Penny Featherstone Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/speaker/penny-featherstone/ Welcome to UUCP Tue, 26 Aug 2025 23:38:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://uupensacola.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Chalice-new-uucp-2-150x150.png Penny Featherstone Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/speaker/penny-featherstone/ 32 32 Ingathering and Water Communion 2025 https://uupensacola.org/services/ingathering-and-water-communion-2025/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:01:51 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13363 Each year we mark our community coming back together as a congregation after the summer months. All are invited to bring a stone or token or small container of water – perhaps water from the tap that meets your daily thirst, or water brought back from distant travels. All will be mingled together and blessed, … Continue reading Ingathering and Water Communion 2025

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]]> 13363 Flower Communion 2025 https://uupensacola.org/services/flower-communion-2025/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:24:55 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=12965 As Rev. Maggie Lovins describes the service: This ritual was originally created by Czechoslovakian Unitarian minister Norbert Capek in 1923. Come, enjoy the beauty and olfactory splendor of our Flower Communion service as we celebrate the renewal of life and hope that is at the heart of the Easter and Passover season! You are invited … Continue reading Flower Communion 2025

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]]> 12965 Samhain and the Day of the Dead https://uupensacola.org/services/samhain-and-the-day-of-the-dead/ Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:56:15 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=11856 Presented by Penny Featherstone and Faerin Collins. Join in learning about Samhain, the Celtic New Year, the end of summer and the end of the harvest season. With the belief of the veil between the living and the dead being especially thin at this time, it allows for the rite of honoring the Dead.  We … Continue reading Samhain and the Day of the Dead

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]]> 11856 First Fruits Feast https://uupensacola.org/services/first-fruits-feast/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:33:46 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=11749 Presented by Faerin Collins and Penny Featherstone. Learn about the influence of the Cross Quarter Days and the Irish tradition of First Fruits feast followed by a sharing of food together. We will be celebrating our local harvest, so please make and bring a dish with the main ingredient that is grown locally, caught locally … Continue reading First Fruits Feast

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]]> 11749 Imbolc Celebration https://uupensacola.org/services/imbolc-celebration/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:41:59 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=11242 Imbolc Celebration with Penny Featherstone and Faerin Collins, dedicated and long-time member of this congregation. In honoring the Wheel of the Year, Penny will identify how Imbolc introduces moving toward the light, creativity, and energy. This season includes the gestation of ideas and the beginnings of spring that influence our UUCP community. Watch this service … Continue reading Imbolc Celebration

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]]> 11242 Mira and the Big Story https://uupensacola.org/services/mira-and-the-big-story/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 02:06:11 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=9668 “Mira and the Big Story,” a Sunday Service for All Ages in the sanctuary. UUCP Members Kate and Penny will present a multigenerational service based on the book “Mira and the Big Story” by Laura Alary. The service will explore a pathway to peace, the concept of truth, the value of diverse perspectives, and the … Continue reading Mira and the Big Story

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]]> 9668 The Intricacy of the Olive Tree https://uupensacola.org/services/the-intricacy-of-the-olive-tree/ Sat, 02 Mar 2019 18:21:17 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=6227 A journey to Israel fostered questions about why an olive branch represents peace. The twisting trunk and branches of the olive mimic the complex realities within Israel and the Middle East. Penny will share reflections on her trip to Israel last July. This Service will have a Time for All Ages, as well. Listen to … Continue reading The Intricacy of the Olive Tree

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]]> 6227 “Naamah, Wife of Noah” https://uupensacola.org/services/naamah-wife-of-noah/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 23:34:08 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=4538 In this Service for All Ages, the children will participate as we consider the tale of Naamah. When God tells Noah to gather the animals, God also calls on Naamah, Noah’s wife, to save each plant on earth. Naamah’s wisdom & love for the natural harmony of the earth inspire us to use our own … Continue reading “Naamah, Wife of Noah”

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