Blessing of the Animals
Animals remind us of our interdependence and that we belong to each other. Join us for this service where we will bless your well behaved furry friends. Split Plate – Wild Care
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A Brand New Day
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, we will explore how this high holy day invites us into a fresh start. What expectations do we need to let go of to begin again? What is the role of moderation in this? Join us as we live into these questions together. Split Plate – Rosenberg Fund for … Continue reading A Brand New Day
Social Justice: Journeying Toward Wholeness
Working for justice increases our awareness of the interrelatedness of all people and the interdependence of all life. As Unitarian Universalists, our spiritual faith/practice and our social justice work are inextricably intertwined. After all, what is social action but ministry to a wounded world? And as the minister and author Frederick Buechner writes, “our ministries, … Continue reading Social Justice: Journeying Toward Wholeness
Blessed Expectations
Expectations are a part of our daily lives, and yet self help guides tell us to eschew them. This service invites us to see the spiritual invitation of expectations and how they can bless and teach us. Split Plate – World Central Kitchen (WCK)
Ingathering Sunday-2 Services
Gathering of the Waters: Join us for this multigenerational service where we will celebrate all that we have, bless each other, and look forward toward to this future year together. Please bring water for our water ceremony, and children are invited to bring their backpacks for the blessing of the backpacks. OMG will be performing. … Continue reading Ingathering Sunday-2 Services
Walking in Another’s Shoes: A Sermon on Empathy
To feel empathy it is often said one must walk a mile in another person’s shoes. What is empathy and how can we develop more of it?Reverend Bill Clark returns to our pulpit to explore the feelings of empathy. Bio: The Reverend Bill Clark did his ministerial internship here at FPB from 1997-1999. He was … Continue reading Walking in Another’s Shoes: A Sermon on Empathy
Joy in Nature
The transcendentalists believed God was not found in the church, but in nature itself. In this service we will explore our transcendentalist roots, and reimagine a transcendentalism for today. We will be doing our annual flower communion during the service as well, please bring a flower from your garden. Split Plate – Protect Our Cape … Continue reading Joy in Nature
On Apology
Apologies create the opportunity for forgiveness and healing, free the mind from deep-seated guilt, remove the desire for vengeance, and ultimately restore broken relationships. Join Worship Leader Lindsey Straus and Worship Associate Wilderness Sarchild as they shed light on this often hidden corner of the human heart in poetry, prose, drama, and song. Split Plate … Continue reading On Apology
Wabi-Sabi Faith
In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi describes an appreciation for finding beauty within imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness. Applied to our faith lives, Rev. Janet wonders whether honoring the imperfections that result from an active spiritual life, with gratitude for its occasionally painful lessons, might be the…perfect…way forward. Rev. Janet Newton lives with her wife and daughter … Continue reading Wabi-Sabi Faith
Come Play With Us
Play can be a radical spiritual act. During this service we will explore what it means to play in community, and how that can be worship in itself. Come play with us! Split Plate – Amazing Grace Cape Cod