Present Just as We Are: Our Annual Blue Christmas Service
than reassurance. Join us as we honor and make space for all emotions that can emerge during this season.
This service is offered in person only.
than reassurance. Join us as we honor and make space for all emotions that can emerge during this season.
This service is offered in person only.
In the lifelong dance of learning to care for ourselves and to care for others, we don’t always get to choose which is our primary focus. Yet we know that both our inward- and our outward-turning are inextricably woven together. This Sunday we practice this weaving, recognizing the grounding that all our chaotic feelings can offer, celebrating new members, and thanking our Safety and Security Team for their ministry of care. Where will we direct our care this week?
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 . We consider the practice of presence as an aspect of our practice of the spiritual discipline of love. To be present with others in the moment requires centering and focused attention on seeing and hearing the other person. To be present for others is to represent … Continue reading The Practice of Presence
Service of Compassionate Presence Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 You are warmly invited to join us for a transformative service centered on the theme of trauma as an opportunity for growth, healing, and empowerment. Together, we will reframe our past wounds, not as permanent scars, but as openings through which our inner … Continue reading Embracing the Brokenness: Letting Light Shine Through
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 We are whole and holy. We are loved beyond all measure. What we do to repair our brokenness keeps everyone inside the circle of love and healing. What can we do to keep our connections strong and secure moving forward? Join us as we celebrate new friends … Continue reading Our Tapestry of Faith – Every Stitch Matters
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 We gather on this Sunday after the election to refresh our vision of a world repaired by love. This task of repair may seem impossibly large–until we focus on what each of us has to offer and what brings us joy. Come discover what is yours to … Continue reading To Repair the World, What Is Mine to Do?
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 As Election Day approaches, we bring our hopes and our fears into this welcoming community, and we remember that our work of building beloved community continues no matter what. Using tools from the Revolutionary Love movement launched by Sikh teacher-writer Valarie Kaur, we’ll learn some new ways … Continue reading We Won’t Give Up!
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 Join us as we listen deeply to our ancestors and their trauma and how it affects us and our acceptance of the future. Can heal from generations of aggression and repair our bonds with our ancestors and future generations with love. This service covers many sensitive topics … Continue reading Healing Ancestral Traumas
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 More and more, science and psychology are joining longstanding spiritual traditions in giving credit to the wisdom we all carry in our bodies. Today, in this multigenerational service, we learn to listen deeply to what our bodies want us to know about how we need to live … Continue reading When We Listen to Our Bodies
Listening is a form of perception, and it immediately places us in relationship to other beings. That is true of our UU values. They are relational values. Let us explore how to listen deeply through our values. Bob Patrick (he/him), Worship LeaderCandice Carver (she/her), Worship Associate The order of service can be found here Beyond … Continue reading Practicing Deep Listening Through Our Values