In the heat of summer, the first wheat harvest takes place, and we celebrate this gift by offering thanks for grain in all its forms, and by holding a bake sale to feed those who would otherwise do without. Question to Ponder: “How important is grain in our everyday lives?” View / download the Order of Service … Continue reading “Lammas, the Gift of Grain”
For this service, we will be exercising our democratic values by voting on service elements that will create a “Choose Your Own Adventure” experience. Voting is our burden and privilege as citizens and Unitarian Universalists. Question to Ponder: “Do you ever feel that you’ve been paralyzed by the number of choices offered to you?” View … Continue reading “The Tyranny of Choice”
Alexander Hamilton’s vision for America, rooted in strong central governance and economic innovation, is deeply relevant today as we navigate issues of federal power, civil rights, and economic opportunity. Is the American experiment still true to Hamilton’s vision? Question to Ponder: “Do you think our American experiment, Democracy, promotes our well-being or deepens our suffering?” … Continue reading “Alexander Hamilton: Visionary of the American Experiment”
“When pigs fly,” the old saying describes the impossible. And yet JETPIG, the unofficial mascot of our new UU shared values is, in fact, a flying pig, powered by Love and soaring high. In this service led by guest speaker Leika Lewis, come explore what JETPIG has to teach us about dreaming, creating, and ice … Continue reading “JETPIG’s Guide to Interstellar Travel”
UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship Rev. Molly Housh Gordon We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care? Rev. Molly Housh Gordon … Continue reading “Weaving Our Lives”
A Multigenerational Berry Communion In celebration of summer we’re having a Berry Communion! Here in Virginia, beginning in May, strawberries are the first fruits of the berry season, followed by cherries (ok, ok, I know cherries aren’t actually berries, but …) in June, then raspberries in July, and finally blackberries in July and August. Join … Continue reading “Gifts Given Freely”
This service will explore the question: Does God Have a Gender? (theme purchased in the 2022 Auction by Judy Robison & Suzy Porth). And the service will also explore how to approach difficult conversations– you know the ones, when you strongly disagree with someone and wonder whether you’d be better off just keeping your mouth … Continue reading “Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh”
The Danish idea of hygge is, in some ways, a cold weather thing. There is nothing more hygge than cozying up by the fireplace with some hot cocoa while a snowstorm rages outside. But what does hygge look like in summer? Maybe hygge in summer is lemonade on the porch swing as fireflies fill a summer night sky. Join us this Sunday as … Continue reading “Hygge in Summer”
In the month of May, UU’s across the continent celebrate the value of pluralism, including an acknowledgment of the sacredness of all sizes and shapes and functions of our bodies. On Memorial Day Americans honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. How do we deal with the incongruence between celebrating the … Continue reading “Sanctifying Time: A Memorial Day Reflection”
For this church year’s Water Communion, we learned from Douglas Wood’s story Old Turtle. This Sunday, for this year’s Flower Communion, we’ll learn from its sequel, Old Turtle and the Broken Truth. This year we’ve studied the proposed new UU Values – Generosity, Justice, Equity, Interdependence, Transformation, and Pluralism. We conclude this exploration this month … Continue reading “You Are Loved …”
The proposed UU Value of Pluralism begins: We celebrate that we are all sacred beings, diverse in culture, experience, and theology. The beginning of that phrase is striking to me. We are all sacred beings. What does it mean to relate to each other as sacred beings? It seems to me that this is a transformational … Continue reading “Bearing Witness to Sacred Beings”
Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in-person or online via Zoom. View / Download the Order of Service here May Theme: Pluralism
