Come, join this holiday tradition. Bring friends and family to this multi-generational service of Lessons and Carols of the season. Music and readings will be offered by UUFD’s members and friends of all ages, followed by the traditional candlelighting ceremony. Bring holiday treats for a reception after the first service. The offering at this service … Continue reading Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service: 4 pm
Today, resonate with the sounds and spirit of Taize music, a worship tradition which originated in the 1940s in the Taize Monastic Order in Burgundy, France, bringing Catholics and Protestants together in common ritual. An authentic Taizé worship service involves sung and chanted prayers, meditation, silence, and readings rather than a sermon. We incorporate elements … Continue reading Mid-Winter Taize Meditation
Once upon a time, there was a family reunion at the UUFD Bed and Breakfast where all the members of the family gathered for a festival and the most blessed of events, the birth of a baby. So many arrived, in fact, there was no room at the Inn … we all know how that … Continue reading Peace, Joy, and Ho, Ho, Ho!
Sometime in our binary way of thinking about the world, we associate ‘light’ with ‘good’ and ‘dark’ with ‘bad.’ Let’s up-end this thinking by considering darkness as an important component of spiritual deepening and renewal. Let’s explore how we can find mindfulness and renewal in the darkness.
