How do we embody our values as UUs in an intentional community with people from diverse backgrounds? From culture to civic alignment, to even simply etiquette around expression, how are we stewarding the next generation while fully exploring what it means to be human? Presented by Honor Bell III (they/them), CRE and Admin. Fifth Sunday: … Continue reading What is Safety While In a Diverse Community?
“And we will care for each other / as the world around us unravels / And we will tend to the spark / of hope that lives within our grieving hearts.” These are the words that started our first FemFest Song Circle gathering one year ago and the group has met monthly ever since at … Continue reading Tending the Spark: A Women’s History Month Service
In this talk, Zachary Helton will share the story behind his new novel, Metta Valley Gospel—what it is, where it came from, and why it feels urgently needed in this cultural moment. What happens when we retell the stories that formed us? What new possibilities emerge when compassion becomes the center of the narrative? Join … Continue reading Reimagining the Sacred: Metta Valley Gospel and the “Good News” We Need
The Big Adventure, this thing we call… LIFE! Join us for a talk with Ric Kindle about his travels around the country with Hazel Nuts. He will share lessons learned from traveling and others ‘relearned’ about this Life!!
Join us in bringing in the New Year. UUCP’s musicians, instrumentalists and vocalists will create a special service to uplift our spirits for the winter season moving toward the light.
Presenter: Pat Gleich, Ph.D., Social Science and Sociology. Charles Dickens 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, exposes Dickens’ Unitarian roots and demonstrates that a profound inner transformation is possible even without explicit religious references. He shows that a person can undergo a deep personal renewal—one that inspires compassion and generosity toward others. Through Scrooge’s dramatic change … Continue reading Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” as Unitarian Thesis
This time of the year is often focused on the Christian concept of the Holy Family. Our Church Family is sacred to so many of us in our congregation and binds us together in times of celebration and comfort. Today, we celebrate our families of birth, families of choice and families of fate. Three families … Continue reading The Wholly Family Service
Our Bread Communion is the second of our three annual celebrations. (InGathering in September, Bread Communion in November and the Flower Communion in Springtime.) Similar to our congregants, breads come in a wide variety with various histories. Every civilization that has ever lived on the earth has made some type of bread. This communion service … Continue reading Bread Communion: Our Annual Celebration
Join us for another Musical Sunday Service, where the spirit of song and storytelling takes center stage. This week, we’re thrilled to feature four beloved UUCP members—Barbara Wright, Scott Satterwhite, Herman “Pappi” Campbell, and Ray—as they each share a meaningful story about a song close to their hearts. Our talented musicians will then guide us in … Continue reading Musical Sunday Service
What do you think are the commonalities between Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day? Is it just for Christians? What do you think might be the cultural and spiritual significance? Do other cultures celebrate and revere the dead? Let us explore together some of these questions, and let us think about our own thoughts … Continue reading Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls
