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March’s Ministry Theme:
The Practice of Trust

11 a.m. Sunday, March 30, 2025

“Celebrating Our Journeys”

As Unitarian Universalists we often use the metaphor of the “journey” to describe our spiritual lives. Today explore what it means to make a spiritual journey as two members of our congregation share their own stories and experiences.

Sharing Joys and Sorrows
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Children & Youth

11:00 AM Children’s Program

Celebrating Me & My World (infant through 4 years-old)
Our lesson is “My World Has Light.” We’ll be exploring the beauty and magic of our world lit by sunlight. Through song, story, and play, we’ll light our own lights shine!Children 4 years-old through 5^th grade attend Children’s Worship with Rev. Leia
On this final Sunday in March, we’ll explore together through story and song how trusting others and trusting ourselves is part of our UU values. We’ll light the candles in our rainbow chalice and share our joys and sorrows. Don’t forget to bring your money for the offertory!Our 6th & 7th Grade Neighboring Faiths class will not meet this week due to Spring Break.

12:15 AM

Youth Programs

Coming of Age (8th-10th grades) and YRUU (11th & 12th grades)
do not meet this week due to Spring Break.

Please register all children (infant through high school seniors) to participate in religious education for the 2024-2025 RE year.

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June 26, 2016: What’s so great about simplicity?

Posted on June 26, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service We began the month by looking at some of the “gifts” of simplicity, but why do people make such a big deal about it? Why do we put such a high value on living “simple” lives while actually living lives that are just about anything but? Let’s explore this together […]

June 19, 2016: Juneteenth

Posted on June 19, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of service. I am embarrassed to say that I had never heard of “Juneteenth” until relatively recently. I keep discovering just how much American history I never learned and, perhaps even more disturbingly, that no one ever thought important enough to try to teach me – all that history that gets lifted up each […]

June 12, 2016: Moses’ first trip up the mountain

Posted on June 12, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the order of service. There is a midrash on the story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai which tells of two trips up the mountain. First, it is said, Moses’ sister Miriam went up to receive God’s command, after which Moses re-made the trek. Why? (Hint: It has to do with simplicity.) […]

June 5, 2016: ‘Tis a gift to be simple

Posted on June 5, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of service. Worship for June 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of simplicity?” The well-known Shaker hymn tells us that it’s “a gift to be simple, a gift to be free.” Just what is the gift of simplicity? What does it have to do with freedom? And how does any […]

May 29, 2016: What’s a Blessing?

Posted on May 29, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service. Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a people of blessing? Having spent a month exploring what it means to say that we are “a people of blessing,” some of us may still be wondering about this concept of “blessing.” What is it? What isn’t it? How do we recognize […]

May 22, 2016: The Blessings of our UU Youth

Posted on May 22, 2016 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

Read the Order of Service. What Does it Mean to Come of Age as a UU? As a culmination of their Coming of Age class, our 8th, 9th and 10th graders lead the congregation in worship at both the 9:15 and 11:15 services. Come and hear what our fabulous youth have to share about what it […]

May 15, 2016: Counting Our Blessings

Posted on May 15, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a people of blessing? We are frequently encouraged to “count our blessings,” yet some see the potential for more than a little hubris in this practice. It does seem, though, that this could be a remedy to the perhaps more common practice of enumerating our failures and […]

May 8, 2016: Come Thou Fount of Many Blessings

Posted on May 8, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

Read the Order of Service. Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a people of blessing? Blessings come in many forms and from many places. And often they are unexpected. This Sunday is both Mother’s Day and Music Sunday, and Rev. Alex will facilitate our explorations. Come and see where the spirit will move us. […]

May 1, 2016: The Blessings of Belonging

Posted on May 1, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

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 the Concord church in which […]

April 24, 2016: Earth Day

Posted on April 24, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

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, is now celebrated in 192 […]