Knowing this is a stress-filled time for us all, Rev. Leia and Linda offer this message we received from the President of our national UUA, Susan Frederick Gray, reflecting on frustrations and fatigue, worries and grief from so much loss, amid the current Omicron variant surge. Her words resonate with...
This congregation passed a public witness statement more than five years ago with a 96% positive vote that affirmed your commitment to support the Black Lives Matter movement and Black-led racial justice organizations. To remind ourselves and the community of this intention, the church’s outdoor sign on Rugby Road is once...
We are in the season of holiday events and very special worship services. That brings us joy! But we are also in a time of uncertainty, with occasional surges in local Delta variant Covid cases, and the unknown impact of the Omicron variant. That can cause us anxiety, and means...
The Quaker teacher Parker Palmer tells us this Hasidic tale: A disciple asks the rebbe: “Why does Torah tell us to ‘place these words upon your hearts’? Why does it not tell us to place these holy words in our hearts?” The rebbe answers: “It is because as we are,...
Chalice Home for August In our second home worship, we engage families with the widely loved UU Water Ceremony Ritual, sometimes referred to as “Water Communion.” This ritual invites families to collect symbolic water over the summer and then bring it to their congregation’s homecoming/ingathering/opening service in the fall. The...
Following a request from Rev. Linda and Sally Taylor, for the past six months Sandy Brooks and I have been volunteering to spend a couple of hours most weeks in the bowels of the church where the old boiler room has been converted to the Archives Room. We’ve enjoyed the...
We all are longing to gather safely and connect with each other. Chalice Circles are designed to make this possible! What is a Chalice Circle? It is a multigenerational small group of 10-12 people from our congregation. When do Chalice Circles meet? Throughout June, July, and August at mutually agreed...
Your Soulful UU Home Connecting with the Sacred Around Us This March we are exploring the theme of Commitment Committing to Showing Up: ハチ公 Hachiko the Dog Hachikō was a dog who lived in Tokyo, Japan from 1924 to 1935. “Hachi” became famous in Japan, and all over the world, for the...
What do you know about the Beloved Community? What does your child know? I’ll admit that what I thought I knew about the Beloved Community, and what I’d shared with my children, turned out to be woefully under-nuanced for the tasks of our times, and I’ve gratefully anticipated this theme’s...
I invite you to imagine a time in your own life when you were willing and strong. A time when you felt ready and you had fortitude to do something you did not think you could do… As you ponder this, does something arise for you immediately—or is your mind...