“The Comfort of Darkness”
Exploring the opportunities cold, darkness and other limitations can present. There will be a potluck following the service.
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“Standards”
There was a time when there were standards about everything: the way we use our language, how people dressed and wore their hair, how we/they treated one another. There were, essentially, rules for everything. Sometime along about the 1960s, people began to rebel against the rules, and standards changed or slipped. How that has affected … Continue reading “Standards”
“All Soul’s Day: Beloved Departed”
Gather to love, laugh, and honor our beloved departed in a unity of spirit and mind. We will gather, share, mourn, and celebrate the circle of life. This is a choir Sunday. We will be taking our monthly “Noisy Offering” to benefit our Religious Education program during this service in addition to our regular offering.
“This is Halloween!”
Join us in a whimsical celebration of Spooky Season in a service for all ages! Costumes and seasonally themed outfits are encouraged. Trick-or-treating will be a part of the service and attendees are welcome to bring a treat to add to the communal baskets.
“Transformative Joy”
Join Robin Dennany in exploring the power of love and joy.
“Jesus in Context”
By request, we will walk through Hebrew history and geography from the Davidic monarchy, the divided kingdom, and conquests of Palestine by a succession of Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and finally Roman empires, with only brief periods of independence.
“Out of Time”
Our entire lives revolve around the concept of time. But what if our perceptions, ideas, and experiences of time are unreliable, inconsistent, and unhelpful? Set your alarm clock and check your watches – this talk will only be given once…or will it?
“Interdependence and the Green Sanctuary”
How do we honor our place in the web of life? We will also hear from our choir, back from their summer recess!
“The Gift of Letting Go: Mabon and the Dandelion Seed”
As Mabon marks the turning from abundance toward release, the dandelion seed offers us a gentle lesson in letting go. This talk explores surrender as an act of trust, releasing what no longer serves us, making room for what is becoming, and trusting where the winds of change may carry us.
“In-Gathering Water Communion”
Communion noun: an act or instance of sharing. Join us for an in-gathering water ceremony as we step into a fresh “congregational year” in the first week of September. Those who feel so moved are invited to bring a sample of water from a cherished place.