I (Reverend Ed) will admit that this service comes from a challenge. Two particular someones, beloved both by this congregation challenged me saying that I often talk about the “liberating, joyous and redemptive message of Unitarian Universalism”, but I never tell you what that message is. Today, on what is most probably my last Sunday … Continue reading The Liberating, Joyous, Redemptive Message of Unitarian Universalism
This Sunday, we celebrate this year’s recipients of our Harriette Glasner Social Justice Scholarship. Come, meet them, hear their stories and connect personally with this very important project in this congregation’s goal to live its mission fully in the world.
This Sunday, we celebrate Mother’s Day and we Celebrate our two participants in our Coming of Age Progam, Graeme Melcher and Bridget Moreno. Come, hear their Belief Statements as they take another step on their journeys.
Silence. There is good silence. There is unnerving silence. Sometimes, the silence can be deafening. So much of our spiritual awareness happens in silence.
We are pleased to have Reverend Kevin Jones back in our midst this week. His message is one of re-entry and will welcome us home. He will be referencing a text from Deuteronomy in the Jewish scriptures: Then Moses set aside three towns in the country on the east side of the Jordan to which … Continue reading Welcome Home
Paul will be sharing his thoughts on nonviolence as much more than the absence of violence, but more of a way of being.
Last November, our Governor Ron DeSantis secured his second term in office on defeating Democratic nominee Charlie Crist by a significant margin as Florida continued its shift from swing state to more reliably red. In his victory speech, DeSantis declared to a cheering crowd that “Florida is where woke goes to die.”
For Easter this year, we will celebrate a traditional Flower Communion. Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Čapek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the ceremony was introduced to the United States by Rev. Mája Čapek, Norbert’s widow and has been celebrated in Unitarian Universalist Churches throughout the world ever since. Everyone in the congregation is … Continue reading Celebrating Easter with the Flower Communion
Congregations and their people are still feeling the drag of two years of isolation and its associated stressors. Many experts describe our collective experiences as trauma, and trauma takes time to heal. This drag is leading to a completely understandable “low capacity” for all kinds of activity in our congregations. Compounding this situation is the … Continue reading The Next New Normal 2.0
Life is a series of normals. We go from one normal to the next. The next new normal in the life of this congregation is its coming scheduled change of ministers in the summer. At this service, the Ministerial Search Team will outline their process and their goals and your next minister will address you … Continue reading The Next New Normal 1.0
