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Our worship theme this month asks what does it mean to be a community of joy? Does it mean we are always happy? Many believe the opposite of joy is not sadness, but isolation and disconnection. Joy connects us to each other, to the world, and to the divine. How can our religious community help … Continue reading A Community of Joy
“Storysharing: Celebrating a Year in Children and Youth Religious Education” Join in a lively, multi-generational worship service that celebrates our year in Children and Youth RE, sharing the stories and spiritual themes we’ve explored. Children and youth will help lead our liturgy, presenting what they have learned and accomplished this year. In addition, we will … Continue reading Storysharing
What does it mean to be a community of embodiment? This is our question for the month of May. As Unitarian Universalists, we strive to embody the principles and purposes of our liberal faith. Rarely is there one answer to how that might be accomplished. How might we speak of embodiment in light of the … Continue reading A Community of Embodiment
Radical Transformation: Our Annual Flower Communion Service and Celebration of the Season for All Ages The Easter story is a story of transformation. In this season of new life and renewal, we celebrate the gift of life and the transforming power of love. Our worship will include a special message for all ages, the giving … Continue reading Radical Transformation
Our theme for April is Transformation. A fitting theme for the month when we welcome Spring and recognize the Jewish and Christian holy days of Palm Sunday, Passover, and Easter. Each of these occasions call to mind stories of transformation and liberation. On this Palm Sunday, we will ask ourselves what larger hope, what greater … Continue reading Palm Sunday: A Story of Liberation
The Huntsville Feminist Chorus, directed by our UUCH Music Director, Pam Siegler, presents a story in song from their recent Spring Program. This chorus program is part of the UAH Women’s and Gender Studies “Interfaith Conversations” series this spring. We celebrate the diversity of spiritualities that weave us all together and enable us to accomplish … Continue reading All of Us
Where is the Sacred Ground of our Unitarian Universalist faith? What risks do we take when we embrace a religion without a creed? How do we know what to believe? Have you asked yourself any of these questions? As we close out our month of contemplating what it means to be a Community of Risk, … Continue reading Standing on Sacred Ground
The Unitarian Service Committee adopted our Flaming Chalice for use in 1941. Among other things, it has been a symbol for us of freedom, commitment, sacrifice, courage, and illumination. We tend the flame of our faith by remembering the stories of our history and the vision they offer us for a future of justice, compassion, … Continue reading Tending the Flame
A Community of Identity What Does it Mean to be a Community of Identity?The theme for February has been Identity. And the question we are asked to consider is “What does it mean to be a community of identity?” For members of a religious organization that welcomes diversity, this could be a challenging question. It’s … Continue reading What Does it Mean to be a Community of Identity?
In the South, you are quickly defined by who your family is, what team you root for, and what church you call home. Unitarians and Universalists have a history that extends all the way back to the founding of our nation, yet we still have an “image” problem. Mainly, people have no idea who we … Continue reading UU in a Christian World
