Hi friends, One of the board’s goals this year, was to embrace Beloved Conversations about Racial Justice as a way to live our values in the world, strengthen our connections and expand and deepen our spiritual lives. http://www.meadville.edu/beloved I have had the opportunity to complete and now reflect upon a...
Read the Order of service An Eastertide Celebration in Three Acts “[God] has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” ~ Martin Luther ~ Prelude ~ Opening Words The Unitarian Universalist minister Max Coots once wrote: “We need a celebration that speaks...
Read the Order of Service I want to tell you a story about a guy named Frankie. That’s not his real name, actually. He came from a pretty wealthy family and had one of those long, aristocratic sounding names, but all of his friends called him Frankie. And Frankie had a...
Our Seventh Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Our local eco-heroes led us through a process of education, reflection, and action to become certified as a Green Sanctuary. We continue our work towards a sustainable future and look beyond our walls to ensure the...
Our First and Second Principles: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations We minister to each other in many ways at TJMC. We support each other as we work together on church projects, in an unexpected conversation in the social hall, in a touch as we light a candle of...
By the Racial Justice Steering Committee One of the things I hear over and over again, when it comes to our racial justice work here, is that we love to talk about things (over and over and over), and keep offering consciousness raising, but if that’s all that we do...
Read the Order of Service Opening Words: “Those of us who are alive in these times have a clear and evident mission. We have a compelling moral purpose that can direct our lives and our energies: We are about saving the world. So what is our part? The place is to...
By Kate Fraleigh I thought I was reasonably educated, aware of what’s going on in the world, and responsive to social injustice. But I haven’t been. Here are the things I’m now paying attention to that in the past I could read and then overlook because of my white privilege,...
Read the Order of service February 7, 2016 – This morning I want to talk about “nones.” That’s right, “nones.” If you think about it, “nones” have a lot to tell us about who we are as Unitarian Universalists. In fact, “nones” might be the ones to help us see more...
Read the Order of Service January 10, 2016 – People often think of the Unitarian Universalist faith as a champion of the individual. And in the early to mid-1800s, our Transcendentalist forebears did indeed elevate the importance of the individual, yet some today argue that their true legacy to us is...