Newsletter September 29, 2022
Highlights in this week’s What’s Up include many educational and volunteer opportunities with the Social Action Circle, our upcoming service topic, and small groups for folks of all ages.
Belonging and the Bigger Picture
Message by Dr. Nina Barudzic The opening words are It is all very well…, by Rev. Rod Richards It is all very well to speak ofan interdependent web of all lifeand remind us that we Read more…
Belonging and Not Belonging: Autumn Equinox and Other Places of In-Between-ness
Message by AJ Fox with Guest Speaker Matt Baker This month we are exploring the theme of belonging. But belonging cannot exist in a vacuum. The sensation of belonging can only come from the sensation Read more…
Rivers of Belonging: A Celebration of Water Communion
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – Water Communion – AJ Fox The opening words are River Call by Manish K. Mishra-Marzetti Between rocking the boat and sitting down;between stirring things up, and Read more…
The Building Blocks of Belonging
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – Belonging – AJ Fox The opening words are “A Place of Belonging and Caring,” by Kimberlee Anne Tomczak Carlson. It is not by chance that you Read more…
We All Live Downstream: Exploring Covenant in Our Lives
Message by Dacia Reid Moment of Perspective – Covenant – AJ Fox The opening words are “The Task of the Religious Community,” by retired UU minister, Mark Morrison-Reed. It is drawn from Morrison-Reed’s book, Black Read more…
Me and the Eighth Principle: Going From White Oblivion to White Awareness
Message by Colleen Appel Moment of Perspective – The 8th Principle – AJ Fox Our opening words have been called “The Unseen Skeleton” and come from Isabelle Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Read more…
Respect for the Interdependent Web of All Existence of Which We Are a Part – Our Seventh Principle
Moment of Perspective – Our Seventh Principle – AJ Fox The opening words are Praise the World in All its Pain and Blessing, by Maureen Killoran. We are called today, from the midst of pain Read more…
The Goal of World Community With Peace, Liberty, and Justice For All – Our Sixth Principle
Message by Emmie Seaman The opening words are by the Commission on Common Worship. From the fragmented world of our everyday livesWe gather together in search of wholenessBy many cares and preoccupationsBy diverse and selfish Read more…
The Right of Conscience and the Use of the Democratic Process – Our Fifth Principle
Message by Babs Garcia Moment of Perspective – Democracy and Meeting the Needs of the People – AJ Fox The opening words are Be About the Work, by Andrea Hawkins-Kamper. May we see all as Read more…
Historical Modes of Thought and the Future – Our Fourth Principle
Message by Charles Gray Moment of Perspective – Our Fourth Principle and Our Children – Farrow Carson The opening words are The Great Teachers in Life by Jason Cook. We seekers are on a quest:A Read more…
Acceptance and Encouragement of Spiritual Growth – Our Third Principle
Message by AJ Fox with a video from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray Please click the link below to watch the full video:https://vimeo.com/723579702/46d06b4c8b?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=87370104 Our opening words this morning are titled “In Honor” and come from Amanda Schuber. Read more…