Our chalice lighting for the month is from Robin Shaw. She asks us to remember our stories. As you read or proclaim her words. What story comes up for you? What story do you need to remember? What story do you need to create?
We start this month of Becoming off with Easter and each year it is a blessing to hear our trumpeters resound this joyous holiday. As I grew up in the Unitarian Universalist faith, I always knew the Easter Hymn with Unitarian Transcendentalist, Samuel Longfellow’s, words “Lo, the Earth Awakes Again.” Those of us who grew … Continue reading What are you awakening?
Good news, everybody! The Easter Bunny has just emailed me. He has asked me to pass along this message to all of you… Hello UU Friend! It’s me, the Easter Bunny. I know you’ve probably been wondering what I’ve been doing with myself this year, since it isn’t safe for us to be meeting indoors … Continue reading Yes, Virginia, There is an Easter Bunny!
Unitarian Universalists of the Cumberland Valley (near Dickinson College in Boiling Springs PA) have graciously invited us to join in their zoom small group learning. Their Director of Lifespan Faith Development will be co-facilitating the course with a parent from their congregation who completed Adult OWL training last year. Many congregations are offering this program … Continue reading OWL: Parents & Caregivers as Sexuality Educators
Let me introduce you to Y.A.R.N. ! They are creating a community for UUYAs to get together, a small group ministry program, monthly worship series and leadership calls, CONlines, aka online conferences, Identity groups: Black UUYAs, Countering Oppressions. Y.A.R.N. is for UU young adults ages 18 to 30s in the United States and Canada. You … Continue reading Are you a Young Adult? (ages 18 to 30s) Do you know someone who’s a Y.A.?
Commitment means that we act on what we value and hold important. It’s easy to forget how we act sometimes. One way we can store our commitments is to name them. Name your commitments by drawing them or say them outloud, maybe share them with someone close to you, or write them down. Lighting our … Continue reading Counting on Commitments
If you have the teal hymnal at home, you might notice hymn number 1014 was originally published with a name other than “Answering the Call of Love”. You see when Singing The Journey was published the song “Standing on the Side of Love,” was a new song. It was a song inspired by the UUA … Continue reading Beloved Community in Song
This month we get to go on a journey. This journey will be one with infinite possibilities! Where we’ll go is only limited to the limits of our imaginations. Will you go on this journey with me?
When making music, there comes a time to be silent. This can often be confused for stillness. While our voices or instruments may not be ringing – we are listening for the next entrance, we are counting the measures, we are watching the conductor. There is a lot of activity underneath all of that stillness. … Continue reading Stillness and Silence
On Sunday, November 22nd, we heard the an adaptation of Aesop’s tale of The Ant and the Grasshopper. By the end of the story Grasshopper shared his music. Hard working ant shared her labor. Welcoming Ant offered hospitality. We asked those in the worship service to share “what gifts do you have to share in … Continue reading Gratitude for our Gifts
