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
Guest Presenter: Mary Gutierrez, BS, MPA, CPH, environmental professional, advocate, and community leader. Human beings share an intrinsic relationship with nature, relying on it for the essentials of life—clean air, water, food, and shelter—while also finding inspiration, healing, and cultural meaning in natural spaces. This connection is both practical and spiritual, shaping our identities, communities, and … Continue reading Inspiration, healing and cultural meaning in natural spaces
Presenter Martha S. Horton, PhD, will offer information and hope that immature adults who are psychologically normal can heal their early emotional stoppages, achieve emotional maturity, and gain inner peace. It is possible. She will share what her life was like when she was immature, how she discovered her immaturity and healed herself, and what … Continue reading Growing Up in Adulthood: the Journey to Emotional Maturity and Inner Peace
What happens when the spirituality that once held your world together no longer fits? When the prayers stop working or the story simply can’t hold the weight of life anymore? This talk explores the grief of spiritual unraveling—the loss of what once gave us meaning—and honors the courage it takes to let go. It’s a … Continue reading When the Old Story Falls Apart
We talk a lot about being a “welcoming community”—welcoming the outsider, the stranger, even those we struggle to understand. But what if the first step toward that kind of welcome isn’t external? What if it starts with how we meet every part of ourselves? This talk will explore what happens when we stop pushing away … Continue reading The Art of Radical Welcome
Is there a network of tunnels, perhaps built by an ancient but technologically advanced civilization, hiding beneath our feet? The answer may SHOCK you! (No.) But what do such conspiracy theories, and other identity markers of our beliefs/credences, say about ourselves? Joe Vinson presents. There will be a New Member Welcome Ceremony included in this … Continue reading Pensacola Tunnels, Conspiracies, and the Performance of Belief
Presenters: Claire Helton, Laura Ericson, Trista Blouin from UUCP Church Community Memento mori: remember you must die, the Stoics said. I am of the nature to die, Buddhism remembers. We’re all just walking each other home, Ram Dass taught. Join us for a service on death, dying, and grief, as three UUCP Professionals – a … Continue reading Dust to Dust: Spiritual & Practical Reflections on Death, Dying & Grief
