The origin of Flower Communion goes back to Norbert Čapek, the founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. He saw a need to unite the diverse congregants of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths in his church. For this reason, in 1936, he honored the universal beauty of nature by having a communion of flowers instead … Continue reading Flower Ceremony
Join us as we explore these aspects of pluralism: chaos vs. entropy, law vs. order. This is also New Member Sunday, where we will welcome those who are ready to join with us in covenant. Guest musical artist: Peter Mayer. Led by Rev. Teri Schwartz, with Service Associate Larry LaVerdure. Zoom Service Recording
This Mother’s Day Service will be led by our Bridging Seniors. Expect the unexpected… potato? Zoom Service Recording
We live in a culture that tends to recognize just two genders, male and female, sometimes called a “gender binary.” Yet, non-binary identities have been recognized for millennia by cultures and societies around the world. While our culture is starting to deconstruct the gender binary, our linguistic structure reinforces the very division and discrimination that … Continue reading The Grammar of Inclusion
Our sense of Place in the Universe has awed us since the first humans gazed into the heavens. From the regularity of common events like Day and Night to uncommon events like eclipses and comets, we have come to see ourselves as part of something bigger, so much bigger that it staggers the imagination. Led … Continue reading Eclipsed by Wonder
“Myth,” said the Greek statesman Solon, “is not about something that never happened. It is about something that happens over and over again.”At this Easter Sunday service, we will observe Transgender Day of Visibility, explore stories new and old, and travel the path of human suffering to life and hope reborn. Led by Rev. Teri … Continue reading Easter Sunday and Trans Day of Visibility: the Hard Work of Transformation
The first Black Unitarian Minister, the Rev. Egbert Ethelred Brown, started a Unitarian congregation in Jamaica in 1908 before moving to Harlem in 1920, where he founded the Harlem Community Church. The AUA provided sporadic financial support, then took away his ministerial fellowship in 1929. His story highlights our faith’s failures—and Brown’s resilience in the … Continue reading Tranformation: If They Say No, I’ll Go Anyhow
In World War II, the US faced acute labor shortages. Yet, our country already had the powerful human resources it needed…but we didn’t know it at first. Creative thinking, flexible mindsets, and embracing change helped the US re-imagine who could meet the need for a strong, competent, and resolved workforce: women. It may be that … Continue reading Yes We Can Do It! Pledge Drive Kick-Off & Catered Brunch
In the Japanese art of Kintsugi, broken pottery is mended with gold. Rather than seeing brokenness as the end of an object’s usefulness, it highlights a critical moment in that object’s history. Like pottery mended with gold, our moments of breaking are not the end but the beginning of a new life of purpose, and … Continue reading Strong in the Broken Places
It’s a blessing when our cup overflows. But the most useful part of the cup—isn’t the cup! It’s the space inside. To experience abundance in our lives, we have to make space for it. Sometimes that means clearing out both the plentiful and the excess, to make room for the new; be that a cluttered … Continue reading The Space Inside the Cup: Guest Preacher: Rev. Teri Schwartz
