Celebrate Christmas Together (Please note this service will not be live-streamed)
Come together to participate in readings, prayers, and fellowship. Following the brief service, we will enjoy delicious offerings from Mary’s Market.
Archives: Services
Peace On Earth Candlelight Christmas Eve Service Online and in-person
Song, story and candlelight accompany our reflection on what it means to have and long for “peace on earth.” When violence and oppression seem everywhere, how can we make peace real in this world?
10 Big Ideas: Panpsychism and Incarnation
To mark my 15th year as your minister, I’m exploring 10 big ideas that are shaping my thinking. Panpsychism is the idea that everything that exists has a quality of “mind” – that in each quark there is something that thinks. Theologically, this can be connected … read more.
What Child is This?
Our annual interactive telling of the nativity story. Participation welcome! All ages. We tell the old story and seek out meaning for our time. Lots of singing, too.
December Music Sunday: Wonder of Wonders
Online and in-person Magnificat, attributed to Pergolesi and presented by the Unicantors with guest instrumentalists and soloists Our theme for December is wonder, and we begin the month with a musical setting of a classic story from the Christian narrative. When Gabriel announced to … read more.
Natural Land Institute
Come learn about the Natural Land Institute!
Until We Reckon
A small group of us have been reading and discussing the UUA Common Read Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment by Zach Norris. The failure of mass incarceration to keep us safe is becoming increasingly clear. There are better ways to hold individuals accountable and increase … read more.
Climate Crisis: Anxiety and Hope
“Love is a teacher.” This is a service about anxiety and hope, with respect to the climate crisis and our relationships with the earth and with each other. How do we respond to our grief and anger about the climate crisis? What can give us hope … read more.
Emergence
We continue our year-long services on 10 Big Ideas I’ve learned, as part of my 15th year of ministry with you. Emergence suggests that phenomenon – like consciousness, justice, love, and community, and life itself – “emerges” from a mix of things and has not one … read more.
Accidental Davening
Online and in-person
Our Auction sermon winner selected the essay “Accidental Davening” by Oliver Sacks, a neurologist, for me to preach on. This fascinating story leads us to a reflection on the connection between music, the body, the mind, and the activity of … read more.