We will share thoughts about intangible gifts we have received as well as those we have to give. Music, meditation, web of gratitude/giving, distribution of Guest at your Table boxes during this Intergenerational service with participation by the children. Service leader: Celia Ellison
Lots of business gets done at UU General Assembly. But the annual meeting, held this year in Louisville, Ky., is more than work. UUs worshiped together every day, and the closing service this year was out of this world — really. Join Genevieve O’Malley Knight and Judi Hetrick for their final report to the congregation … Continue reading Sunday Service, November 17-“Revelations and Reflections”
The Rev. Ms. Denise D. Tracy talks with us about how every day we have the power to improve our own lives or someone else’s. Acknowledging another or being acknowledged may change our lives. The Rev. Denise Tracy is a long-time Unitarian Universalist minister. She is in the area to teach Tai Chi at First … Continue reading Sunday Service November 10-The Art of Acknowledgement
Diane Wright joins us for “The Latitudes of Home.” Today across the Atlantic and into central Africa, there will be a total eclipse. The next one near us will take place in August of 2017. “The Latitudes of Home” is a phrase from Annie Dillard’s essay on witnessing a total eclipse, in her book, “Teaching … Continue reading Sunday Service, November 3- “The Latitudes of Home.”
In the belief that “death can and should connect to life,” green burial is now an option nearby. Dan Appenzeller of Preble Memory Gardens and funeral director Robert Crooks will join us to discuss the belief that “burial is ‘green’ only when it furthers legitimate environmental aims such as protecting worker health, reducing carbon emissions, … Continue reading Sunday Service, October 27: “Green Burial.”
John A. Sanford is a Jungian psychoanalyst and Episcopalian priest who is identified with depth psychology and the spiritual healing movement. The first chapter of his book, The Invisible Partners, may have implications for Hopedale as a covenanting community and a welcoming congregation. Hopedale regular, Steve Dana, will help to explore these ideas, which have … Continue reading Sunday Service October 20: “Exploring Jungian concepts of Anima and Animus: The Inner Partner.”
30 years of connecting on a ‘cellular’ level. October 13 marks exactly 30 years since the first cellular telephone network was launched in Chicago on October 13, 1983. It was the beginning of something much bigger than those involved originally could have ever imagined. People argue that we are more connected than … Continue reading Sunday Service October 13: Ghosts in the Machine
The Campus Ministry Center is pleased to be hosting an International Peacemaker Dinner on Thursday, October 17 at 6 p.m. with special guest speaker, the Rev. Nicole Ashwood. The dinner, co-sponsored by the Oxford Presbyterian Church Peacemaking Committee is free and open to the public. Rev. Ashwood will speak on “The Welcome Table: Peacemaking, Gender Justice, Racial Equality and … Continue reading International Peacemaker from Jamaica, 10/17 at CMC
Jane Barnes, a supervisor of volunteers at Parachute (CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates) will share some of the stories of hope regarding children who have been abandoned, abused and/or neglected. Linda Amspaugh, a CASA volunteer, will be the service leader.
When European explorers first came to the area that became the United States, there were a billion acres of trees. We now have about 750 million acres of trees, but more are disappearing as forested areas are destroyed due to population growth and economic demands. Tree decimation also is occurring all over the planet. This … Continue reading Sunday Service September 29: “The Wisdom of Trees: Learning from the Natural World.”
