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
Guest Speaker: Henry Neufeld, scholar of Biblical and Cognate languages. Conversations often fail because while using the same words, we sometimes speak different languages. We need a deepened respect for the stories of others, not just the exciting, easily relatable stories, but those that stand behind what we truly mean by what we say. Interfaith … Continue reading Communicating Across the Gaps: An Interfaith Linguistic Perspective
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
Joe Vinson, Board Member of UUCP with a Masters of Arts in History will be our speaker. “Lamentations” – Tisha B’Av, the siege of Jerusalem, and processing grief and trauma through art. This service is about the siege of Jerusalem that is described in the book of Lamentations and commemorated by the Jewish holiday Tisha … Continue reading “Lamentations” – Tisha B’Av
Long time friend of UUCP Julie Patton will present a program on “Recovering Sacred Presence in a Disenchanted World.” This topic will touch on the New Story of creation, which incorporates evidence-based scientific research into an evolutionary model of the transcendent unfolding in time. In this service we will celebrate our members and close family members … Continue reading Recovering Sacred Presence
Once again, Barbara Wright, a dedicated member of UUCP will provide a thoughtful service. This is the next installment in our special series based on the book Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World by Ken Beller and Heather Chase. Our Peace Sunday candidates are mixed in their familiarity. Bruno Hussar believes in “Interfaith Harmony” and has created … Continue reading The Great Peacemakers Series
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
A look at how early Christians viewed the importance of works — service and charity — and how the ‘by faith alone’ doctrine led to a modern Christianity that is increasingly divorced from the teachings of Jesus. Watch this service on our YouTube channel here.
Our annual Flower Communion Service is a celebration of the renewal of life and hope at the center of this season of Easter, Passover, and Spring. It is also a time to build lasting memories for our children. Our sanctuary comes alive with the splendor of flowers, representing the variety and beauty reflected in our … Continue reading Flower Communion Sunday: Awaken to Life
In this darkest time of the year, communities of faith light candles to brighten our nights, as well as our spirits. We enter the second week of Advent in the midst of Hanukah and on the cusp of Bodhi Day, the time when Prince Gautama took his place under the Bodhi tree, seeking to attain … Continue reading The Season of Lights
