Throughout December we are exploring the theme of HOPE from different perspectives. What does it mean to hope in the midst of great challenges? How can new people or experiences in life bring us hope? What is the difference between faith, hope and optimism? How is hope reflected in Hanukkah, Christmas and the turning of the New Year? Join us for our varied services on hope, filled with beautiful music, joyful singing, meaningful rituals and words of inspiration.
Throughout December we are exploring the theme of HOPE from different perspectives. What does it mean to hope in the midst of great challenges? How can new people or experiences in life bring us hope? What is the difference between faith, hope and optimism? How is hope reflected in Hanukkah, Christmas and the turning of the New Year? Join us for our varied services on hope, filled with beautiful music, joyful singing, meaningful rituals and words of inspiration.
Throughout December we are exploring the theme of HOPE from different perspectives. What does it mean to hope in the midst of great challenges? How can new people or experiences in life bring us hope? What is the difference between faith, hope and optimism? How is hope reflected in Hanukkah, Christmas and the turning of the New Year? Join us for our varied services on hope, filled with beautiful music, joyful singing, meaningful rituals and words of inspiration.
Throughout December we are exploring the theme of HOPE from different perspectives. What does it mean to hope in the midst of great challenges? How can new people or experiences in life bring us hope? What is the difference between faith, hope and optimism? How is hope reflected in Hanukkah, Christmas and the turning of the New Year? Join us for our varied services on hope, filled with beautiful music, joyful singing, meaningful rituals and words of inspiration.
Unitarian Universalism is a faith that invites us to live in the tension between being present to the world as it is and organizing to bring about the world as it could be. But as with any effort, we Unitarian Universalists are far from perfect and over centuries, systems of White Supremacy have allowed UUs to fail to embrace the diversity and multiculturalism of community our living tradition envisions. Join guest preacher, Gregory C. Carrow-Boyd, for a story-based worship service of the opportunities, failures, and successes the Unitarians, Universalists, and now Unitarian Universalists have had in engaging Black Americans in the faith we share.
What if Thanksgiving was more than a time of gathering and feasting and instead truly focused on gratitude? What if we used this holiday to honestly count our blessings and give thanks for our lives? This service will focus on offering gratitude and thanksgiving through music, story and ritual; ways that help us enrich this special holiday. To help us celebrate this occasion, we will partake in a special corn bread ritual.
In honor of Veteran’s Day this weekend we will listen to and explore the stories of veterans. Is the military system we have today in harmony with our UU values of striving for equality and peace? How are our veterans treated? How do Unitarian Universalists who serve our country make sense of their duty, while living with their UU values? Does an all-volunteer army go against our values? Please take a moment to hear some of our members sharing their experiences as veterans.
Stories are powerful. As Stewardship Consultant Kay Crider visits our congregation this weekend, we explore what it means to be shaped by our stories. As we look into the future and make decisions based on how and where we are now, what stories do we tell? What do we pay attention to and what stories do we wish to create? Join us as we begin our exploration of the theme of story. What stories are we telling as a congregation and as individuals?
Honoring our Ancestors – Sam Dickerson, Merlin Snider & Thelma Williams
“Our ancestors speak through us in whispers of strength.” ~ Anonymous. Day of the Dead and All Soul’s Day is a time to honor our ancestors, celebrating them through stories and song. Sam Dickerson, Merlin Snider and Thelma Williams, together with our young TrUUbadors, will lead this intergenerational service. We invite you to bring photos of your relatives and friends who are no longer with us, both from this community and your families, to place on our community altar of remembrance. Let us pull from their love and strength so that we may heal what troubles us, and move toward a more joyous future for all generations.
In the political moment through which we’re living, some of our most fundamental values are challenged daily and human rights are under attack in new and dangerous ways. We know we are called to speak out and act for justice, but how we show up in the struggles ahead is just as important. What does our faith have to teach us about this?
The Rev. Kathleen McTigue is the Director of the UU College of Social Justice. Prior to accepting this position in 2012, she served as a parish minister for 25 years, first in North Carolina and then New Haven, CT. She currently resides in Boston, MA. The UU College of Social Justice is a joint project of the UUA and UUSC and is based in Cambridge, MA. The mission of the College is to inspire and sustain faith-based action for justice on issues of local, national and global importance. To find out more please visit: uucsj.org
