Memorial Day weekend offers the chance to bring close our memories of loved ones gone. Rev. Linda reflects on the power of stories remembered, and the presence in our lives of those only known to us through the stories we have been told. Order of Service Memorial Day Sunday, May 30, 2021 11am Community Worship, […]

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October 22, 2017: Teach-In

This service was part of the second UU White Supremacy Teach-In, which encouraged (and challenged) UU congregations around the country to look intentionally and explicitly at the ways we all participate in white supremacy culture. Peter Walpole contributed an original piece for the Opening Words, “Three Fifths Compromise.” I’m want you to hang on to […]

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October 8, 2017: Spiritual Roots

This month we are exploring the image of Roots.  I am especially moved by the images on the altar in which glass jars show the roots which support these plants and draw up nourishment from the water. Today I am enquiring about our spiritual roots.  I am encouraging all of us to know our spiritual […]

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October 1, 2017: Story Sunday

Read the Order of Service. We will have guest preacher Walter Clark.  (Walter received his Master of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School in spring of 2016. He was an intern at the First Unitarian Universalist of Richmond for two years as well as an intern at the Fellowship of the Peninsula in Newport news […]

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October 29, 2017: Ancestors Sunday

One of the “touchstone” services we return to year after year – Ancestors Sunday.  It is a multigenerational service, the ceremony of child dedication will be offered, and the choir will be singing. [Remember:  our choir rehearses in the sanctuary on Thursday evenings, starting at 7:15.  If you love music, and want to be a […]

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