Speaker: Rev. Beverly Waring

Find a Sanctuary, Be a Sanctuary

How do you find sanctuary when you need it? Is sanctuary just a space, a room in a church? What makes that space a sanctuary? Or is it much more than that? Join Rev Bev this Sunday as she explores these questions and more. 

Atonement, Forgiveness, and Healing: Lessons from Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. And one of our Unitarian Universalist sources is “Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves.” So we ask ourselves, as Unitarian Universalists we ask ourselves, do we need or even want a day of atonement? What does it mean to forgive and does this always lead to healing? Join Bev this Sunday as she … Continue reading Atonement, Forgiveness, and Healing: Lessons from Yom Kippur

Great Expectations

This service will explore how our expectations can color our experiences. When we enter a situation with preconceived notions of what will happen and how we will feel how likely is it our experience will match our expectations? How likely is it we will be disappointed? This can affect our worship experience, our personal relationships, and how we move forward in this journey we call life. Come Sunday and explore how letting go of expectations can free us … Continue reading Great Expectations

Ingathering Sunday

Join Rev. Bev, Diana Tesni, Director of Religious Education, and Michele Kelly, Music Director, for our first worship service of the Fall. Ingathering Sunday will include special music, a blessing of the backpacks, and a water ceremony ritual. Children and adult students as well as teachers are invited to bring a backpack, book bag, or briefcase for a special gift and blessing by Diana and Rev. Bev. Additionally, everyone is invited to bring some water … Continue reading Ingathering Sunday