Borrowing a service by Rev. Erika Hewitt, and adapting it a little for this season, we take a humorous folk tale about trickery to provide a fresh look at the question: “Will I contribute the best of myself to this beloved community?” This service will involve participation of the children, as well as the mitten … Continue reading Sunday Service: “What Gifts Can We Bring” with Celia Ellison
On this Thanksgiving weekend in preparation for the December holidays let us enjoy some silence together. Jennifer Blue will give us a brief introduction to Quaker worship as she has experienced it, and then we will join in silent worship. Service leader: Jennifer Blue Intergenerational service – no Children’s RE today.
We are heading into the holiday season! And November 20 is the birthday of Charles Berlitz, who was famous for his language guides. Join Diane Wright to talk about life and the challenges of all our different languages as we get ready to communicate with people we don’t see very often. Service leader: Jennifer Blue. … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Native Tongues: Language and the Life of Charles Berlitz”
All faith traditions include behaviors that are described as prayer. What common experience of interaction with one’s divine nature do we share at Hopedale? Come with an open heart to explore a few thoughts with Kathleen Carels about this oft-overlooked practice. Service Leader: Celia Ellison Children’s RE: Activity in the lower level during the service.
Doris Bergen will lead us in exploring another of the sources of Unitarian Universalist inspiration: humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit. Service leader: Celia Ellison. Children’s RE: Classes 9:30 – 10:15 a.m., then children will … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Exploring the Sources of our Living Tradition”
At this turning of the wheel of year, Lori O’Malley will speak about the Samhain and the importance of this sabbath in pagan tradition. We will have the opportunity to join in a ritual of release and renewal as we reflect on all the past year has brought us. Genevieve O’Malley Knight will be the … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Samhain”
Celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m., Mole Day commemorates Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10 23 ), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry. Join Diane Wright as we explore the ways, and the reasons, we measure and understand our world. Service Leader: Patty Klingenberg. Children’s RE: Classes 9:30 – … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Digging Mole Day: A Unitarian Universalist Perspective”
Hopedale member Ann Fuehrer will outline this year’s process of renewing Hopedale’s Welcoming Congregation status. She will frame welcoming practices within the context of the core of the UUA’s 8th Principle, journeying toward spiritual wholeness in Beloved Community. Service leader: Kathleen Carels. Children’s RE: Activity in lower level during the service.
Libby Earle and Liz Woedl represented Hopedale at the UUA General Assembly in June and will describe the GA experience at a time when UUs seek to embrace an inclusive future. Children’s RE: Classes 9:30 – 10:15 a.m., then they will join their families for the intergenerational service.
Kathleen Carels will bring our focus to the source: “Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves.” Most of us still kindle, to some degree in our hearts and souls, parts of earlier experiences that influence our current understanding of what it means to be … Continue reading Sunday Service: “Exploring the Sources of our Living Tradition”
