In anticipation of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, Ann Fuehrer will reflect on her own challenges to demonstrate spiritual growth. Service leader: Jennifer Blue.

Remember to “Fall Back” by 1 hour Saturday night. The end of October and the beginning of November bring several holidays focused on remembering those who have died. Join Diane Wright and Cynthia Kelley as we explore the traditions of this time of year, and remember those we have lost.  

After service leader Doris Bergen briefly discusses the role being scared may play in our positive (or negative) responses to life, participants will be invited to briefly share personal scary thoughts and how they cope with them to make their lives more resilient and productive. The purpose of this service is to help us be … Continue reading Sunday ZOOM Service – (Hallowe’en!) “What Am I Scared Of?”

Please join Carla Blackmar, board member of the MOON cooperative; to discuss the ways producer, consumer, and worker cooperatives can help build thriving communities. She will present three types of cooperative economic structures, and provide local examples of how cooperatives prioritize people over profit. Service leader: Patty Klingenberg

Taking ideas from personal experience, books, and the comics, service leader Linda Amspaugh will explore the process of growing older.  What do you have to look forward to?  How do “old people” cope?  Are there advantages in being the oldest one in the room?  Are there connections between growing older and our Principles and Traditions?  … Continue reading Sunday ZOOM Service – On Growing Older:  It’s Better Than the Alternative.

Sex and gender are not the same thing, and both of them exist on a spectrum. During LGBT History month, on the day before Coming Out Day, service leader Jennifer Blue will lead us in a discussion of sex and gender and sexuality, and how understanding these concepts ties to our principles.

In the words of the Reverend Emily Gage, of Chicago, “Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations points us toward something beyond ‘inherent worth and dignity.’ It points us to the larger community. It gets at collective responsibility. It reminds us that treating people as human beings is not simply something we do one-on-one, but … Continue reading Sunday ZOOM Service – Reflections on the Second Principle: Justice, Equity and Compassion in Human Relations.

Presenters Cynthia Kelley and Genevieve O’Malley Knight will lead a discussion on the different types of things learned during the past year and a half. If you have learned something new or unexpected that you’d like to share, please contact Cynthia or Genevieve by mid- September. Service Leader: Celia Ellison.

The autumn religious holidays in the Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashanah [New Year] and Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement], have been celebrated for centuries. Terry Perlin, Miami Professor Emeritus and Hopedale Emeritus, examines the mythic, and moral, roots of the religion’s communal life. It concludes with an evaluation of contemporary political and ethical issues in Israel, … Continue reading Sunday ZOOM Service: The Jewish New Year:  Myth and Reality. 

This year marks 20 years since the attacks of 9/11.  We will reflect on what was happening the day after the attacks:  how people responded in many different ways, and how individuals, and our nation as a whole, began on new paths of many kinds.  Join Diane Wright as we reflect on the ways we … Continue reading Sunday Zoom Service: Shock and Fright and Quiet Candlelight: 20 years later, remembering the day after 9/11.