Congregants share their favorite memories of the UU for the monthly theme of Holding History. The opening words are Constellations of Our Lives, by Rev Karen G. Johnston.Humans make maps of stars,choosing some stars, ignoring others,to project our imaginations onto the heavens.These maps shift over time, across cultures.Names change for Read more
Homily by AJ Fox The opening words are a welcoming of the ancestors, adapted from words by Christina Shu and Tera Little, read by Religious Education Director AJ Fox. In ChurchWritten by Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyPublic DomainPerformed by Colleen Appel I Lift My VoiceWords and Music by Andrea RamseyFrom the Justice Read more
Message presented by Gary Meints. Originally written and presented by Rev. Gretchen Haley. Moment of Perspective – The Platinum Rule – AJ Fox The opening words are Woven Anew by Rev Scott TaylerCome.Come with your joy, your incurable curiosity, your hunger for hope.But bring too your broken heart, your cracked Read more
By Colleen Appel Our October theme of Cultivating Relationship invites us to consider who we want to become as a church community.How do we live our UU values, starting with one another?What promises do we need to make to one another? Parable of the Spoons – A Story and Song Read more
by Dacia Reid and Eva Riebold Footnotes for the message are HERE. Our Opening Words this morning are the words of Sophia Lyon Fahs – a Unitarian Religious Educator whose work made its way into my Methodist childhood. While she speaks of children she also speaks of the self. . Read more
AV Coordinator Luna teaches us a little bit about the High Holy Days in Judaism – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. TRANSCRIPT Moment of Perspective – Someone Among You is a Messiah – AJ Fox The opening words are Let Astonishment be Possible, by Rev Gretchen Haley. Whatever you have Read more
Homily by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman An Ingathering Greeting – UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray The opening words are by Rev Megan Visser. We enter this space for kindness and comfort.May rough-worn hands and aching backs be healed.We enter this space of hope for equality.May those who labor to survive live Read more
by Mike Brown Moment of Perspective – AJ Fox – “Pause and Get Perspective” Moments The opening words are A Gift to Offer the World, by Rev Lisa Friedman. We touch the floorto remember that wherever we bring our best self is holy ground.We reach for the skyto remember that Read more
by Dr. Judith Martinez Dr. Martínez has been at Missouri State University since the fall of 2002 and is responsible for the development of infrastructure for selected academic diversity programs within the Division for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Provost for Student Development and Public Affairs (APSDPA). More info about Read more
by Charles Gray, Jessica Wirges, and AJ Fox The opening words are Another World is Possible, by Rev Ashley Horan. Another world is possible.We say it, again and again,even when the proof lies somewhere beyond the horizon,beyond our reach, beyond our imagination.This is our faith:Another world is possible……There are many Read more