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.

Music and singing are integral parts of our Unitarian Universalist worship services. Whether it’s classical, rock, folk, or a cappella, music shifts the energy of worship and moves it into our bodies. This Sunday we’ll connect to Spirit, and to one another, through hymn singing, chanting, Taize and more. Worship leaders this week are Sharon Arpoika and Bernadette Burns.

It’s so easy to focus on what we lack. In fact, our brains are hardwired this way! How can we resist our negativity bias and cultivate appreciation for the abundance in our lives? Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy, Avonelle Tomlinson, and Haruko DeArth.

Ancient Christian theologian St. Augustine wrote about the holy as rhythm, always available for us to tune in.  Rev. Darcy shares some reflections based on her recent dance-intensive week in Havana, Cuba and explores what rhythms are already pulsing through us.  Worship Leaders this week are Rev. Darcy Baxter and John Patton.

With time for good grieving and sifting, a new time in our lives can be a gift welcomed and claimed. Like new growth on a mature rose bush, fresh green or new blossoms can surprise us and continue to spur fresh energy and life. Worship leaders this week are Rev. Erin Matteson and Matthew Mason. Click … Continue reading Claiming the Gift of Newness