Vision- What vision of your life do you hold dear? When do you stick to that vision no matter what and when is it time to loosen your grip on what you think is supposed to be? How can we help each other playfully exchange different visions and help each other encounter new and larger … Continue reading A Series on the Topic of Vision, Part II
Vision- What vision of your life do you hold dear? When do you stick to that vision no matter what and when is it time to loosen your grip on what you think is supposed to be? How can we help each other playfully exchange different visions and help each other encounter new and larger … Continue reading A Series on the Topic of Vision, Part I
As we explore Covenant this month, let’s explore a tension or balance worth naming and holding in all relationships. Parenting, partnering, and practicing good community all invite us to particular balanced behaviors worth deepening as a part of our covenants together in order to enrich life together, and so in turn, further enrich the world. … Continue reading A Tension Worth Holding
From all the places we went or didn’t go during the summer, we gather again to recommit ourselves to nurturing the Beloved Community. How do we navigate the currents we find ourselves in? Please bring some water from a special, or mundane, place to use in our annual In-Gathering ceremony. Worship leaders this week are Rev. Darcy … Continue reading Water Communion–Navigating Currents
Every person, every community has gifts they can use to bless the world or use to curse the world. How can we choose to bless the world even if our gifts are not what we would want them to be or think they ought to be? Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy Baxter, Haruko … Continue reading The Decision to Bless
One thing that makes Unitarian Universalism different from the other branches of Christianity is that we gather together in shared community to support each other’s beliefs, and in search of truth and meaning instead of gathering together to support a pre-programmed, unalterable, common belief. What does it mean to be a People of Promise? Come … Continue reading What Does a Promise Mean?
Our fourth principle invites us to search for truth and meaning. Bring a book today to leave at the altar and take home another to continue your search. Together, we’ll participate in a summer book communion. Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, Haruko DeArth, and guest musicians Jorge Torrez and Amanda Ross. Because Amanda … Continue reading Book Communion
Do you have questions for me? They could be about the Fellowship, or theology, or current events, or Unitarian Universalism, or whatever is on your heart and mind. At the beginning of the service I’ll invite you to write questions on index cards; my spontaneous responses to these questions will be the sermon. Worship Leaders … Continue reading Question Box Sermon
Poet Gillian Wegener will share some of her poetry focusing on homelessness and compassion. Poetry on such topics connects us to and expands on our own feelings, and is as Audre Lorde said, “a vital necessity of our existence.” Worship Leaders this week are Sharon Arpoika, Gillian Wegener, and guest musician Firefly.
How can we can cultivate a more heart centered approach to how we navigate our complex, painful, and beautiful world? Drawing on the emerging science behind how our hearts have tremendous influence over our mind, Modesto community activist Leng Nou explores how we can cultivate habits of the heart. Worship Leaders this week are Todd … Continue reading Cultivating Habits of the Heart
