The journey from childhood to adulthood is marked by transition points. The communities that surround us and how we fit within these communities transform and expand as we develop and age. This Sunday we celebrate five of our young people who have spent the winter and spring exploring their personal relationship to their UU faith in preparation for this service that marks their Coming of Age. Join us for a joyful Sunday of celebration as we witness what they … Continue reading Coming of Age in Community
There are ideas that will suffocate our humanity as surely as a raised voice or a fist. How can we create a safe place – physically, educationally, socially, culturally, spiritually – to exceed the boundaries of our fears. Bio: Rev. Sarah Person is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister from Middleborough, MA, and a married mother of two. She serves as a member of the Ballou Channing Chapter Leadership Council of the UUMA, a Good Officer, … Continue reading It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
If you ask a Unitarian Universalist if they believe in God, many will answer, “Well, it depends upon what you mean by God.” According to Universalist Minister, Clinton Lee Scott, “Words are the commerce of the civilized world, the coin of exchange, and the vehicle of thought.” But how do we communicate effectively when we assign our own private meanings to important and common concepts? Come Sunday as we explore this question.