1st Tuesday: RENEWAL

Melissa Bartell | November 30, 2009

[Click image for Renewal Project website] Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow’s film from the 1st Tuesday Social Action Film Festival is RENEWAL, and it’s all about faith communities acting as stewards of the earth. From the official description Across the nation, people of faith are standing up for the environment. Evangelical Christians are fighting [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

Melissa Bartell | November 26, 2009

Whether you’re celebrating at home, with friends and family (biological or chosen), or going out somewhere fancy, we wish you a safe, happy holiday weekend. To celebrate the day, we’re sharing this video from UU Planet: After you’ve watched it, we hope you’ll come back here to the blog, and share some of the things [...]

Warm Clothes, Small Hands

Melissa Bartell | November 24, 2009

Bring new or gently used winter-wear to church. Help a child in Afghanistan! As many of you know, Jase is running a coat drive again this year (see him for details). Those of you who have already stripped your closets of winter coats may still wish to give to those in need, and Kimberlyn has [...]

Listen to Our Services – November 15th, 2009

Scott Grey | November 20, 2009

Unitarian-Universalism is All We Teach Rev. Mark Walz preaches that above all else, the only thing that ultimately matters is love; love for the mystery and love for each other. This religion is important. This religion is all we teach. (15:03)

Listen to Our Services – October 25th, 2009

Scott Grey | November 20, 2009

Ultimate Abundance, Ultimate Optimism – Rev. Mark Walz “This is a wondrous church… an amazing congregation and a wonderful time for us to be alive…” In this sermon based on the fifth smooth stone, Rev. Mark Walz discusses the human and divine resources which can help to bring about the changes we seek. These resources [...]

Building Lasting Relationships

jace_donaldson | November 19, 2009

by Susan Biali, MD Source: Psychology Today  I frequently talk about relationships as one of the most important contributors to your health and happiness. And it’s not just your closest relationships – the number of social contacts you have in your daily life, period (including the bank teller and your neighbor down the street) are [...]

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

Melissa Bartell | November 17, 2009

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia Support UUCOC! Get this from Amazon.com >> Those of you who attended church on Sunday the 15th know that we had a live reading of The Fall of Freddie the Leaf, instead of a video presentation, for our dramatic moment. The author credit was accidentally left [...]

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