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…
Homily by Eva Riebold Moment of Perspective – AJ Fox The opening words are by Amy McKenzie Quinn. Welcome to this common, sacred space.Common, because we are all welcome.Sacred, because here we transform the ordinaryand attend to the profound.We carry with us our regrets, doubts, fears, stories, laughter;may they inspire Read more…
Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman delivers a message about Community Resilience for one of the Welcoming Renewal services. Moment of Perspective – This is Not the End of My Story – AJ Fox The opening words are Community Means Strength, by Starhawk. We are all longing to go home to some placewe Read more…