Jay-Mari_Vega | January 20, 2012
Thank you to Donna and Steve Leach for the awesome “Changes” Vespers last Wednesday eve. Donna, It was very moving to hear about how rituals have helped ease you through some difficult life transitions. For me, it’s relatively recent that I want to participate in the rituals that most people do automatically–like, this year, we [...]
Rev. Mark Walz | July 20, 2011
Pastoral Letter – The Passing Of Tyna Culbertson Dear Friends, I know that the news last night of Tyna’s passing was shocking and seemed so very sudden to some of us. But please know that Tyna was prepared for this outcome. It doesn’t stop the pain and sense of loss, of course. Watching her [...]
Scott Grey | July 8, 2011
On Tuesday, July 5th, we screened the movie “Home.” This is an incredibly beautiful and moving film about the state of our planet and what we are doing to it (and what we can still do to save it.) The entire film is photographed from the air and presents a very different perspective on the [...]
Scott Grey | July 4, 2011
“Church can be that rich resource, the place where we can begin to declare our passions, to focus our energies. A place to find the kindred spirits who can help us. This is freedom of religion. It isn’t dogma. And it isn’t creed. It is the freedom to seek a partnership in the clarification of our passion.”
Independence Comes With Obligations - Sunday Service July 3rd, 2011 [ 24:03 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (36)Scott Grey | June 25, 2011
Rev. Mark Walz talks about those we call “Father.”
“Like them, we spread this truly biblical, truly traditional, nuturing image of radical fatherhood, parenthood, to a world that often still wants to box up and define, or worse, legalize a specific role of God and through that, a specific role of fathers, mothers, and families. And ultimitely define and legalize the very idea of God itself. We know better in this church. And because we know better, we try to do better.”
Scott Grey | June 13, 2011
“These other measures of success matter only in that they reflect the positive transformation in the lives of the people touched by the congregation’s work. We change lives every day. Every day people show up with their own aspirations, their own ideas of what this experience might be. And we reward their courage by being here.”
Rev. Mark Walz delivered his message that Unitarian Universalist Ministers honor a code of behavior that other Religions would call ‘Vows,’ and that they are always aware that they share this ministry with all the adult members of our Congregations. He asked the question “are you ready to make some promises?”
Scott Grey | June 7, 2011
We have to be about the business of building a just and loving community. We have to
do it here for the people in this room and we have to do it for the people in our region, in this
area, in our neighborhoods. We have to create something that models – I have to model for
you and we as a church have to model for them.
When More is Less - Rev. Marcia Shannon, June 5th, 2011 [ 21:15 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (29)
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