If you’re having a hard time tapping into your wonder place this month, try singing to yourself this tune, turning to something ordinary nearby and ask a question about it. The melody is a Transylvanian folk tune, the lyrics are by Carl Seaburg, long time UU minister, scholar, writer, and long-serving staff member at the … Continue reading An Opener for Wonder
In this month of change, I think about the awesome change very humble ingredients go through when we put them together. All you need is some flour, a bit of water, some salt. Then you add in some time and heat. Voilà! You’ve got warm bread on your hands!
On Oct 9 from 12- 1 we’re having an info and interest session for Our Whole Lives that will focus on plans our community has for this year and future years. We’re hoping you’ll attend. https://www.uua.org/re/owl
For hundreds of thousands of years singing and songs have been a tool to bolster our courage. Another way we can “have heart” when faced with a path that feels daunting is to use curiosity and a spirit of adventure! In September we sang a song written many years ago by children from Adelphi College’s … Continue reading We’re On Our Way!
Sign up to engage with the draft revisions for our principles and sources! An exciting time in our UU faith.
In all that we belong to and in all that we do this church year, may we seek with open minds, may we nurture with loving hearts and may we serve with helping hands. Blessed be and Amen.
Registration is open now for our program year. We have some exciting things planned and look forward to what will emerge as we seek, nurture and serve together this year! To let us know how you plan to engage with our programs this year please visit. https://uuberks.org/Registration Registered families will receive occasional mailings including birthday … Continue reading RE Registration for 2022-2023
We will bless all of the tools for these endeavors and we’ll celebrate Woodstock along the way. * Wear your tie-dye and bring your thing to get blessed
* Things that might get blessed: backpack, musical instrument, planner, to-do list notebook, car keys, coach whistle, camera, stethoscope.
What will you be using regularly with you this year?
Last week, I attended the Association for Unitarian Universalist Music Ministries Conference and Songleaders Convergence. It was restorative, regenerative, and reinvigorating. There will be many ways I’ll be sharing what I learned and relearned over the course of those six days with you this year. For now, I’m going to share three poems and song … Continue reading Songs for the Journey
“Many see life’s gifts as blessings from God. Our faith uses the idea of blessing to refer to something good, something that feels like a gift. Celebrating blessings means remembering with gratitude all the good things in our lives.” – Soul Matters
