Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 AM to join our online service. Is it possible? As everything feels like it is speeding along, deepening the practice of slowness begins to feel more and more essential. Drawing from Carl Honore’s book In Praise of Slowness, appreciating beauty, and learning who we are, remembering what matters most to us, noticing … Continue reading “Practicing the Art of Slowing Down”
Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 AM to join our online service. We are in relationship with each other, with all living beings that can support the work we do, strengthen us, and give us hope but it requires living into the spiritual grounding of our seventh principle. And we will have an opportunity to honor and bless … Continue reading “Deepening Relationships-Honoring All Our Relations”
Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 AM to join our online service. To covenant; what does this mean in a spiritual and a societal way? We welcome each other into this All Souls Church community where our principles and covenant help us weave one another into the fabric of our community. Being in covenant is a commitment to … Continue reading “Thus Do We Covenant, Reaching the Light In One Another”
Click right here Sunday shortly before 10 to join our next online service. We will come together to begin our new year, sharing our water and our stories! We will hold our water ceremony, hear each other’s stories and offer care and blessing for our new year ahead. “Our In-Gathering Service: From A Common Source” … Continue reading “From a Common Source – Our Ingathering Service!”
Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 AM to join our next online service. The Transcendentalists offered a new way of perceiving the world in the 1800’s including Thoreau and Emerson, and we will explore their stories, philosophies and impact on the development of our faith. Perhaps you stood at the shores of the ocean, the banks of … Continue reading “At The Water’s Edge-Waves of Transcendentalism
Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 AM to join our online service. We will explore insights offered by Diana Beresford-Kroeger in her book To Speak For the Trees, and stories of people’s deep convictions in the life-saving power of trees. You may have a favorite tree in your backyard or along a favorite hike, or you may have … Continue reading “Saved By the Trees”
Each year, Unitarian Universalists from all around the country and beyond gather for our General Assembly, a time of worship and workshops, learning and action. It can be inspiring, challenging, even transformative to hear, see and witness our denomination! We will share insights and learning from GA, explore actions UU members have chosen to take, … Continue reading Circle Round for Justice, Healing, Courage-Highlights from Our General Assembly
Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 AM to join our online service. “Breathing in, I am Here. Breathing out, I am Home,” words of my dear teacher, Thay – Buddhist peace leader Thich Nhat Hanh. My Buddhist practice has transformed my life over the past almost twenty years, as I aspire to live and breathe into each moment. Our … Continue reading Peace in Every Breath
Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 AM to join our online service. We have been through a long year of living through a pandemic, working for justice, and holding each other with care and compassion. We will explore writer and theologian Karen Armstrong’s steps toward living a more compassionate life and reflect on our year together. Our service … Continue reading Compassion, Care and Commitment-Journey of a New Year
Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 AM to join our online service. “Arise then… women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts!… Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.” (words of Julia Ward Howe) Our service will honor and celebrate the strength and resilience … Continue reading A Strong and Nurturing Spirit
