Join us for our annual no-rehearsal, joyful, quirky Christmas pageant like no other! Filled with all the familiar characters, delightful music, and plenty of fun, this holiday tale is more than just a celebration—it’s a story of resilience, love, community, and sacrifice. Come for the joy, leave with your heart full of hope. Split Plate Offering: … Continue reading THE Pageant!
The season’s best stories seem innocently produced at first blush, but when you dig a little deeper, turns out they had your pocketbook first and foremost in mind. But have no fear, as they say, the truth can set you free, and your pocketbook with it, because in the end, my friends, you are the … Continue reading Up On The Housetop
Worship associates Wilderness Sarchild and Chuck Madansky will offer a service that considers the Thanksgiving holiday as both a day of gratitude and, considering the history of how this land was taken from the First Peoples, that it is also a time to remember that this country was stolen from Native Americans by European colonists. … Continue reading ThanksGrieving
As a spiritual community, it’s important that we know how to gather intentionally, especially in times of challenge, trouble or uncertainty, such as we face currently in our country. Rick will explore what makes for a vibrant and healthy spiritual community, drawing on his experience as both a spiritual director and executive coach and team facilitator. He’ll … Continue reading The Way We Gather Matters
It was so nice to be together the day after the election at the Vespers service on the 6th. I’m grateful I’ve had a little time and distance from the election before I preach on it this week. As this is the month of Repair, I hope to address the greater state of our … Continue reading That Which Needs Mending
It has been said that the spiritual work of our time is to find our way to one another in celebration, in sorrow, and in solidarity; and that it is only by showing up for each other in moments of joy and pain, vulnerability, and possibility, and investing in relationships of shared purpose, that we … Continue reading The Amen Effect: Building A Community of Care
Oh how we can get stuck in the pain! I hate it when people claim it’s as easy as “brush it off” or just “forget about it.” I want to look at what it takes to move past the pain, and in a sense, get in right relationship with it, so we can repair the … Continue reading When Painful Memories Just Won’t Go Away
Our yearly ritual of story and memory come together in this service of celebrating all that we gained from those we’ve loved and lost and bravely moving forward as we integrate those blessings into our living and loving. Split Plate Offering: Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum If you are not able to join us in person, we … Continue reading Lilly’s Legacy
My husband Scott and I have friends who are organic farmers. They’ve ran a very successful regional organic/heirloom seed business for a decade. This summer, they shut it down. They are done with the capitalistic market economy and all it represents. And they are now participating in the “gift economy.” Not a barter or bitcoin … Continue reading Listening to the Seeds
It’s the season of Yom Kippur, the high holy days for Jews. A time to reflect on where we miss the mark, and learn from it, especially when we listen to our guilt. I know that’s a bizarre and unusual thing for a UU minister to do, but trust me, it can be healing, … Continue reading Dinosaur Envy
