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.
It’s hard to be present to our relationship with war and the many ways it shapes our world. The violence of war harms so many and it benefits some. We honor Memorial Day by taking some time to be with the complexity of war. Worship Leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Dee Hawksworth and Magdalene Myint. Tech … Continue reading War Stories
“Convenience decides everything” Evan Williams, a co-founder of Twitter, has said. But should it? What does it mean for us to not let convenience decide everything?” Worship Leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Robbie Edge, and Jude Markel. Tech Maestro: Cherie Mendoza.
Adyashanti, an American born spiritual teacher, states: “There is a tragic element to human existence for all of us…It can take many forms: a terminal illness, a parent losing their child, a child losing their parent, a husband losing his wife, the death of a friend, losing a job, getting divorced. These are the moments … Continue reading From Whence Cometh My Strength
To be a Universalist means you are committed to enacting radical and seemingly random acts of love. Universalists do not believe hell is something one finds in some kind of after-life. Universalists believe hell exists right here, right now, in this world. And our purpose is to love the hell out of this world. Worship Leaders: Rev. … Continue reading To Love the Hell Out of This World
There are so many things stirring up fear in us– how do we resist getting captured by fear? How do we expand our capacities for love rather than allow them to get narrowed and whittled away? Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Leroy Egenberger, and musician Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: Cherie Mendoza.
Henry David Thoreau, who was raised in a Massachusetts Unitarian Church, wrote the hugely influential essay “Civil Disobedience.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Mahatma Gandhi cite this essay significant for them. In what ways are we called to be disobedient? Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Robbie Edge, and guest musician Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: … Continue reading Civil Disobedience
Why does liberation theology say that we can only see God in the socially excluded? What does that message mean for Unitarian Universalists? This service will feature a pre-recorded sermon from Rev. Lucas Hergert, one of Rev. Darcy’s closest friends and colleagues.
On this 100 year anniversary of the first Flower Communion Service, we honor activist and scholar Ruth Wilmore Gilmore wisdom that “freedom is a place.” Please bring a flower. Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Sharon Arpoika, and Jude Markel. Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley.
