It’s that time again! Join us for our annual No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant. Members and friends of all ages are invited to come join us in building the Christmas Story through song and story. Our costumes are ready to go, but you can also join us in costume for any role you hope to play! Want to … Continue reading Christmas Pageant

Advent is a season of anticipation, looking forward to the promise of Christmas. Our Soul Matters theme of presence can seem to be antithetical to anticipation. We can box ourselves into thinking we can be either anticipatory or present. In this service, we use the story of Advent to help us explore how we can … Continue reading Anticipation

This December, our Soul Matters theme is Presence. November was a full, difficult month for many of us, and as we look ahead to this last month of 2024, we start by doing the work of being present with ourselves. This service will focus on tools and lessons that ground us, bring us into presence … Continue reading Rest In Me

We’re trying out a new multigenerational format! In this exciting new service, Rose and Rev. Elizabeth lead you through a service that engages congregational participation throughout our time together, drawing on all our collective voices to create worship for our whole community. The core of our service will engage the theme of choosing kindness, with … Continue reading CHOOSING KINDNESS

This week, many of us hold grief and uncertainty in the wake of the election results. Today, we balance making space for that grief, being tender with our most fragile selves, and begin to prepare for the work ahead. We listen to the words of those who commit themselves to this work of endurance, we … Continue reading AND NOW WE…

In our annual remembrance service, we build an altar of memory, hear stories of connection with beloveds who are now our ancestors, link our current practice of memory to centuries-old tradition, and engage in a new UU ritual to mark this moment of sharing those we remember in community. Bring your photos or small mementos … Continue reading FOLK LIKE ME: A Service of Remembrance

In this month of “Deep Listening,” we have explored listening to ourselves and to one another. But what about those times when listening isn’t good for us? In this world, where nothing is absolute, this service reminds us that sometimes the healthiest practice is to not listen. Today we hold up this idea and explore … Continue reading TO LISTEN … OR NOT

In this multigenerational service we will try out exercises that help us share our interests, our values, and invite us to listen to one another across the generations of our community. Come hear a story about neighbors who listened to each other during conflict, sing a song Sanae wrote for this service, and try out … Continue reading I AM LISTENING TO YOU

In Unitarian Universalism talk about living our values grounded in love. Most often we focus that living outwardly: how we move in the world, our justice work, our relationships. Today we turn our focus inward, to the work of listening to self as an act of love. We practice the work of listening to self, … Continue reading Listening Within