On this Sunday, just prior to our Thanksgiving holiday, we gather for a short service on gratitude, led by our own Denise Edwards. This is a delicious soup and bread gathering. Anyone wanting to share a crockpot of soup, a loaf of delectable bread or a hand-held sweet treat, there is a sign-up sheet in … Continue reading Gratitude With Soup and Bread
I’ve been called a mad scientist or MacGyver for my ability to make something useful or repair an item that just couldn’t be fixed. We used to call this “Yankee Ingenuity” or “Invention is the Mother of Necessity.” In the last couple of decades as a nation we have become a disposable society that lacks … Continue reading It All Started With a Candelabra
We gather this first Sunday following our elections, aware of the brokenness of local, state, and national governments, communities and relationships. We may also be aware of personal wounds on our own hearts and souls. We are all inevitably marked by the jagged edges of our human experience in this world. As part of the … Continue reading Soul Matters: Repair
A brief exploration of the Day of the Dead holiday, including customs and music. As we honor and connect to our beloved dead, please bring photos, mementos, candles, food and flowers to add to the ofrenda (altar) during the service. We will be making papel picados, with a discussion about departed loved ones and memories, along … Continue reading Celebrating Día de los Muertos
Did you know that UU’s have a martyr? His name is Michael Servetus. Lucy will draw from her readings about the Reformation, Michael Servetus, Martin Luther, the printing press and John Calvin. It was a time of political back and forth; a revolution where Servetus was looking critically at the holy trinity and more – … Continue reading Why We Light the Chalice
Join us today as Phil leads us in some discussions around Jesus. What are your thoughts about Jesus? Phil will nudge us with some considerations: Does Jesus need to be re-thought, re-imagined, re-engaged? Is there a way to talk about Jesus without minimizing him or his message? Is Jesus to be adored? Prayed to? Coming … Continue reading UUs and Jesus
An exploration of religion and why as humans we seem to gravitate to it. We will briefly discuss the history of the five major religions and discuss possible triggers & also glimmers. We ask all to come with open hearts as we turn to ourselves to share more about our UU journeys and what has … Continue reading Why Religion?
Tune In Together with Sr. Minister Marlin Lavanhar, All Souls Unitarian, Tulsa, OK We might think we know why believers go to church every week, but why do non-believers? The atheists, the agnostics, and others. Rev. Lavanhar posits as a way to interrupt our auto-pilot lives. Our regular routines that distract. We need to interrupt … Continue reading Tune In Together: Why Atheists Come to Church
Life can be understood as a continuous series of invitations that we accept or that we dismiss, as well as invitations that we offer to others and, perhaps, to ourselves. This message by Susan Kaphammer is the first of our church year’s Soul Matters series. We are asked to consider the invitations that inform our … Continue reading Living Love Through the Practice of Invitation
Historically, Unitarians have enjoyed a somewhat contrarian reputation. The myth of lemmings all jumping over a cliff isn’t really true. We generally don’t jump over the symbolic cliff together, either. How do we keep centered and balanced in an age when we are expected to just follow the crowd? Or, is there a time to … Continue reading Why We Aren’t Lemmings by Rev. Alex Holt