Our diversity can be a source of division or an opportunity for connection, learning, and growth. Drawing on the wisdom of civil rights scholar john a. powell and psychology professor Geoffrey L. Cohen, we’ll explore how to connect across differences. Question to Ponder: “What helps you connect with others across difference?” Monthly Theme for April: … Continue reading Turning Borders into Bridges
This month’s Soul Matters theme is Joy. It might seem like an odd time to be focusing on joy but maybe that’s precisely why we need to do it now. Maybe we need to protect and nurture our access to joy now more than ever. Join us as we celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility with … Continue reading “The World Can’t Take It Away”
In these challenging times we all need emotional support from others. But what kind of support is helpful? This year AUUC’s pastoral care team members reflected on the book, The Art of Being a Healing Presence. This Sunday members of AUUC pastoral care team will share reflections on what they’ve learned from this book as … Continue reading “The Art of Being a Healing Presence”
A Multigenerational Service The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool aged children. Monthly Theme for March: Trust Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in-person or online via Zoom. View / download the Order of Service here soon.
Rev. William Levwood It’s hard to know how to respond in this difficult time. Join us as we ground ourselves in our UU Values and explore responding to the urgency of this moment while laying the groundwork for the long haul. Question to Ponder: “What is helping you get through the storm? How are you helping … Continue reading “Surviving the Storm: A Unitarian Universalist Guide to Living Through an Apocalypse”
Question to Ponder: “Who are the people who can support you in this challenging time? Who can you support?” The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool aged children. Monthly Theme for March: Trust Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in-person or online via Zoom. View / download … Continue reading You Are Not Alone: Sustaining Hope Together
This is a time when we need to be boldly resisting the immoral and illegal actions of our government. It’s also a time when it’s not safe for some of us–undocumented immigrants, trans folks, some government workers–to be out and proud and active. Join us this Sunday as we explore when we’re called to courageously … Continue reading Living Out Loud and Quiet as It’s Kept
In these challenging times we need to lean back into the wisdom of the ancestors. Join us for a service rooted in Liberation Theologies, and the power of nonviolent resistance, and Sharon D. Welch’s ethic of risk, inspired by the literature of African-American Women. Question to Ponder: “What communities and practices help you make good … Continue reading Making Good Soil for Growing a Movement
Stories give our lives meaning, be they from our own experiences or works of fiction. These stories that make up our lives are sacred, as sacred as any religious text. Join us and be inspired as AUUC members, and members of our Soul Matter UU Writers group, Suzanne Doherty, Mary Rose Janya, John Long, and … Continue reading For All the Stories of Our Lives
Judaism has a foundational story of the liberation of an enslaved people and the formation of a new kind of society founded in freedom, justice, and compassion. Christianity’s foundational story is similar, a story of transforming hearts and resisting imperial domination. Buddhism’s foundational story is about an exemplar who shows the way to overcome suffering … Continue reading We Help Make the Garden: A Unitarian Universalist Creation Story
We’ll kick off the new year by exploring this month’s theme of “story.” What changes when we look at our own life story as a sacred story? How do we find ourselves in the foundational stories of our society? When do we rebel against and tranform those stories? Join us as we explore these questions … Continue reading “Life in Seven Stories”
A Festival of Fire and Light Multigenerational Worship Service Unitarian Universalists start the church year in the fall with Water Communion. Join us at this darkest time of year as we celebrate fire and light in our inaugural Festival of Fire & Light. This service will draw on Jewish and Hindu symbols of light and … Continue reading “In Every Moment There Is a Hidden Spark”
