All ages will gather in the building at our usual morning time, but not for a typical service. Instead, bring leftovers, table-top games, and cards to enjoy each other’s fellowship as we close out another year together. Service leader: Sunday Service Committee Children’s RE: Intergenerational
Christmas Eve Service, 7pm Join us for lessons and carols, many carols. If you are joining via Zoom please have a candle with you, if possible, so you can participate in sharing of the light that ends the service. If you are coming in person, please bring cookies to share following the service. Presenter and … Continue reading Christmas Eve (Wed.) Service
On the longest night of the year let us lean into the darkness. Our celebrations of light are coming, our human desire is to counter the cold of winter, but for this moment we will center ourselves in the stillness. Join Patty Klingenberg for a time of reflection. Presenter and Service leader: Patty Klingenberg Monthly … Continue reading Sunday Service: Solstice
Let’s reflect on our memories and what they do for us and to us. I will share some of my recent memories, and I will invite you to share some of yours. Together, we’ll explore the past in hope that it will help prepare us for what’s to come. Presenter and Service Leader: Darrel Davis Social … Continue reading Sunday Service: Memories
Thoughts in National Letter-Writing Day On Dec. 7 we celebrate the art and history of handwritten letters. Come join us as Diane Wright explores letter-writing, and how it differs from other forms of connection. Presenter: Diane WrightService leader: Adriane Ruther
Let’s take a moment at this busy time of year to slow down and listen to the silence. Join Jennifer Blue for silent Quaker worship on Thanksgiving weekend. Presenter and Service leader: Jennifer Blue
J. Robert Moskin says, “Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.” The service will include tossing our Gratitude Ball of Yarn, some help from our kids, and the availability of Guest … Continue reading Sunday Service: Thanksgiving – Being Grateful
How do we as a congregation and as individuals use, let alone practice, such words during these challenging times? Join the Reverend Mary Tarbell-Green as she tells us the story of a deer and what her journey has to teach us. The Rev. Mary serves as Assistant Minister for Pastoral Care at First Unitarian Church of … Continue reading Sunday Service: Hope, Yearning, Resolve
The biblical flood story of Noah has been inspirational for millennia. More recently science has uncovered facts about a flood unprecedented in human history, from a time and place that indicate it was the source of the Great Flood experiences and stories. Can this flood story by science be at least as inspirational as Noah’s … Continue reading Sunday Service: Can a Science Flood Story Inspire Us as Much as the One by Noah? OR How Long Can You Tread Water?
The end of October and beginning of November are set aside by several cultures as times for remembering those who are deceased. Join Diane Wright as we consider these traditions around the world, and what they mean for us as Unitarian Universalists. Presenter: Diane Wright Service leader: Kathleen Carels
