Big Bird Was Right! Lessons in Compassion for Every Age
The character of Big Bird is the inspiration for this service – what does Big Bird teach us about compassion and building communities of care and connection?
Speaker: Rev. Jamie Boyce
Transforming Cruelty with Compassion: A Path to Freedom
As we continue to explore “Cultivating Compassion” we will consider how Buddhist teachings on compassion can support us in confronting that the cruetly normalized in our current political climate. How can a compassionate heart help us address injustice and nourish resiliency? What if compassion is a path to freedom?
Cultivating Compassion at the End of Times
This service will launch our monthly theme of “Cultivating Compassion” and consider what it means to cultivate compassion in the Anthropocene. How can we open our hearts to compassion and connection when the world feels so scary and uncertain?
A Place to Belong, a Place to Become
We will continue our exploration of what it means to a community of belonging and consider what it means to be a faith of radical love and acceptance. How do we welcome each other “just as we are” and embrace the path of transformation? What do our Unitarian Universalist values teach us about this journey … Continue reading A Place to Belong, a Place to Become
The Widening Circle – Where Does it End?
Reflecting on the five year anniversary of the publishing of “Widening the Circle of Concern”, a study and guide from the UUA calling forth the transformation of our congregations into more just and inclusive spaces we will consider our congregational commitment. How have we been changed and what changes await us? How do we live … Continue reading The Widening Circle – Where Does it End?
Waters of Renewal, The Rivers of Hope – Ingathering Sunday and Water Communion
Join us for our annual Ingathering Service and Water Communion. Together we will celebrate the renewal of our community and bless the year ahead as we join our lives togehter in courageous love, spiritual growth, the work of justice, and radical belonging. We will also celebrate and welcome the newest members of the UUFD teaam … Continue reading Waters of Renewal, The Rivers of Hope – Ingathering Sunday and Water Communion
The Freedom to Rest, The Power of Renewal”
Summer has arrived and along with-it endless opportunities to welcome rest and renewal among us, to daydream and linger in moments that counter impulses for productivity. Together we will consider rest as revolutionary and how embracing the freedom to rest is a counter cultural and essential part of our liberational faith.
Flower Communion: Celebrating Flowers and Freedom
Bring a flower to service for our annual Flower Communion service. This service is a celebration of our Unitarian history, the hope that lives in spring, and the beauty of our faith. Together, we will honour Rev. Norbert Capek and his legacy of love and freedom.
An Imagination for All Ages
Join us to reflect on all we have learned this year as we have leaned into a multigenerational community. As we welcome the “Whole Congregation” model into our community, how do we imagine Multigenerational worship of the future? What might we expect in the year ahead?
Imagining Love: Mother’s Day and Beyond
Celebrating Mother’s Day is beautiful and wonderful for so many among us, an opportunity to flourish love and appreciation on all those who are mother figures in our lives. And, it can be so very complicated, too. Full of difficult feelings. This service will make space to celebrate Mother’s Day and to honor the hard … Continue reading Imagining Love: Mother’s Day and Beyond