses of worship? The UUA has recommended that congregations offer vitual ministry until May of 2021. What informs this recommendation? How should we respond? And, as we consider … Continue reading Virtual Realities and Essential Ministries: What Makes a Congregation?

“No Caravan of Despair”: Faith for the Frontlines

Memorial Day is a time of collective mourning for those lost in service to their country. Often, it is the clergy who companion the traumatized and the grieving through their pain. As we honor those who died in active service, we also explore the history of Unitarian Universalist chaplains – how they have influenced the … Continue reading “No Caravan of Despair”: Faith for the Frontlines

Youth Sunday

This Sunday is Youth Sunday, our 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. The service will focus on the ways love … Continue reading Youth Sunday