In a wonderful blend of traditional carols and fresh takes on the old story, we celebrate the lasting message of Christmas Eve for Unitarian Universalists and all our beloved kin. Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones (she/her), Worship LeaderBruce Leonard (he/him), Worship Associate Join us in person or online via Zoom.

We celebrate the Winter Solstice this Sunday, exploring the depth of reflection that the longest night invites and celebrating the joy of the sun’s return! How do these practices help us to choose hope this season? In this multigenerational service, we welcome UUCG’s newest members, and we create sun-focused mementos that we can use at … Continue reading Light in the Longest Night

Come join us ‘round our imaginary campfire for this year’s Blue Christmas service. We will honor whatever feelings and experiences we each are carrying this season, and we’ll open all our senses to the warmth of being held in Love. Come join this circle of warmth for comfort, grounding, and reassurance. Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones … Continue reading In the Circle of Warmth: Our Blue Christmas Service

Maybe hope isn’t a feeling or an attitude, after all. Maybe hope is an engine that comes pre-installed in each life, and our job is to remember how to make that engine run. How does choosing hope help us move through this season? Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones (she/her), Worship LeaderBritt Parris (she/they), Worship Associate Find … Continue reading Choosing the Hope That Moves!

In this multigenerational service, we will discover how sharing our gratitude for the smallest things can ground us in hope throughout the complicated holiday season. The Tree of Gratitude that we will create will spark a spiritual practice to share throughout the year. And our glorious anthem, “Love Has Always Been Our Song,” will set … Continue reading A Tree of Gratitude and a Source of Hope for the Season

We launch this month with gratitude for our Unitarian Universalist faith, which asks us to be in compassionate relationship with an ever-widening circle of people, creatures, and things. Yet compassion also requires us to set some healthy boundaries–in our families, friendship groups, and communities. How do we hold Love at the center and also hold … Continue reading Gratitude, Compassion, and Boundaries

No matter what our age or life experience, we often feel swamped these days by feelings and thoughts that we don’t want to have yet can’t avoid. In this gentle hands-on service for all ages, Rev. Nancy and Britt invite you to name one of these feelings–grief, fear, anger, uncertainty, loneliness–and see it as just … Continue reading Cultivating Kindness for Ourselves

When we want to push someone or something harmful or undesired away, our feeling of aversion usually erupts in anger, hatred, fear, or rejection. Yet in Buddhism, aversion itself is a cause of human suffering. Its opposite is the practice of loving-kindness. As we cultivate compassion this month, let’s explore what orientation toward our current … Continue reading Is Compassion the Antidote to Aversion?

This Sunday in a special ritual, we confer the title of Minister Emerita on UUCG’s former minister Reverend Jan Taddeo, and we hear her reflection on our inclusive and defiant Love! We explore how the “flame of belonging” that we build at UUCG can spiral outward to warm and embrace communities beyond our own. Please … Continue reading The Flame of Belonging: Honoring Rev. Jan Taddeo

Belonging to each other is written into our DNA! So let’s defy our current culture’s efforts to divide us and instead embody the ways we recognize and cherish each other’s gifts and vulnerabilities. For our Annual Water Ceremony, please bring a small container of water from home, your travels, or other source. You’ll add your … Continue reading We Belong to Each Other