Join us via this link. Sarah Larkin, Worship Associate In the early 1800s, Universalist, Hosea Ballou, debated Unitarian, William Ellery Channing, on the nature of God and what happens after death. Ballou criticized the Unitarian “Salvation by Character” with a publication, Salvation Irrespective of Character. These two ministers, and their decades of debate, shaped both … Continue reading Online Worship: Becoming Saved
Join us via this link. Awaken! An Easter Celebration of Music Musicians: Juuliebells, Sparks Choir, Virginia Thigpen & Lu Higgs As we emerge into a new phase of the pandemic, we ask ourselves, What is awakening within? Who are we becoming in this transformed world? Music can help us in our reflection and commitment! During … Continue reading Online Worship & In-Person Event: Awaken! An Easter Celebration of Music & Easter Drive-Thru
Join us via this link. 7–7:45pm (+15 min optional small group conversation) Rev. Beth Banks; Rev. Morgan McLean; Len Hayward, Intern & Campus Minister This week marks the one-year anniversary of the pandemic sweeping through this community and the beginning of lock-down. What was anticipated to be a few months has become a year. We’ll … Continue reading Online Worship: Our Year Together – Apart
Join us via this link. Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, Guest Preacher; Worship Leads: Rev. Beth Banks & Rev. Morgan McLean In this season of commitment, we’ll use a story from the Christian scriptures to ask what we each have to bring to the common table of community. Is it possible that everything we need is already … Continue reading Online Worship: All In
Join us All Ages Welcome! The Blessing of the Animals ceremony is a part of our Magical Religious Exploration Program (and open to everyone in our community). In this virtual space, the cat, the pet mouse, and the guest owl from the Raptor Center can gather peacefully. Family pets, photos and drawings of animals, and … Continue reading Online Animal Blessing
Join us via this link. Sunday, March 7, 10:30am, What Does “Faith” Mean? Faith has different meanings for each of us. We’ll look for what we have in common. Len Hayward; Cliff Ohmart, Worship Associate March 7 Animal Blessing, 11:30pm, Join us All Ages Welcome! Rev. Beth Banks, Rev. Morgan McLean, Kate Logvy, R.E. Coordinator The … Continue reading Online Worship: What Does “Faith” Mean? + Animal Blessing
Join us via this link. Rev. Morgan McLean, Molly Napier, Worship Associate Writing about cosmic religion, Albert Einstein said, “imagination is more important than knowledge.” The biographical note in the publication called Einstein “the imaginative thinker first and the scientist second.” What does it mean to be an imaginative thinker? How can we cultivate our … Continue reading Online Worship: Pure Imagination
Join us via this link. Rev. Morgan McLean; Meghan Kelly, Worship Associate We begin 2021 full of hope for the return of “normal” sometime this year. We have been changed as individuals and as a society by the pandemic. What will our new “normal” be? Together, we’ll imagine our new selves and our world, and … Continue reading Online Worship: Anything Can Be
Join us via this link. Susan Steinbach, Worship Associate Join us to celebrate the turning of the earth and the return of the light at this year’s solstice service. We will sing, share, and have a ritual candle-lighting as we look toward a new year to be reborn with the sun. In Religious Exploration, families … Continue reading Online Worship: Solstice: The Sun’s Return
Join us via this link. Families are created by birth and by choice, including through adoption, fostering, and the commitment of a family of friends. Congregation members will speak about the sacredness of their family; they may be broken, yet, whole; imperfect, yet, real and sacred. Child Naming & Family Dedication Ceremony: Soren Eschbach and … Continue reading Online Worship: The Wholly Family
