Please join us on this Christmas Eve morning and fourth Sunday of Advent to celebrate the holiday season, love’s presence among us, and the power of kindness. All services are currently hybrid (i.e. both in person and via Zoom) at 11:00 a.m. To join any of our upcoming services on Zoom, please click on this SERVICE … Continue reading Room for a Little One – A Seasonal Reflection on Grace
When Adrienne Maree Brown shared this question from her therapist, “Are you satisfiable?” it hit her like a ton of bricks, as she had to acknowledge, in that moment, she was living with no idea of the point at which she might be satisfied. It landed the same way for me, and in this season, … Continue reading Are You Satisfiable?
As we continue the process of reimagining community in these changing times, we welcome diverse voices. This service will feature reflections by Casey Stainsby, CUC Youth and Young Adult Program Manager, and Rev. Peter Boullata, from the Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough as well as a meditative piece by Anna Issacs, Director of Family Programs and … Continue reading Reemerging, Reimagining, & Renewal
There are many festivals of light at this time of year. Is there a common thread or threads? Can these offer us hope and/or solace during these both challenging and festive times? This service includes our new member recognition ceremony. All services are currently hybrid (i.e. both in person and via Zoom) at 11:00 a.m. To … Continue reading Holding the Light
“I become ‘I’ through my relation to the Thou. All real living is meeting. Through the Thou a person becomes I.” I and Thou, Jewish theologian and philosopher Martin Buber’s conception of relationship, is foundational to our UU faith and my own theology, a celebration of reciprocity and interdependence. This month, as we explore interdependence, let … Continue reading A Person Becomes an I
Rev. Fran reflects on the nature of oral communication, how what we speak and what we hear are crafted in a community of context, how those words may lead us to action, and how everything is connected, like mist on the morning water, like stars in a clear night sky. Rev. Fran Dearman was born … Continue reading INTERDEPENDENCE: Word Spoken and Heard
Join the viewing of this Deep Dive video as part of the nationwide Meaning Making in Luminal times series. Conversation has become a dangerous thing! Will I offend if I speak? Will I get attacked for voicing an opinion? Speaking is becoming scary. Unitarian Universalists have always prided themselves on freedom and rational discourse. I … Continue reading Can We Just Talk?
We honour the interdependent web of all existence. We envision a world in which our interdependence calls us to love and justice. This is our covenant to cherish Earth and all beings by creating and nurturing relationships of care and respect. With humility and reverence, we acknowledge our place in the great web of life, … Continue reading What a Web We Weave
While many know October 31 as Hallowe’en, this date is also known as Samhain – a Pagan religious festival originating from an ancient Celtic spiritual tradition. Arran will introduce Samhain and a Celtic perspective on the Four Directions, exploring the gifts the directions can offer to sustain us through the winter. You’re encouraged to dress in costume!
Edwin Markham, sometimes called the poet laureate of Universalism, wrote about inclusion and exclusion in his short epigrammatic poem Outwitted. “He drew a circle that shut me out – Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in.” Drawing the circle of … Continue reading A Wide, Wild Welcome
