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Forget Your Perfect Offering

Ever have something you cared about so much and wanted to get so perfect that you never do it? Together, we’ll look at those moments when perfectionism paralyzes us and how we move past it to give our gifts to the world. Our Summer Minister, Rev. Joanna Lubkin, preaching.

The Morality of Aesthetics

This service will explore the relationship between the moral value of art to its aesthetic value, using as a case study Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial book, Lolita. The Summer Choir will sing.

What Are You Good At?

This service explores Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. We will explore Gardner’s ideas in a kid-friendly way so families with children – little ones through high school – are particularly encouraged to attend! The Summer Choir will sing.

Ware Lecture Viewing

Join us to view the Ware Lecture from the UUA General Assembly. This year’s Ware Lecture is by Richard Blanco. Selected by President Obama as the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history, Richard Blanco is the youngest and the first Latino, immigrant, and gay person to serve in such a role. 

Branches, Blossoms and Leaves: A Flower Communion in Three Acts

Norbert Čapek created the Flower Communion ritual as a way to celebrate both the unity and diversity in community. In this concluding spring service, we will practice Flower Communion and also consider the bigger story it tells about the cycle of birth, blossoming and enduring found in all of life. We will also celebrate Alison … Continue reading Branches, Blossoms and Leaves: A Flower Communion in Three Acts

Birds, Bees and Owls: The Gospel According to Our Whole Lives

For too long, faith institutions have been experienced as sources of shame and misinformation when it comes to human sexuality. The Our Whole Lives lifespan curriculum, created by the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association, challenges this understanding of the relationship between faith and sexuality. What is a positive theology of sexuality? … Continue reading Birds, Bees and Owls: The Gospel According to Our Whole Lives

We Remember Them

Marianne DiBlasi May 26, 2019 For many American’s, the Memorial Day 3-day weekend signifies the unofficial start of summer.  The holiday is marked by the appearance of outdoor grilles, summer clothes, pools opening, and gardens being planted.  These activities make it too easy to forget that the origins and sacred meaning of Memorial Day – … Continue reading We Remember Them