People needing to leave their home countries for safety or for work is ongoing challenge experienced by our country and the broader world. Join us this Sunday as we deconstruct the “immigration” narrative and explore an approach to helping one another that is supported by our Unitarian Universalist values. Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream Click … Continue reading Misplaced, Displaced, and Dehumanized
This season of the year, so rich in darkness, can be a time that nourishes our spirit, when we let it. Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream Click here for: Order of Service
Our All Ages service this Sunday will feature the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, which was used by the six nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) to open and close major gatherings or meetings. We will explore our connection with nature and the universe as we reflect together on how interdependence and gratitude connect and intertwine. Don’t forget … Continue reading Gratitude: Nature & Interdependence
People generally aren’t “against” the idea of gratitude, even as perhaps some of us might disagree over what we should be grateful for. It’s generally accepted in our culture that gratitude is a good thing. And yet it’s also not something we talk about as a practice to embrace. While we might complain about those … Continue reading Nurturing Gratitude
We gather this Sunday for our annual “Remembrance” service, where we honor and reflect on those in our lives who have died. You are invited to bring a photo or small memento to place on the chancel during the service if you wish. If you wish to have a loved one who has died named … Continue reading Remembrance
Using a few powerful stories, this service will examine the dynamics of losing our way, of finding and seeking. Grounded in the power of community and unconditional love, we’ll ask have you or someone you’ve loved ever been lost and if you have you ever been found? Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream Click here for: Order … Continue reading Lost and Found
Knowledge is a valuable and important thing, particularly so in Western culture. We have perhaps come to overvalue the certainty of knowing though, valuing that certainty, and the sense of control it can sometimes offer. This Sunday we will explore the gifts of not-knowing, and the idea of perhaps leaning into “not-knowing” as a skill … Continue reading The Gifts of Not-Knowing
Many versions of the Buddhist Loving-Kindness meditation ask us to offer care and compassion to someone with whom we’re in conflict or who is a challenge for us in our lives. This is a good practice, and, in this day and age in our country, and, more is needed, something needs to be paired with … Continue reading Holy No
Compassion is lifted up as a virtue in most of the world’s religions, with good reason. In Western culture though, we tend to think of compassion as a two-party interaction – compassion flows from one person to another. We also tend to think of relationships that way, as happening between two people. We are in … Continue reading Cultivating Self-Compassion
Join us this Sunday as we explore what it means to cultivate a “practice of presence.” Often, we wonder what are the “right words” to comfort someone who is struggling. Often, as our pet companions demonstrate to us, words are not needed, our mere presence is enough. This service is also our annual “Animal Blessing” … Continue reading A Practice of Presence
