Our service at 11am on November 1 will be “Honoring the Ancestors”. Our whole community, young and old, will gather for that one Touchstone service that day. To create a virtual “Altar” of our ancestors for the Zoom worship, we would like to have a slide show of photos of your ancestors or of favorite […]
Listening to our Elders with Caroline Landis & Caroline Heins, co-leading Chapel includes a chalice lighting, hymns and the sharing of joys and sorrows. Our faith reminds us that deep listening to people is important, so much so that we’ve put it in the second of our UU sources: “Words and deeds of prophetic people […]
Order of Service Below. The October theme is Deep Listening. On this Sunday when we formally welcome 20 new members to our congregation, Rev. Linda will reflect on the importance of keeping our hearts and ears open to the new visions and imagination which call us forward. We are the dreams of our ancestors. What […]
The theme for October is “Deep Listening” Chapel and Faith Development for All Ages Sunday October 18 10:00AM (children, youth & adults) Chapel includes a chalice lighting, hymns and the sharing of joys and sorrows. This week’s Faith Development for all: Our faith asks us to practice compassion. It’s part of our Second UU Principle, “Justice, […]
Sunday October 27 we will gather in multigenerational community for worship with our annual observance of “Ancestor Sunday.” Please bring photos or other small mementos to add to the communal altar that we will create to honor our ancestors during the service. Leia Durland-Jones and Janine Jakim will weave worship.
This month the theme we’re exploring is: what does it mean to be a person of ancestry? Members of our lay Worship Weavers Guild facilitated this Thanksgiving Day Weekend worship. Order of Service
This month the theme we’re exploring is: what does it mean to be a person of ancestry? Now a TJMC tradition, we will celebrate a “multi-bread communion” that is an expression of multicultural community, and we’ll be asking ourselves how Thanksgiving – the practice and the holiday – can reflect our identity as “people of […]
This month the theme we’re exploring is: what does it mean to be a person of ancestry? A look at how this story in Luke 7:36-47 can teach us about the power of love, especially in times like these. Note: Our guest preacher, Pastor Lehman Bates, was the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and a […]
Whenever we have to rebuild a new identity, or mend an old one, we may find clues in our ancestry. Perhaps this is why so many world religions seek to remind us, to comfort us, to reassure us: no, you are not alone. Rev. Alexandra McGee led our exploration this week. Order of Service
Each year we pause to remember loved ones who have died – whether recently or in the distant past. Everyone was encouraged to bring a photo or a memento (or many) so that we might build together our annual “ancestors’ altar.” Order of Service
