Join us at 10:00 AM (a half-hour earlier than usual) for live-streaming of the Sunday morning worship service from UUA General Assembly. Learn more about this special service here: https://www.uua.org/ga/program/highlights/sunday-morning-worship
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
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
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!
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?
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
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
Mother’s Day can be a complex holiday. Yet, there is simple goodness in the archtypal Mother, the nurturer. This meditative service will center experiences that invite us into comfort, healing and peace. “Wading in the Water” May 10, 2020 The Rev. Heather Janules How are you? This is a seemingly simple, three-word question. How are … Continue reading Nurture Your Spirit
Wendell Berry observes that “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” As we worship from our homes, together and apart, this service will explore what makes a place sacred, the nature of sanctuary (within and beyond dedicated sanctuaries) and how we might inhabit wherever we dwell in meaningful ways. … Continue reading Sacred Space Everywhere
Earth Day invites us to consider our relationship with the environment. While the news as of late has been sobering, hope remains. Our Green Sanctuary Committee will lead this service, inviting us into spiritual connection and mutual relationship with the earth and affirming the need to act as grateful stewards. “Earth Day: Many Paths to … Continue reading Earth Day: Many Paths to Hope
