Join the online celebration of the renewal of life and hope at the center of this season of Easter, Passover, and Spring. Gather with your whole family, and bring in flowers, if you have them, for a virtual Flower Ceremony. We will celebrate with the words and the spirit of Norbert Capek, the Unitarian Bishop … Continue reading Virtual Service: Season of Hope and Liberation
We Are Connected, a multi-generational Sunday Service by Rev. Alice Syltie with help from her family. As we manage the emotions that come with this unprecedented time, Rev. Alice weaves together Buddhist teachings, brain science, and UU values to help us reflect on our interconnectedness. UUCP plans to post Sunday Service videos weekly as well … Continue reading Virtual Service: We Are Connected
The theme for March is Wisdom, leading us to ask, What does it mean to be a people of Wisdom? Does greater wisdom require the accumulation of knowledge or data? What do we gain from study and reflection of our own lives? In a two-part presentation, March 1 and 8, Bob Gerold and Rev. Alice … Continue reading A People of Wisdom
It makes sense that Resilience is the theme for February, which is the month we are called to honor African American History. February was chosen because it also contains the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederic Douglass. This Sunday we will consider the spirit of resilience that gives an oppressed people the will to survive and … Continue reading A People of Resilience
Our February theme is Resilience. What does it mean to be a people of resilience? Is it about being tough and independent? Is it learning to live together in a complicated world? Is it about taking care of ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually? If it means all of this, how might a covenanted community, like … Continue reading A People of Resilience
Participating in a Unitarian Universalist community is an opportunity to search our own inner landscape for meaning and purpose. One perspective is that we are a religion that sees people struggling, not against our own sinful souls, but against a shallow, frantic and materialistic world that all-too-often leaves us disconnected from our deepest selves, life’s … Continue reading Exploring Our Inner Landscape
As Unitarian Universalists we draw from a number of sources in our search for spiritual wisdom. We honor people of prophetic words and deeds which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love. I believe many would agree that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King … Continue reading Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Bring family, friends and guests for a special service of carols and readings for all ages concluding with a traditional candle lighting. A Special Offering will be taken to benefit our Members’ Assistance fund which is used throughout the year to help our church families in need.
On this first day of winter we pay tribute to the nourishing dark, as we welcome the return of the light. With poetry and song we celebrate the Winter Solstice. Please join us for coffee and Sunday Sweets after the service! Listen to the Service
A collaborative effort on the part of Rev. Alice, Sarah Stubbs and the Children’s Religious Education Team to bring to life the spirit of Christmas. “The Spirit of the Christmas Tree” is a Christmas pageant written by Joyce Poley, a Canadian Unitarian Universalist composer who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. We will adapt this pageant … Continue reading Spirit of the Christmas Tree
