We live in the unease and the promise of our belonging to a planet that is changing faster than we can sometimes grasp. Like sailors at sea, we navigate an uncertain future together — leaning into communal practices of trust-building, dialogue, and collective decision-making. This service will be followed by a Board-led congregational gathering to … Continue reading September 27, Setting Sail Together
Othering creates rifts and fragmentation between us and is far too pervasive. We cannot experience full belonging in spaces where we have been made other. How might we confront the tendency to “other” and embrace practices that lead to true belonging rather than exclusion? Music will include the choir, directed by Matthew Torrez, singing “Homeward … Continue reading September 20, Bridges to Belonging
Together we create a community of belonging where all of us can be known. We return from our summer paths and begin the church year with our Annual Ingathering and Water Ceremony. Bring water collected over the summer to share in our collective ritual. All ages will worship together. Music will include the choir, directed … Continue reading September 13, We Shall Be Known: Ingathering and Water Ceremony
Unitarian Universalism puts love at the center of our faith tradition. We can only achieve this if we create more welcoming and inclusive spaces for members, old and new, digging deep to define for ourselves what “belonging” is really about. Is “Belonging” a general statement that affirms a commitment to diversity and dismantling White supremacy? … Continue reading September 29, Belonging: A Promise of Rhetoric or Reality
Our democracy is like an ecosystem in which we all have a role to play. Yet fostering belonging within this ecosystem starts not at the ballot box or behind a bullhorn but within each of our hearts. How can we be part of strengthening civic and democratic belonging? Music will include the UCM choir singing … Continue reading September 22, The First Home of Democracy
One definition of spirituality is a deep, personal relationship with the transcendent. What would it mean to come home to this inner spiritual connection? To whom and to what do we belong? Music will include the UCM choir singing Hal Hopson’s “The Gift of Love.” September Worship Theme: Belonging We long for the connection and … Continue reading September 15, Oneness of Everything
Together we create a place of belonging within this spiritual home. We return from our summer paths and begin the church year with our annual ingathering and water ceremony. Bring water collected over the summer to share in our collective ritual. All ages will worship together. Music will be provided by The Crones, singing Maggie … Continue reading September 8, Ingathering Sunday: Water Ceremony
In our quest for belonging, how often do we lose the sense of who we really are? What if true belonging starts with belonging to ourselves?
Being part of a community can meet our human need to belong. Yet at times, we can also feel lonely within a community or excluded from it. How do we meet one another’s longing for community in ways that foster true belonging?
We return from the summer break and begin the 2022-2023 church year with our annual Ingathering Sunday and Water Ceremony. We will share our waters, honoring our sacred connections to one another and our planet and reminding ourselves that we belong to an interdependent community of love and care. The building will be fully open … Continue reading September 11, Ingathering Sunday: Water Ceremony
