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May’s Ministry Theme: The Gifts of Pluralism
11 a.m. Sunday, May 5, 2024

“A Bouquet of Community and Hope”
Rev. Tim Temerson and Rev. Susan Karlson

Each of us has unique gifts and stories that come together to create beloved community. This Sunday will be our annual Flower Communion service. Everyone is invited to bring a flower/s to share during the service. You will take home a different flower of your choosing. All ages are welcome to this Multigenerational service.

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Sharing Joys and Sorrows
If you would like to have a joy or sorrow shared aloud during the worship service, please complete this form by 9AM Sunday morning.

Religious Education for Children & Youth
Sunday, May 5, 2024

Nursery care is available during worship in Lower Hall Room One for infants through 5 year-olds.

This Sunday will be a Multigenerational service, our annual Flower Communion service. Everyone is invited to bring a flower to the service. You can choose a different flower during our Flower Communion Ritual. All ages are welcome to this service. The service begins at 11 am.

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Senior High Youth Group (YRUU) meets from 12:15-1:30 in Summit House Room 1.

OWL (Our Whole Lives) will hold its last session today with a celebration which will include parents and relatives at its usual time

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SUNDAY SECOND HOUR —
a time for connection and friendship!

Sundays from 12:30-1:30PM we provide supervised childcare for children 7th grade and younger. Most Sundays, weather permitting, care is offered on the playground. Light snacks, such as popcorn or rice cakes with optional peanut butter, are provided. Parents are invited to pick their children up from their religious education class and then sign them into care on the playground.

Sunday Second Hour allows our children the chance to spend time together socializing with free play. It offers parents the opportunity to meet and talk with others and attend church meetings knowing that their children are in good hands.

For more information, speak with Rev. Susan, Sabbatical Minister for Faith Development or Caroline Heins, RE Assistant.

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March 10, 2019: Transformation

Posted on March 18, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

INTRO We are just a week and half away from the first day of spring. The world around us is doing its annual transformation. And we humans have a chance to think about transformations in our lives, also. The butterfly is a class example because of its change from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to […]

March 3, 2019: I Dream a World

Posted on March 4, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Langston Hughes wrote “I Dream a World” in 1929. 34 years before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously talked about his dream in front of approximately a quarter of a million people at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. Another 49 years would pass before the UUA published the Tapestry of Faith curricula, “Building the World We Dream About.” There’s a whole lot of […]

February 24, 2019: Belonging

Posted on February 28, 2019 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

February 17, 2019: Grace

Posted on February 22, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

The choir just sang what is easily one of the most recognizable hymns ever composed. (And the arrangement was by our own Scott DeVeaux.) “Amazing Grace” was written in the mid-1700s by a preacher named John Newton. As a young man Newton served as a mate on a slave ship where he, “gained notoriety for […]

February 10, 2019: Rice Balls, Noodles, Fireworks, and Dragons

Posted on February 20, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Whether we call it “Chinese New Year,” the “Spring Festival,” or the “Lunar Festival,” this major Chinese celebration (which began this past Tuesday and will continue on through a week from this coming Wednesday) is a really, really big deal. It’s celebrated by more than 20% of all the people in the world – that’s something […]

January 20, 2019: Courage From the Inside Out

Posted on February 8, 2019 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

February 3, 2019: Fear Never Fixed Anything

Posted on February 5, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Sam Keen is, as I said during the Story time, a fairly well-known author within a certain niche of readers. He’s written books like, Your Mythic Journey, Fire in the Belly, Inward Bound (exploring the geography of your emotions), To a Dancing God, and The Passionate Life. He’s particularly well known to people interested in what’s been called the mytho-poetic movement. He’s written […]

January 6, 2019: Epiphany & the Gift of the Magi

Posted on December 28, 2018 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

January 6, the twelfth day of Christmas, is observed by some Christians as the Epiphany, representing the day the magi arrived to honor Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. For others, by Jan 6, the tree has come down and the lights have been packed for next year. At this service, we will spend time […]