Quarantine-aversary!
This Sunday marks a year of quarantine and living into virtual community. We will celebrate our innovation, creativity, and commitment to each other. Join us in making the most of this Quarantine-aversary!
Speaker: Rev. Sage Olnick
Beloved Community and Acceptance – Interdependent Imperfections
None of us are perfect. We all come with imperfections, growing edges, regrets, hopes, and dreams. Beloved community does not require us to be perfect. It requires us to live in our truth, to embrace the truth about ourselves, and to join each other in … read more.
Beloved Community and Conflict – Conflict is What We Signed Up For
Conflict is part of our personal, professional and congregational lives. Avoiding it is unfair to everyone. This Sunday we will explore how conflict is part of the rich soil in which Beloved Community grows.
Beloved Community and Creative Rage – Anger is a Main Ingredient for Justice
Feminist Sharon Welch wrote, “We need to learn that failure to develop the strength to remain angry, in order to continually love and therefore to resist, is to die.” This Sunday we will explore anger and creative rage as sources of wisdom to do the hard … read more.
Using Our Imagination to Make Social Change
Paul Rogat Loeb wrote, “Those who make us believe that anything’s possible and fire our imagination over the long haul, are often the ones who have survived the bleakest of circumstances.” This Sunday we will explore how such a life can bring about seemingly impossible … read more.
Using Our Imagination in the Service of Connection
In her famous poem, Wild Geese, Mary Oliver proclaims, “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination…”. This Sunday we will consider how to Use Our Imagination in the Service of Connection.
Using Our Imagination to Free Ourselves
The spiritual theme for the month of January is Imagination. In The Re-enchantment of Everyday Life, Thomas Moore said, “We tend to consider imagination too lightly, forgetting that the life we make, for ourselves individually and for the world as a whole, is shaped and limited … read more.
The Virtue of Reverence
As Unitarian Universalists, we hold dear the interconnection of our lives and all that is. We commit ourselves to address not only what is, but also what we hope for and what we dedicate ourselves to. What are we, as individuals and religious community, revering during … read more.
Learning how to live from those who are dying
This Sunday Rev Sage will explore how her Community Ministry as a hospice chaplain inspires and deepens a Unitarian Universalist identity.
For Sunday’s worship, we are using the Zoom conferencing platform. It is easy to Zoom from a computer, tablet, or phone!
Here is how you do it:With a … read more.
Rising to the Occasion
Rev. Sage Olnick, our Community Affiliated Minister, leads us in this morning’s service.
Covid19 has required us to make many changes and sacrifices. This Sunday we will consider how we each have risen to the occasion and honored our commitment to the interdependent web of which … read more.