Have you ever felt as if someone was listening to you, but not hearing you? Or have you ever zoned out and realized that you had no idea what the person you were talking to was saying? This morning we will look at the art of deep listening and hearing each other’s stories.
Drawing on story and music from the world of jazz and the life of Miles Davis, this service explores what it can mean to “play what you know and then play above that” when it comes to living our faith, being in community, and moving toward a new normal. This service is a multi-generational service ...
Come celebrate and support our high school seniors as they cross the bridge and we mark their transitions from youth to young adulthood. This rite of passage honors their journeys and our commitment to support them along the way!
Does this quote from Ellen Goodman ring true for you? “Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that ...
Rebecca Solnit writes: “I believe it is more than possible for the spirit of generosity and inclusion and the protection of nature to win – but that depends on what we, WE, do now.” This service celebrates Earth Day and honors the Delaware Nature Society with our special offering as we explore the demands of ...
Practice resurrection are the final words of a Wendell Berry poem. Until I read them there, I had never thought of resurrection as something one could practice. What does such practice look like? Letting go to create space? Letting something new in?
At sunset on March 27, Jewish communities begin the celebration of Passover. One of the traditional Passover songs often sung at the Seder is Dayenu, “it would have been enough.” Our service honors this holiday and will include a reflection on the meaning and experience of enough – having enough, fearing the loss of it, ...
Discipleship is following our personal and our communal spirituality; it is living mindfully in support of our higher purpose and meaning. And sometimes it isn’t easy to live out our beliefs. What is the cost to ourselves and our lives in living out our deepest values and aspirations?
This service focuses on the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and is the annual Justice Sunday Service at our Church. The theme is “Transforming the World with Justice” and in the context of the pandemic, natural disasters, refugee struggles, war, violence, corruption, and disregard for life, the idea of transforming the world ...
A multigenerational service for Stewardship Sunday. We celebrate the resilience of this community and the connections we make, keep, and count on in these challenging times as we begin our Stewardship campaign for the 2021-22 church year.