Because we respect everyone’s worth and dignity, we make the safety of all a priority as we plan the sacred spaces we open and the way we conduct our gatherings. And, we are grateful for the safety specialists who we ask to help us take care of each other in times of need. Bill Benshoof … Continue reading Nurturing Gratitude for Group Safety
Amy Lloyd says,“Today I want to greet joyWithout a trace of suspicionI want to open my eyes to the lightWithout a blink of dreadI want to look at my past without a whisper of shame.I want to look at my future without a hint of fear.” Let us set our intention today to be grateful … Continue reading Nurturing Gratitude for What Is and For What is Yet to Be
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
Practices to increase love, and connection with our Web of Light, and action to nurture this love. Daniel Bailey (he/him), Worship LeaderBruce Leonard (he/him), Worship Associate Join us in person or online via Zoom.
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
A CUUPS-hosted service. As the veil thins, we gather in stillness to share a meal with those who no longer walk beside us but remain ever near. In silence, we invite them in, feel their presence, and listen between the beats of our hearts. Our annual Ritual of Remembrance will honor those we’ve lost this … Continue reading Listening in Silence
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
Compassion is one of those experiences that we know when we feel it, but find it much more difficult to explain it. In those times, we turn to the magic of poets to help us sing and bless and open our hearts. Bob Patrick (he/him), Worship LeaderIan Van Sice (he/him), Worship Associate You can view … Continue reading Verses of Compassion
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?
In a world constantly shifting, we are invited to deepen our connections—not by resisting change, but by embracing it. This service, inspired by Karen Hering’s book Trusting Change, explores how building belonging is not static but formed and re-formed through transformation. Together, we will cross the threshold of change into an inclusive and defiant love … Continue reading Becoming Thresholders of Change
