Here’s how Howard Burrows, longtime friend at All Souls, describes his topic for Sunday’s lay-led service: Don’t You Want to be Saved? An evangelical Presbyterian scientist responds to an earlier sermon from this pulpit entitled, Why I am not a Buddhist. I’ll talk about the Trinity – and its underlying importance to the Unitarians. I … Continue reading “Don’t You Want To Be Saved?”
“If you can talk, you can sing.” (Ghanaian proverb) Do you remember your first favorite song? Is there a song, or work of music, that meant a lot to you? Why? Come join us as we listen and share the music that matters to us. It will be a soul-healthy serving of music to hear, songs to … Continue reading It’s All About the Music!
It’s all about balance, isn’t it? Of course, we want to be an active, engaged church, reaching out beyond our walls to help those in need – community wide, statewide, nationwide, even worldwide. And, of course we know that in order to be of service to others, we must be healthy and strong ourselves. We … Continue reading Care Giving and Caretaking
What does “spirituality” mean in a denomination that does not have a prescriptive theology or liturgy? UU’s can sometimes be rather cerebral about what we believe, but many of us long for a direct experience of transcendence, whether or not we have a name for it. In our Summer Solstice service last week, we shared … Continue reading The Sound of Spirit
The Wheel continues to turn, and the seasons pass. Now is the time to welcome the Summer Solstice. We come together this morning as celebrants, as seekers and companions. We enter into this, the longest day, joyfully, allowing ourselves the beauty of this time together in which we may rest our cares and sorrows, and … Continue reading Summer Solstice and Flower Communion
What joy we are experiencing when we see babies, toddlers, children, preteens, teens engage in our church community. Do not miss this opportunity to hear their side of the story. Do not miss letting them know who we are and how happy we are to know them. Religious Exploration Committee
Charles Butterfield: Why I Am Not Yet a Buddhist Unitarian Universalism is hard to define. This is because it is composed of many quite distinct faiths. While all UUs are freely seeking truth and meaning, they choose different ways. There is strength in diversity, but only if the diversity is acknowledged and honored. In … Continue reading Why I Am Not Yet a Buddhist
The Promise & The Practice In our commitment to dismantle the systems that sustain White Power and Privilege in our congregation and denomination, white Unitarian Universalists are still learning to decenter our whiteness so that people of color are brought from the margins to the center. Join us as we practice that work, and promise … Continue reading The Practice and The Promise
We are proud of our designation as a “Welcoming Congregation.” Join us as we take a closer look at what that really means, and explore how we might move forward to become more welcoming and inclusive. We will be dedicating both our new Rainbow Flag and our new “Stand With Love” banner!
Some days it seems that the world is conspiring to drive us deeper and deeper into our own, individual silos. Looking around us, we see others who are hunkering down in like manner. In times such as these, intentionally ‘up-rising’ and reaching out might seem like an unreasonable thing to do. But, we are living … Continue reading “Build a Bridge…or Two, or Ten”
