Read the Order of Service. Unlike the vast majority of religious traditions, the Unitarian Universalist faith tradition is not held together by creeds – commonly held beliefs – but by covenant – the promises we make to one another in community. It has been this way since at least 1648 when...
Read the Order of Service. Our annual Balloon Sunday is a celebration of another way we live community — each of the dozens of balloons adorning the sanctuary is filled with the same “breath,” yet each remains unique unto itself. When we release them to fly to the sanctuary ceiling we...
Read the Order of Service. With the start of a new school year our congregation feels as if it’s starting off on a new year, too. Each year we symbolize this “ingathering” through the creation of a common pool of water as part of our “water communion” service. Everyone is encouraged...
Read the Order of Service Our monthly themes are not abstract or randomly-selected topics. Rather, in each month we are asked to consider various attributes of Unitarian Universalism, to consider what it means to say that Unitarian Universalists are a particular kind of people — by the ways we relate to...
Read the Order of Service We are constantly asked to step out of our comfort zone into the unknown. Whether it’s leaving the safe space of our physical home, or being called to be brave in our interactions with others, we are faced with the prospect of having to adjust...
Read the Order of Service The theme of ministry in our congregation this month is Peace. Peace can be considered on many levels: international peace, national peace, congregational peace, family peace, and inner peace. Its this last one that I want to focus on today. Peace is great when it is...
The Chinese philosopher Lao Tse said something that many of us have no doubt seen printed on a refrigerator magnet. The shortest version is: “For there to be peace in the world … there must be peace in the heart.” Yet what is “peace in the heart”? Watch or read...
Our fourth principle states that we affirm and promote a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. Is that the same as becoming wise? How do we distinguish wisdom from knowledge? Join us this morning as we explore how this spiritual community supports us in becoming wise. Rev. Jamie...
Read the Order of Service One of the essential teachings of the Buddhist tradition(s) is “dependent co-origination” (Pratītyasamutpāda in Sanscrit). This grows out of, and forms the basis of, Buddhism’s assertion that the fundamental nature of things is “emptiness.” What does it mean to say that everything depends on everything else...
Read the Order of service Our seventh principle states that we, as Unitarian Universalists, affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Yet we humans tend to talk (and think!) as though we are apart from the rest of the natural world...
