Rev. Ariel Aaronson-Eves- Guest Minister Warren Baker- Worship Associate Some things in our lives are perennial, constants year after year. Others are more like annual plants, blooming brightly in one season but not lasting. This sermon will explore the inspiration we can glean from the reproductive strategies of different plants, as well as from the … Continue reading “Perennial Hope”
Alex Kapitan- Guest Speaker Mary Beth McNulty- Worship Associate For thousands of years, spiritual traditions around the world have taught the importance of using words with care. Language can divide, destroy, and oppress—or unite, nourish, and liberate. How are we as UUs called to use our words? What does it look like to put love … Continue reading “Say What?!?: The Spiritual Importance of Words”
Jeff Trumbower – Guest Speaker Judy Brook – Worship Associate For this service just after the Fourth of July, we’ll be exploring together the complexities of religion in our country, and particularly the role the Bible has played in shaping who we are as a nation. From the Pilgrims, to enslaved peoples, to civil rights … Continue reading “The Bible in America”
Geoff Duke – Worship Associate This Sunday’s service – June 30 – is special! A 90-minute worship service coming to us from last week’s General Assembly, June 20-23. This year’s General Assembly is 100% virtual – everyone who goes, is attending online. It’s one of the ways that the UUA is living its values around … Continue reading “Bringing the General Assembly to Burlington”
Betsey Ferries & Melinda Lee – Worship Associates The feeling of resting your head somewhere that feels safe at night? One of our UU principles is to recognize the worth and dignity of every human being. As part of that principle, Unitarian Universalists hold that access to affordable, habitable housing is a fundamental right in … Continue reading “Shelter-A Basic Human Necessity”
Rev. Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Warren Baker – Worship Associate Chosen last November, this month’s Earth Teacher is the dandelion. Yet, it couldn’t have been a better choice because the dandelion gives us so much to reflect upon when it comes to impermanence and the courage to accept change, and even embrace it. … Continue reading “Dandelions Aren’t Forever… And Neither Are We”
Rev. Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Judy Brook – Worship Associate Chosen last November, this month’s Earth Teacher is the dandelion. Yet, it couldn’t have been a better choice because the dandelion gives us so much to reflect upon when it comes to impermanence and the courage to accept change, and even embrace it. … Continue reading “Flower Festival: All Kinds of Blooming Amongst Us”
Rev. Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Melinda Lee & Dan York – Worship Associates If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to allow a congregation to hum and strum, to survive and thrive. Each congregational year, thousands of hours are spent embodying who we are, how we are, … Continue reading “Love at the Center: Recognition Sunday”
Due to Marathon Sunday and the difficulties of travel to the Meetinghouse on this particular morning, our Sunday service will be completely virtual and available on our YouTube channel. The Meetinghouse will be closed. Rev. Karen G. Johnston – Senior Minister Warren Baker – Worship Associate “In the end we will conserve only what we … Continue reading “Lake Sunday: Conserving, Loving, Understanding”
Erika Reif & Rowan Van Ness, Worship Leaders Betsey Ferries – Worship Associate Each of us comes to this UU Society carrying with us the gift of a unique perspective, a different understanding of the universe, our own special light; this week the children and youth of this congregation will share theirs! Come, hear stories, … Continue reading “Faith Development Sunday”
