Jon Czarnecki, Robin Jensen and Worship Associate Corey Brunson We can be discouraged and uplifted by both trust and hope. Is one stronger than the other? Under what circumstances should we rely on one and not the other? How can we make them both major players in our lives? Jon Czarnecki, Robin Jensen, and worship … Continue reading “Hope and Trust: In Conflict or in Accord?”

Worship Associates Micah Forstein and Ray KriseWhat role will religion play in the future? Does Unitarian Universalism have a place in that future? None of us has a crystal ball, of course. Our final birthing of cognitive, sentient artificial intelligence may be right around the corner or our contact with similar intelligences not of this … Continue reading “The Future of Religion and Unitarian Universalism”

Worship Associate Lauren Keenan and Mibs McCarthy Ever Willing: Becoming the People Our World Needs. The pandemic has wrought change and created uncertainty for institutions, like our Unitarian Universalist congregations, and our wider world. Who and what are we becoming, individually and collectively? Our GA Sunday service explores these themes as we gather in community … Continue reading “UUA General Assembly 2023 Worship Service”

Brian Jacobson and Worship Associate Lauren Keenan  Our service will be led by Worship Associate Lauren Keenan and UUCMP member extraordinaire Brian Jacobson. Brian, an arborist, storyteller and longtime UUCMP church member, will lead us on a virtual tour of the UUCMP woods. He will share what’s here, what changes have happened over 40 years, … Continue reading “Steps on The Path: A Tour and a Call to Action”

Rev. JoAnna Daum and Worship Associates Ann Jacobson and Corey Brunson What is a spiritual leader and what is spiritual leadership? Rev. Joanna Daum will share her understanding and vision of what it means to be a “spiritual leader” and will guide us to tap into the spiritual leader within each of us in all … Continue reading “Spiritual Leadership”

Rev. Axel Gehrmann and Worship Associate MicahForstein On this Father’s Day, we remember fathers we have known, and reflect on the ever-evolving meaning of fatherhood. We each have been shaped by our fathers, by their loving parenting and by their personal limitations, by their caring presence and their aching absence, by their hopes and fears. … Continue reading “The Delight of Dad Jokes”

Jorge Torrez, Lucy Faridany, Rev. Elaine Gehrmann & the UUCMP Community Choir Mattie Stepanek has said, “Unity is strength . . . When there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” This Music Sunday, we will be treated to a number of marvelous musical illustrations of our unity in community. Don’t miss this … Continue reading “We Are One – A Delightful Music Sunday”

Rev. Axel Gehrmann, and Worship Associates Page Galloway and Christina Zaro The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight,” the poet May Sarton writes. Sarton’s words are at once an important reminder and a challenge, especially in these complicated times. Where do you find delight? How do you experience delight? … Continue reading “Dimensions of Delight”

Ray Krise and Bjorn NilsonWhen we consider the concept of creativity, we tend to think first of the arts: music, painting, dance, literature, architecture, on and on. But creativity is central to the very fact of life itself. Creativity defines our very being. With evolution as a paradigm for change, can we as self-described sentient, … Continue reading “Co-creating With the Universe”

Elizabeth Granado, DRE & Rev. Axel Gehrmann Ours is a community of religious learning and exploration, of creativity and care. This spirit of community is most apparent in our activities that involve all ages. This morning’s multi-generational service will celebrate this year’s Religious Exploration program: the children, youth, and adults who have participated. We will … Continue reading “Celebrating Religious Creativity and Exploration”