A multigenerational service on how we gather the courage with each other to face our fears.  Stretching back to ancient Ireland, autumn has been a time of turning inward and gathering courage to meet that which we fear.  Our human connections with one another provide the “magic” to find our inner resources.  We will celebrate that strength in a … Continue reading Halloween Service: Facing our Fears Together

In Healing the Heart of Democracy, educator, author, and activist Parker Palmer says, “We must judge ourselves by a higher standard than effectiveness, the standard called faithfulness.”  As we live in the space between the founding ideals of this democratic society and the reality, how can Parker’s words guide us, especially in this moment when … Continue reading “LIVING BETWEEN”

We find ourselves in a societal moment when reproductive rights are being fundamentally challenged.  How does our Unitarian Universalist faith inform dealing with our concerns and convictions on these issues?  How do we center with compassion the full, lived experience of human beings who must deal with the  complexity of the issues?  Zoom Services will … Continue reading “In An Imperfect World”

How we welcome others is a question every congregation mulls over again and again, and it’s relevant in many other aspects of our lives as well. What does it mean to welcome people?   Is the key strategy and practice or something deeper?  How do we start to think about better welcoming people in a diversity … Continue reading “Listening with the Ear of Your Heart”

Please note: due to wet conditions at Hale Farm, this service will be held on Zoom (only) at 11:30 a.m. via https://zoom.us/J/92762405253. Most of the time we are trying to do well in our living, to be competent at what we do, to be good people. Many obstacles get in our way, of course, not … Continue reading “Being Possible”

Mark Nepo observes that when we are “left with feeling what was and what is. . we call the difference loss.”  But he goes on to say there is more: what’s new, the possibilities. Every transition comes because there is change; the question is how can we respond to change and create transformation.  What are the … Continue reading “Packing and Unpacking”

Multigenerational Worship:   Ingathering and Water Ceremony As we gather together as a community of all ages at the beginning of a new congregational year, we come in the midst of change, but with gifts that will sustain as we join to do so much more together than we can do singly.   Our service will include … Continue reading “What is the World?”