Join us for another poetic Sunday where Gillian Wegener discusses growing up female through her poetry and personal reflections. Gillian is the founding president of the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center, a former poet laureate of Modesto, and a lifelong educator, as well as a good friend to several UU members! Worship Leaders: Dee Hawksworth, Gillian Wegener, … Continue reading Growing Up Female
The world, our culture, has so many ideas about who we are, about who we should be. The truth is, this is one thing we actually have control over. Let’s explore the possibilities of who we could be, how we could love each other more deeply, if we asked questions of ourselves and allowed Spirit … Continue reading Who Do You Want to Be?
Efforts to maintain composure and poise can sometimes backfire, especially when those practices are learned responses for surviving traumatic experiences and childhoods. In an effort to bring a whole body consciousness to my poetics and my life, I’ve started shifting how I write poetry. Less editing and overthinking–and more flow! This sermon is a poetry … Continue reading What Do You Want to Be?
Who or what influences who we are religiously? Today Sharon Arpoika will name a few UU ministers, musicians, and storytellers who have played a part in shaping who she is as a Unitarian Universalist. Worship Leaders: Sharon Arpoika, Robbie Edge, Jude Markel. Tech Maestro, Cherie T. Mendoza
There is a universal recognition throughout the wisdom traditions that sacredness is held in nature. The ways in which we are intricately woven together, more in a circle than a hierarchy – human beings and all the other realms of creation. Come remember and contemplate the ways creation compassionately coaxes and calls us into new … Continue reading Cradled in Creation, Cultivating a Reciprocal Compassion
Join us for a special music Sunday, where the music of Jude Markel will serve as our spiritual center piece (even more so than usual!). To make something special requires the work of relationship and collaboration. Come celebrate all the ways our collaboration with Jude has created life sustaining beauty these past nearly 4 years … Continue reading To Make Something Special
Having lost both our parents in 2022, my siblings and I are learning a lot about befriending and resisting grief. For each of us with significant losses, when we pay attention, we can notice opportunities to embrace grief. These can be portals both to release our grief, and in that release, to carry us into … Continue reading Portals for Grief: Befriending Pigs, Peonies, and Other Personalized Gifts
Asking and exploring questions is a spiritual act– one of the most important ones for many Unitarian Universalists. Please bring your questions to share. Rev. Darcy will offer responses and maybe we together can find a few answers. Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Tricia Garcia, and Jude Markel. Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley.
Long time church member and now deceased Hazel H. used to ride her bike around town, throwing poppy seeds as she rode. What does it mean to throw seeds for a future, even if we may not see or experience that future? A few members of our congregation’s Visioning and Discernment Team share reflections on this first … Continue reading Throwing Seeds
“The more you study delight, the more delight there is to study,” writes author Ross Gay. Let us study our delights so we multiply delight in our lives! Worship Leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Brian Wise, and Jude Markel. Tech Maestro: Cherie Mendoza.
