Read the Order of Service. One of the prized possessions of our congregation in Concord, Massachusetts, is a letter from Henry David Thoreau. I thought of it this week, knowing that today we would be welcoming our newest formalized members. Thing I was thinking of is the letter Thoreau wrote to...
Worship for April 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” Read the Order of service. Please note: April is designated as “Jazz Appreciation Month,” so make sure to appreciate our own jazz master, Scott DeVeaux! April 24th: Earth Day, first commemorated in the United States in 1970,...
Worship for April 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” Read the Order of Service. Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Guest Speaker: the Rev. Dr. Lehman Bates of Ebenezer Baptist Church Sermon: One Body; Many Parts; All Not (Yet) Equal It is really wonderful to be back at what is beginning to feel...
Read the Order of Service Worship for April 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” Please note: April is designated as “Jazz Appreciation Month,” so make sure to appreciate our own jazz master, Scott DeVeaux! April 10th: Creativity is a power that we can learn to harness...
Read the Order of Service. Creativity is at the core of who we are as human beings, and our Unitarian Universalist faith encourages us to affirm one another’s inherent worth. RevWik will be preaching. Our Social Justice Spotlight will be on ForEver Green. Sunday, April 3 will be a multigenerational gathering;...
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...
Read the Order of Service Spiritual liberation can feel ecstatic. Throughout history, world religions have found ways to keep a person grounded even while liberated from this world. Download a pdf copy of this sermon. — Out of this Word Sermon for March 13, 2016 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian...
Read the Order of Service Reading: “Our deepest fear …” by Marianne Williamson I want you to look with me in your mind’s eye at a pastel drawing. There is a figure, sitting on a bench. The drawing is simple; there are no details; the face is an oval and the body a...
Read the Order of Service What did the Buddha mean when he talked about “desire” and our need to be free from it? What do we do when faced with conflicting desires? How can we “want what we want to want?”
