Coming to terms with the finiteness of life and the limitations we face can make us feel vulnerable. Yet, there is also the possibility of deeper freedom in accepting our limitations. This Sunday, we grapple with the limits of living in balance with the earth’s resources as a path of vulnerability. Music will include a … Continue reading Living with Limits, Part 2: The Earth, Our Home (Worship Service) March 26, 2023

For the next two Sundays, we will explore the path of vulnerability in facing limits. Coming to terms with the finiteness of life and the limitations we face can make us feel vulnerable. Yet, there is also the possibility of deeper freedom in accepting our limitations. This Sunday, we grapple with the limits of our … Continue reading Living with Limits, Part 1: The Body, Our Home (Worship Service) March 19, 2023

Sharing generously with others from a place of gratitude can bring us happiness and joy. Yet, vulnerability is also required to both give and receive with courage and humility. We close our Annual Pledge Drive honoring the blessing of our mutuality – giving and receiving with vulnerability, gratitude, and love. Music will be provided by … Continue reading From You I Receive, To You I Give (Worship Service) March 12, 2023

Grief and loss have been nearly constant companions for many of us over the last few years, as we have navigated a global pandemic on top of the ongoing social, environmental, and political crises. How might we reconsider or re-imagine the practice of grieving when faced with our current reality and the anticipation of even … Continue reading Grief Activism: Making Space for Lament and Communal Care (Worship Service) March 5, 2023

Love connects and commits us to one another in ever-widening webs of interdependence from our families to this church community to our ecosystems and beyond. How might we put love into action to strengthen the interdependent web of life? Music will be provided by Aaron Marcus and Sam Sanders. Download or View the Order of … Continue reading Our Part in the Web (Worship Service) February 26, 2023

These words by the Universalist minister L. Griswold Williams are a regular part of our worship service: “Love is the doctrine of this church.” For a non-creedal religious community, what does it mean to claim “love” as a “doctrine”? Music will be provided by the UCM choir singing the 1811 Sacred Harp arrangement of our … Continue reading A Doctrine of Love (Worship Service) February 19, 2023

Together we renew our spirits in community, nurture one another along our journeys, and grow in mind and heart. This Sunday, we launch the Annual Pledge Drive in support of our church mission, planting seeds of love for our shared present and future. Music will be provided by UCM members Esme Beaudry and Paula Gills, … Continue reading Seeds of Love (Worship Service) February 12, 2023

Many of us dread engaging in conflict because it is uncomfortable, frightening, and seems destructive. Yet conflict engaged in well is a crucial ingredient of building more loving relationships on the personal and community level. UCM member Ginny Sassaman, who has a Masters in Mediation and Conflict Studies, has heartfelt and practical suggestions to follow … Continue reading Conflict Resolution as a Path to Love (Worship Service) February 5

Each of us has an inner compass that can guide us towards wise and compassionate ways of living with each other and the planet. How do we find and follow the wisdom within us especially as the world around us shifts and changes? Music will feature the UCM choir and congregation singing Da Pacem Cordium … Continue reading Spinning Towards North (Worship Service) January 29, 2023