Join us as we explore how quilting, knitting, and other creative textile arts can act as spiritual practice.  Hear stories of how art changes lives, experience the joy of music, and enjoy our pop-up art display.  Come and be inspired!  Ann Johnson and Corey Brunson will lead a similar service that morning at the church … Continue reading The Threads of Life – Karen Brown and Mary Kay Hamilton

To read a transcript of the sermon for this service please click on this link: The Work of Art Spiritual teachings are conveyed in sacred stories and scholarly texts, in the words and deeds of prophets and exemplars, and in the daily disciplines of religious practitioners.  Drawing on our powers of imagination and intuition, through the … Continue reading The Work of Art – Rev. Axel Gehrmann and Sue Ellen Stringer

At 9:30 a.m. only — Do you consider yourself an introvert or an extrovert?  A church community is full of both types of personalities as well as those who fall somewhere in between.  How can introverts and extroverts be in community together and better understand one another?  What specific gifts do these two personality types bring … Continue reading 9:30 a.m. “A Community of Personalities” – Amy Carlson and Bob Sadler

To read a transcript of the sermon for this service please click on this link: When Our Hearts Need Healing According to some religious teachings, the human heart is the seat of the soul.  The heart is our source of courage, compassion and conviction.  It is a place of deep feeling, which we can choose to … Continue reading When Our Hearts Need Healing — Rev. Axel Gehrmann and Chris Kage

As we celebrate Easter and Earth Day, we are reminded of ancient stories and seasons and cycles: of cold and warmth, darkness and light, decay and renewal, death and rebirth.  How might we help these ancient processes of healing and new life take shape, in our own lives and in the world, for our planet and … Continue reading Rebirth and Renewal – Rev. Elaine Gehrmann and Sue Ellen Stringer

Guest minister Rev. Lehel Molnár, the Balazs Scholar at the Starr King School for Ministry, will speak to us about the Edict of Torda which proclaimed, “… in every place the preachers shall preach and explain the Gospel each according to his understanding of it, and if the congregation like it, well. If not, no … Continue reading The Edict of Torda – Rev. Lehel Molnár and Katie Hamilton

To read a transcript of the sermon for this service please click on this link: Dreams of Perfection We all aspire to be good people.  We strive to change the world for the better, beginning with ourselves.  Improvement and self-improvement is our ongoing endeavor.  Religious exemplars, saints and sages, may serve as models of moral perfection.  … Continue reading “Dreams of Perfection” – Rev. Axel Gehrmann & Ann Johnson

To read a transcript of the sermon for this service please click on this link: What’s the Point? Rev. David Usher is a lifelong Unitarian originally from Adelaide, Australia.  He studied for the ministry at Oxford and has recently retired after thirty-six years of ministry in England, New Hampshire and California.  He was the founding … Continue reading “What’s the Point?” – Rev. David Usher and Katie Hamilton

Many of us are familiar with the Golden Rule of “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It turns out that this principle transcends theology and time, having appeared in some form in almost all of the world’s spiritual and religious traditions. This morning we will explore some of the Golden … Continue reading Golden Rule in History – Rev. Elaine Gehrmann & Robin Jensen