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This Sunday we will be considering the question, “What does it mean to be a community of story?” as we welcome visitors participating in the Interfaith Mission Service Hometown Pilgrimage. This is our opportunity to share our Unitarian Universalist story, as well as our welcoming presence, with the wider community. Speaker: Reverend Alice Syltie
Our theme for November is Story and the question is, “What does it mean to be a community of Story?” Lessons from the Little Golden Books come to mind for me. What are the stories that live in you? What is the story you would like to be living, especially this week as we approach … Continue reading Golden Moments
As we conclude our month devoted to healing, we will consider grief from the perspective of other cultures, as well as our own Unitarian Universalist culture. You are invited to bring a photo or a memento of someone whose spirit lives on within you. Between now and then, you may want to consider how to … Continue reading A Day of Healing and Remembrance
Joining Rev. Syltie for this special Sunday will be the Reverend Carlton Smith, representing our Southern Region, as we celebrate our success in moving, renovating our current building, selling our previous property, and dedicating ourselves and our building to the higher purpose to which we are called.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, wrote poet Robert Frost. If you know where you are, and where you are going, this may be true. If you are lost in the dark and deep woods, you might not think they are so lovely. As we continue our contemplation of what it means to be … Continue reading Gifts of the Deep Woods
Our theme for October is healing and the question before us is, “What does it mean to be a community of healing?” As individuals we may find ourselves, or those we love, seeking healing of mind, body or spirit. Families and communities also experience times of disruption or trauma that require healing. Most of us … Continue reading A Community of Healing
When Martin Luther King, Jr. claimed that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” he was borrowing from Unitarian Minister and Transcendentalist, Theodore Parker, who expressed the sentiment a century earlier. Today, as we contemplate our place in the Global Community, these words still offer a perspective of hope. … Continue reading Our Covenant With the World
Unitarian Universalist Theologian and Social Ethicist, James Luther Adams, reminds us, “the covenant is for the individual as well as the collective. The individual is brought out of separateness into covenant. We are responsible for individual behavior but also for the character of society.” As we continue to explore our September theme of Covenant, we … Continue reading Faith, Love, and Loyalty
Labor Day weekend has traditionally marked the close of the summer season; the last chance for a long weekend to enjoy the beach, lake, or community pool. Even though the temperature does not appear to be changing drastically, this Sunday we will once again celebrate the change of seasons with our water ceremony. You are … Continue reading All Church Annual Water Ceremony
The theme for September is covenant. A covenant is comprised of promises we make. These promises might be to one another, to ourselves, or to something greater to which we feel we belong. As Unitarian Universalist we covenant to affirm and promote justice, equity and compassion in human relations. In honor of Labor Day we … Continue reading A Fair Chance for All
