Our Resisting Fascism Team joins Rev. Nancy and Britt to share ways to practice resistance here and now. We bless and commission our journeys toward justice this year. Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones (she/her), Worship LeaderBritt Parris (she/they), Worship AssociateResisting Fascism Team, Worship Associates Join us in person or online via Zoom.
Our inclusive and defiant love calls us to focus on community care. It promises us companionship and joy when we show up for our communities, working for safety in the face of fear, managing discomfort for the sake of holy connections. How shall we embody Love this year? Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones (she/her), Worship LeaderDmitri … Continue reading Community Care and the Practice of Resistance
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?
