Memory is a tricky thing– essential to our sense of self and yet so fallible and changeable. How do we remember and what are the things we want to make sure to remember?  Worship leaders this week are Rev. Darcy and Todd Whiteley.

Unitarian Universalists of color have asked UU congregations around the country to dedicate this Sunday to addressing issues of white supremacy, inside and outside our congregations. Worship leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, Matthew Mason, and Sabine Klein.

In seeking justice, equity and compassion in human relations with the goal of peace, liberty, and justice for all, we split our time and energy among many deserving causes. Sometimes we forget that we must also seek compassion and peace for ourselves. For many of us, the only place we replenish our spirits is at … Continue reading Replenishing at the Well of Fellowship

Our Jewish friends have just completed their high holy days, which asks people to take account of their year, looking for where we have fallen short, what we can celebrate, and how we can reconcile our relationships. Worship leaders this week are Rev. Darcy and Sabine Klein.

Growth, learning, and adaptation generally happens when we feel some discomfort–but discomfort isn’t the only ingredient for learning.  We must also feel safe.  Worship Leaders this week are  Rev. Darcy, Matthew Mason, and Sabine Klein.

Life is full of possibility and limitation, though we just like to talk about the possibilities. But in truth, the limitations give our life useful and creative definition. Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, Todd Whiteley, and Sabine Klein.

Finding balance in an increasingly unbalanced world means finding our essence and wholeness. It is ever more urgent that we tend to our inner lives with tools such as conscious breathing. Worship leaders are Avonelle Tomlinson and guest speaker, Joy Willow, along with musician Sabine Klein.

We gather to honor all the labor that has brought us to where we are today, to remember the work, the love, the struggle, the care. Rev. Darcy will lead members in an extended meditation and then members will share about the labor they would like to honor. Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, … Continue reading The Labors of Love

Pilgrimage travel is more than tourism — while it is educational and fun, it brings to life spirit, people, places, and values from our faith’s history, whose legacies live on today and that we’ve inherited. Pilgrimage travel gives new and important spiritual meaning to personal international connections. Rev. Yvonne Schumacher Strejcek has participated in four … Continue reading Pilgrimage: Spirit, Legacy, Transformation

From all the places we did or didn’t go this summer, we gather again to recommit ourselves to building Beloved Community. This earlier date puts us more in sync with our families with school-aged children and invites us to ask– what do we want to learn in this upcoming year and how do we want to learn it? As is our tradition, you are invited to bring some water for the ceremony. That water might come from a special vacation spot where you had fun this summer, or it might come from your kitchen faucet with gratitude for clean, running water whenever you want it. Or you might bring some symbolic water in an empty container, signifying conservation of precious resources. There are no wrong choices for this lovely tradition. Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, Matthew Mason, and Sabine Klein.