“At last I am learning it’s okay to be scared to the marrow and still show up whole-hearted” writes poet Rosemerry Wahtola-Trommer. Some think that if one is truly “spiritual,” you get to bypass feelings like terror, overwhelm, and fear. What if instead we understand that the wisest among us are those who can be … Continue reading Scared to the Marrow and Still Showing Up
What are the ways forward in such changing and uncertain times? Three years ago, the congregation convened the Visioning and Discernment team to spend time learning, listening, and discerning around this question. Visioning Team members Lousie Barros, Lynn Bristow, Robbie Edge, Leah Silvestre Franklin, and Cari Wise will share some of what they have learned … Continue reading Figuring the Way Forward
Three years ago, the congregation mourned that in late-COVID and Post-Covid, there were not families with young and school-aged children regularly participating in church life. Today, we have a handful of such families whose children delight in the acceptance, compassion, and respect they experience among us. Come celebrate the power and playfulness of multi-generational … Continue reading Beach Balls and Donuts
Philosopher Julia Kristeva writes ‘beauty emerges as the admirable face of loss, transforming it in order to make it live.” How can we make our losses live? What beauty might emerge from all we are losing? Worship leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Leroy Egenberger, and Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: Adlai Frederickson.
Surviving the heaviness of the world requires us to experience enough joy and pleasure to buoy us through. We will celebrate the (arguably) Unitarian origins of the Ice Cream Sundae and buoy ourselves for our annual congregational business meeting after worship. Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Tricia Garcia, and Magdalene Myint. Tech Maestro: Adlai Frederickson.
Many young people today are feeling sad and hopeless, far greater numbers of people than reported such feelings than over a decade ago. What is the future of hope? Should we have hope for the future? Worship leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Matte Black, Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: John Lehman.
Grief is like the ocean. It comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. Zana Roberson will share her thoughts on how she is learning to swim after her late husband’s death. Worship Leaders: Sharon Arpoika, Zana Roberson and … Continue reading Integrating Grief
A core human need is to belong– we honor our own sense of belonging here at UUFSC, engage our curiosity about our newcomers’ stories, and welcome new members as they move forward in their journey of belonging here. Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy, Leroy E, and Magdalene M.
“Hope, in a deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed” wrote the great … Continue reading Deep Hope
”Bayanihan” refers to the Filipino spirit of collective unity and cooperation where solidarity is essential for survival and all are valued for their unique call, the one only you can bring to the world. How do our UU values of Love as Interdependence and Pluralism guide us with the bayanihan spirit to help us overcome … Continue reading Bayanihan (Collective Unity): Love as Interdependence and Pluralism
