A Holy Presence -Annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
We gather for this service of readings and carols to claim the spirit of Christmas through stories old and new, songs, soloists, and candlelight.
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Reveling In The Light – Annual Holiday Vespers Service & Vespers Tea – 4 PM
Join us for the biggest, grandest service of the year! We’ll celebrate the season revels-style! With a story for everyone, choirs, bells, soloists, our annual carol sing, and of course, candlelight and silent night. Then we will retire to Fellowship Hall for a grand gathering with refreshments and season’s greetings for all! Please CLICK HERE … Continue reading Reveling In The Light – Annual Holiday Vespers Service & Vespers Tea – 4 PM
The Goddess & The Red Bird – Annual Solstice Service
Join us as we honor the Winter Solstice with the tale of The Goddess and The Red Bird. This is a service for all ages! Come prepared to participate! Please CLICK HERE to view the Solstice Order of Service.
Wading Through The Rubble
We honor the Jewish holiday of Hannukah, remembering the ancient story and asking what lessons from this period of national discord and return apply to us today. Please CLICK HERE to view this week’s Order of Service.
Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!
The Buddhist teacher, Ajahn Jotipālo writes: Ajahn Sucitto once said that we often think of patience as waiting for change. I will endure this situation, gritting my teeth, until it changes. Certainly, we might want a painful situation to change, but with true patience, according to Ajahn Sucitto, it’s more like thinking, I will be with … Continue reading Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!
Thoughts on Waiting
As we enter another season of Advent, we pause to consider the spiritual challenges of “waiting”. In their book, Discernment, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Michael J. Christensen, Rebecca J. Laird write, “Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things that … Continue reading Thoughts on Waiting
A New Narrative of Thanks
Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday by exploring the role of origin stories and how the one popularized in our country about Thanksgiving might better be understood. What shall we offer in thanksgiving this year? How shall we remember our history? What does our faith tradition offer us as we … Continue reading A New Narrative of Thanks
Taking Back Faith
Writing for Religionnews.com last August, Phyllis Zagano quipped, “As several mainline faith leaders and the U.S. Catholic bishops have pointed out, the derisive oppression of poor immigrants by members of the current administration is sickening. That some administration officials continue to publicly espouse Christian ethics is mind-boggling.” Unitarian Universalism has a long history of arguing … Continue reading Taking Back Faith
Just Be Yourself, with Guest Minister Rev. Michael Hall
Sometimes, we feel as though we are fully authentic, entirely ourselves. Sometimes we feel just the opposite—lost, confused, as if we do not know who we are. Today, Rev. Michael F. Hall returns to UUCW to talk about the trouble we sometimes have reconciling the experience of Being with the notion of Self. Rev. Michael F. Hall … Continue reading Just Be Yourself, with Guest Minister Rev. Michael Hall
The Unintended Consequence of Good Intentions
Rev. Dr. David Breeden in a piece entitled “Compassion Needs Weather” writes, “Compassion loves rough soil, the stones, weeds, the cracks between our best intentions.” This Sunday we explore the place of intention and how, sometimes, intention can get in the way of healing, compassion, and progress toward peace. Join us for this important exploration! … Continue reading The Unintended Consequence of Good Intentions