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
What makes for a good life? In this service, led by members of our Caring Committee, a psychologist and Zen priest offers a humanist perspective in a TED Talk sermon.
More Info: Want to join us? Click the ‘Worship on Zoom or Facebook’ link at the top of our web page: www.1stuupb.org.
Humanity is gripped by a crisis of identity, as various groups enjoin a needless struggle to differentiate themselves, why they are here, and what they should do about it. The result is a mind-numbing array of “us-es” and “them-s” with self-definitions growing more and more narrow by the moment, weakening the cohesion of society itself. … Continue reading The Crisis of Identity
Hope is the ability to look into the future and see something beautiful.
