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Raise Your Hand If

Inspired by Jayme Trott’s auction-won sermon, Rev. Kim explores the challenges of relationships, real people, and our charge to Love.

Do Not Begin Without a Blessing

Gather together to celebrate the dedication of our newly expanded building! After seven years, we come to celebrate, discover, and dream. This service will also feature special music from Simon Couchoud, saxophone & oboe and Wyatt Couchoud, saxophone.

Say Yes

Modern life can be an exhausting barrage of things clamoring for your attention. Having access to ‘more’ puzzlingly enough often leads us to doing ‘less.’ We can easily become overloaded and stuck. And with current events, finding the motivation to move forward is not always easy. This Sunday, UU Ministerial Intern Nick Sanchez shares a … Continue reading Say Yes

On Good Guys and Bad Guys and Other Unhelpful Ideas

For generations, Unitarian Universalism was known for our belief in the inherent worth and dignity of all people. But what happens when our experiences don’t match our beliefs? What happens when it feels like there are two sides to this world – of good and bad, worthy and unworthy? As we approach Thanksgiving with families … Continue reading On Good Guys and Bad Guys and Other Unhelpful Ideas

Smile, Breathe, and Go Slowly

As Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us in these five words, sometimes the simplest messages can offer the greatest grounding. On this Joys and Sorrows Sunday, Intern Minister Lisa Schilansky will help us explore what messages we hope for and need to hear from the universe. This service will also feature special music from guest musician … Continue reading Smile, Breathe, and Go Slowly

For Centuries to Come

And how will we nurture one another now? Gather this Sunday to remember and re-member how we will live into this still, and always, creative world.

Breaking Open, Not Apart

On the Sunday before our nation’s historic election, we come to gather in community, hope, and to regulate our nervous system during this tumultuous time.

Listening on the Wind Phone

For our annual All Souls Sunday, we consider the invitation and blessing of the Wind Phone. What do we hear when we call on our ancestors, the ones we grieve, and the mourning that speaks from within our hearts?

Repentance: A Collective Breath

Over the past few years, more towns and cities have chosen to turn towards justice and right relationship, observing Indigenous Peoples’ Day rather than Columbus Day. On this Sunday, on the cusp of this day of remembrance and honoring, on the heels of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, how are we called to respond?