The Sunday between Christmas & New Year’s Rev. Karen G. Johnston, Senior Minister Traditionally, at least in recent years, FUUSB has not held an in-person Sunday service on the Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s. Sometimes we have had a pre-recorded service that we made and then offered online. This year, we are inviting … Continue reading December 28 – No Service
Wednesday, December 24 at 4, 6, & 8 p.m. Please join us for our annual Christmas Eve candlelight service. Rev. Karen G. Johnston, Senior Minister 4 p.m. – No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant– All are welcome to this family-centered service in the Sanctuary, featuring a No-Rehearsal Nativity Pageant and candle lighting. 6pm & 8pm – … Continue reading Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
Reverend Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister While we aren’t meeting in person, Rev. Karen offers a brief reflection on the New Year that will be available at 10am on this Sunday. Invite your FUUSB friends over to watch together – watch with folx you want to introduce to FUUSB but who might enjoy exploring … Continue reading “A Small Reflection on the Coming New Year” (online)
Rev. Tom Bozeman – Guest Minister Betsy Ferries – Worship Associate In this society that all too often encourages our lesser instincts, how can our faith community anchor us in responding with more integrity and wholeness? How shall we engage with each other to further deepen and strengthen our collective humanity? Our guest preacher this … Continue reading “How Rare It Is, How Lovely”
Rev. Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Geoff Duke – Worship Associate Let us praise the creatures around us who give us joy, comfort, and occasional irritation. Be they furry or feathered or scaled, this is a chance to celebrate with humility the animal companionship that enriches our lives and teaches us how to be … Continue reading “Annual Blessing of the Animals”
Mark Power-Freeman – Worship Leader Hallie Getty – Worship Associate What if the two wolves inside of you aren’t warring for your soul but are in fact necessary contrasting forces required for you to be complete? This service will use everything from Star Trek to the Tao to a pair of socks to examine how … Continue reading “Duality and Wholeness”
Geoff Duke – Worship Leader Mary Beth McNulty- Worship Associate In Dungeons & Dragons, we gather with a group of friends to weave tales of fantasy adventure and guide our characters through “dungeons deep and caverns cold.” This shared creative storytelling requires trust, empathy, and listening, as well as lifting up and engaging with … Continue reading “Dungeons & Dragons as a Spiritual Practice”
Dan York – Worship Leader Betsy Ferries – Worship Associate Algorithms and AI now quietly decide what news we see, what opinions we encounter, and what we’re encouraged to believe… but we don’t have to be passive consumers. In this service, we’ll explore how to take back control of our information diet, making more … Continue reading “From Facebook to Fox News: Thinking About Our Information Diet”
Michelle Hogle Acciavatti – Guest Worship Leader TBD – Worship Associate Our dead ask two things of us: that we remember them and that we live. The families our guest speaker has met at Vermont Forest Cemetery have taught her that grief is a way of loving and that mourning includes gratitude and joy. … Continue reading “Living for the Dead”
Mary Beth McNulty – Worship Leader Geoff Duke – Worship Associate How can we find grace when it’s so much easier to just stay angry? What if staying in relationship with people you disagree with is less about understanding them — and more about something much harder? Mary Beth shares her family’s story and … Continue reading “Pigheadedness: The Personal and Political”
