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

This month we will be considering the theme: “What does it mean to be a person of Letting Go?”  This morning we will be recognizing those who have recently decided to formalize their membership with this community. As we take on a new identity – whatever it may be – must we shed our old identity? […]

This month we will be considering the theme: “What does it mean to be a person of Letting Go?”  It is so easy to get “stuck in the mud” of our lives, trapped in our anger, our pain, resentments, our wounds. To move freely forward into our future we must learn how to let go of […]

This month we will be considering the theme: “What does it mean to be a person of Letting Go?”  Letting go of ego is a state that we learn again and again in the stages of spiritual maturity. Order of Service

This month we will be considering the theme: “What does it mean to be a person of Letting Go?”  Everybody keeps saying that it’s important to be able to “let go.” “Let go and let God,” the 12 Step movement counsels. “Live free from attachment,” is advised in every major religion (and many “minor” ones as […]

This month we will be considering the question – “What does it mean to be a person of INVITATION?”  This is the Sunday on which our Transylvanian Unitarian kin celebrate their Thanksgiving. Our guest preacher will be the Rev. Erika Orban, an ordained Unitarian minister from Transylvania who has also served a congregation in Budapest, […]