The Explorers, 5th – 7th graders, lead this multi-generational worship service based on the story The Christmas Menorahs by Janice Cohn. Cohn’s book is based on a true story from Billings, Montana. After someone throws a rock through Isaac Schnitzer’s window, the people of Billings join together to fight a series of hate crimes. The […]
Join Worship Associates Linda Sanders, Kate Franta, and Tracy Spinka-Doms in the Parish Hall to celebrate the Winter Solstice, the time of the longest nights and shortest days of the year. Come help us celebrate the return of the light! “Again did the earth shift, again did the nights grow short and the days long. […]
The month of December can be difficult for those of us who have experienced losses or disappointments. And that, of course, is all of us. The Blue Christmas service allows us to acknowledge those feelings of sadness and emptiness, and to experience some healing. We will explore the darkness with words and music and a […]
Please join us for our Vespers series on Wednesday evening, December 6, from 6:30-7:00 p.m. in the church sanctuary. (Childcare will be available from 6:00-7:15 p.m.) The services will be based on the Taizé style of worship, featuring candlelight, inspirational music, readings and meditation. Come to find peace, silence and fellowship. Amid all the noise […]
What does it mean to be a people of hope? It means giving and receiving our stories of hope; it means supporting each other as we feel the holy impatience of hope and let it impel us towards the new day that waits for each of us.
This sermon won the 2015 Dana McLean Greeley Award from the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office. The theme of the contest was “International Criminal Justice: From Punitive to Restorative.” Doug’s sermon speaks to the war on drugs and the importance of drawing from broader contexts to solve problems such as crime, terrorism, or drug abuse. […]
Our annual multi-generational Thanksgiving service enacts the ritual of table-setting as a way to appreciate the abundance in our lives. Using words and music and the objects that embody our various family Thanksgiving traditions, we will tell the stories of our personal and communal experiences of abundance and gratitude. Would you like to help us […]
The “sermon topic of your choice” at the Auction last Spring was won by a youth who wanted to hear a sermon about our relationship to the lives of animals. In fulfilling that request, we are thrilled to welcome the Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner. She will speak to us about Albert Schweitzer, physician, theologian, musician, […]
What would it be like if our worship service centered entirely around the voices and the experiences of black Unitarian Universalists? What truths might we hear, however difficult? What might we learn? How might these black UU leaders teach us to be better allies, better siblings in faith, and even better citizens in our community? […]
Please join us for our Vespers series on Wednesday evening, October 4, from 6:30-7:00 pm in the church sanctuary. (Childcare will be available from 6:00-7:15 pm.) The services will be based on the Taizé style of worship, featuring candlelight, inspirational music, readings and meditation. Come to find peace, silence and fellowship. Amid all the noise […]