As we dive into our theme of imagination this month, we explore what can happen when we allow our imagination to guide our lives. Can we free ourselves from our day-to-day habits and beliefs to thinking outside the box and creating a life beyond our wildest imagination? Join us for a service setting your imagination … Continue reading Set Your Imagination Free
This I Believe is based on a popular radio program from the 1950s. We take time to listen to the beliefs of our congregation members. This I Believe shows us that although there is one light, there are many windows.
In many ways 2020 has been the most fraught and challenging year any of us have ever experienced. As it comes to a close we’ll review how we have come to this place in American history and offer some reasons for hope going forward. Today’s worship is led by longtime UU and Chalice member, Deryck … Continue reading Now Hope
Winter Solstice is a celebration of the longest night, a time where embracing our darkness is a springboard to personal growth and change. Come celebrate the beauty of winter solstice through music, words and visuals. Experience the serenity of solstice, a time to reflect and rejuvenate. Together we will walk through a simple exercise of letting go and looking into the future. Please have a piece of paper and pencil with you.
As the darkness of this time of year closes in, and we remain sheltered in our homes, we visit the wisdom of stillness. Normally this time of year is frantic and exhausting. Can we do it differently this year, honoring the still small voice inside that yearns to guide us? Join us to hear stillness speak.
Today we begin our celebration of the holiday season by honoring the shared threads between the UU tradition of Chalica, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. This intergenerational service for the whole family will also welcome and celebrate our newest members. Join us for a Sunday of festivity and tradition and maybe even a surprise visit from Santa. Please have a candle at the ready.
We have much to be thankful for, but it’s no time to fall into complacency. Our work to build a more just and equitable world continues. Join Worship Leader and Board President Jason Hall for this post Thanksgiving service.
Nature, if we listen and pay attention to it, has abundant lessons in healing. Today, as we give thanks for our earth and harvest in this Thanksgiving service, we will explore the abundant healing gifts of nature. There will be a special collection for Harbor House during the service, as well as a drive-through food collection for Adelante Communidad and surprise after the service.
On this post-election Sunday, we will look at where we are in this nation and discern a path towards healing. Join us to tend to our hearts and spirits at this time and feel the comforting presence of community.
Vocation comes from the Latin word for “call,” and it is deeply rooted in Jewish and Christian tradition. Originally meaning an occupation to which one is well-suited, especially a religious one, it has morphed into the idea of any work that is purpose driven. But notice that calling implies the relationship of a listener and a voice. In mindfulness tradition and practice, when we pay attention to what lies beyond our own ego, we become aware of the interdependent world we live in and the suffering surrounds us. Listening to the call we respond with compassion.
