This “post-doom, no gloom” sermon by Rev. Michael Dowd was his last. It was delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Flint, Michigan on August 13, 2023. Connie Barlow, Michael Dowd’s wife, mission partner, and video editor, thinks it is one of his best. Michael passed on October 7 after a fall at a friend’s … Continue reading Tune In Together: Being the Calm in the Storm
“Between the Ridges Coalition for the Common Good” is an organization being formed in Yakima. Many small nonprofits are providing stop-gap help for people in our community, but the impact is often temporary. The Coalition hopes that combined efforts may lead to deeper, more comprehensive changes. Phil Dindia has been deeply involved in the organizing, … Continue reading Faith, Hope, and Love for Social Justice
Gratitude is like a muscle that you can build. By practicing daily we can find even the smallest thing to be grateful for on any given day. Maybe it is tissue for your tears. Or that extra zucchini the gardening neighbor snuck and placed by your door. Let’s join together this day, break bread and … Continue reading Post-Thanksgiving Soup and Bread
The call for generosity may off-handedly be equated with the call to be kind. But deep, deliberate and conscious practice of generosity changes how we relate to life, prompts both the giver and the receiver to feel seen and less alone, and undermines comfortable views to invite justice in. From the Soul Matters resources, Susan … Continue reading The Gift of Generosity
What does spirituality mean? Is it incompatible with atheism? By the way, what is that? Join us to explore these questions and more.
A UUA Study Commission has proposed a revision to the UU Sources and Principles — which are now enumerated in Article II of the UUA By-Laws. The change will be voted on at the General Assembly in June 2024, and as a UU congregation in good standing, we get a vote. Bill Jacobs will review … Continue reading UU Purposes and Principles Revisited!
Lucy Valderhaug will be sharing some insights learned from her life-long interest in history and archeology; where we “Homo sapiens” come from, who we are, and maybe a look into our future.
Join Bill Jacobs, Sunny Sonker, Emilee Solomon and our church family for a celebration of the harvest season! Discover harvest celebrations from around the world as well as our own Yakima harvest traditions in this service for all ages. Apple Brunch: Plan to bring a finger food snack made of apples or complimentary to apples … Continue reading Harvest Festival & Apple Brunch Potluck
Our service today will be streamed from YouTube with Rev. Randy Lewis of All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, OK discussing reconciliation and redemption. Rev. Lewis states “Unitarian Universalists posit that we are all from one source and we return to that one source in the end. The details are left up to us to … Continue reading Tune In Together: Heaven For Everyone
Today’s theme will be UNMENTIONABLES. Two weeks ago we explored the theme of Welcome. Today we will stretch ourselves to see if we can find, if not a welcome, maybe a gracious acquiescence to the effects time brings to all of us. Gean Dindia will draw from her experience and lead an interactive focus on unmentionables.