We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care? The worship collection will benefit Side with Love, including its campaigns for climate … Continue reading Weaving Our Lives: General Assembly’s Sunday Service
Celebrate Pride and the Summer Solstice with joyful song and action at this all ages service. Come get your pride flag! Worship leaders are Kelly LoGiudice with Kitty Kalebarn, Ari Atarka, Amber Bratt. Music provided by Tad Koriath and the Chamber Choir. Zoom Service Recording
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
Today we explore how our own brokenness can open our hearts to the inherent worth and dignity of each and every other human being.
Reflections from Zoom Service Recording
How do we welcome into our deepest being the deeply interconnected and interdependent web of life, when so much of our external lives are bombarded with chaos and division? How do we live our best integrated lives when so much of our culture is reductive and specialized (i.e., science, health care and medicine, education, professional … Continue reading Exploring the Seventh Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence
We’ve spent the summer exploring “Principles and Practices.” In this service, we look back at how our Principles call us to live our lives. As a ‘living religious tradition’ that invites both inner and outer transformation, what’s needed now to keep the call of our Principles alive and tend to the needs of our challenging … Continue reading Principles and Practice: Where do we go from here?
Today we will explore Principle #7, which calls us to respect the interdependent web of existence. Is all life ultimately one life, just as all water is one water? How can we deepen our sense of connection to the web of life all around us? “Principle #7: A Unitarian Perspective”, Christiane Olivo: “How Then Shall … Continue reading Principle #7: Interdependent Web
Today we look at Principle #6: The goal of world community with peace, justice and liberty for all. Sarah Jackson joins us from Casa de Paz to explore our sixth principle and reflect on how she lives it out through her work in reuniting families separated by immigrant detention. “Braving The Wilderness”, HollyAnne Griffin: “Casa … Continue reading Principle #6: the goal of world community with peace and justice for all
Today we reflect on Principle #5: Right of Conscience and Use of the Democratic Process. In the country many people claim is the greatest democracy on earth, where have we fallen short of the democratic ideal? Where are there opportunities to move beyond the common belief that democracy only means voting? What would it mean … Continue reading Principle #5: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process
