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What a Wonderful World

Monthly Theme: Love as CelebrationWhere: Center for Spiritual Living, Zoom: Sanctuary The Sunday Experience4:30 pm – Welcome and Hospitality5:00 pm – Evening Service (ZOOM Opens)6:00 pm – Refreshments6:30 pm – Continuing Conversations Louis Armstrong made a statement with his song, “What A Wonderful World.” This song has longevity. The Songwriters George David Weiss / Robert Thiele penned a song for all time. These words capture so much of the song’s essence. The colors of the rainbowSo pretty in the skyAre also on the facesOf people going byI see friends shaking handsSaying, “How do you do?”They’re really sayingI love you I’m off to a […]

We are the World

Monthly Theme: Love as CelebrationWhere: Center for Spiritual Living, Zoom: Sanctuary The Sunday Experience4:30 pm – Welcome and Hospitality5:00 pm – Evening Service (ZOOM Opens)6:00 pm – Refreshments6:30 pm – Continuing Conversations “We Are the World” is a song by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie about helping people in need, and the importance of caring for each other. The song’s lyrics convey that we are all human, all the same, and part of the Universe, part of the unknown forces. We should stop pretending that everything is okay, and help each other because too many people are suffering. The song also inspires […]

One Love

Monthly Theme: Love as CelebrationWhere: Center for Spiritual Living, Zoom: Sanctuary The Sunday Experience4:30 pm – Welcome and Hospitality5:00 pm – Evening Service (ZOOM Opens)6:00 pm – Refreshments6:30 pm – Continuing Conversations One Love in the dictionary means universal love and respect expressed for all people regardless of race, creed or color. Thus, broadly speaking, one love is an expression of unity and inclusion. We as Universalist Unitarian are called to live our lives expressing these sentiments. The first Principle of our faith makes it all so clear. Bob Marley set the stage. The question is who will join the show? Let’s get […]

UU Principles on Stones

We will provide smooth stones with our UU principles on them. We will also provide blank stones for children to draw or write their own beliefs about love, friendship, care for the Earth, etc. The children will use permanent markers to draw on smooth stones. They can take the stones home and place them in their garden or path as a reminder that what they believe is important and strong. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Teri I for more information. We hope to see you and your whole family!

A Word from Rev Gordon

June 2024 Theme: Love as Celebration June gloom, June weather is real here in the Valley. Wow, I had forgotten that! It is almost summer and I’m longing for the warm days. I’d like 80-90 with low humidity! It feels good to me. How about you? How does June in all of its glory, Love and Celebration resonate with you? Love Connects Us. Love celebrates important ways Unitarian Universalists live out our faith in this covenantal community. Many of us have been moved by love and gathered in spirit, we embrace our responsibility toward one another and the world at […]

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Monthly Theme: Love as CelebrationWhere: Center for Spiritual Living, Zoom: Sanctuary The Sunday Experience4:30 pm – Welcome and Hospitality5:00 pm – Evening Service (ZOOM Opens)6:00 pm – Refreshments6:30 pm – Continuing Conversations Tina Turner, in one of her most famous songs, sang the line, “What’s love got to do with it?” one of the most well known titles and questions in modern history. Through the lens of the 2024 world view, as we look at various religions, philosophies, and public policies that often speak of being driven by love and kindness, but are not, we must ask ourselves that same question. More importantly, […]

Death Cafe – Session II

What will your loved ones say about you? One way to ensure your story is told correctly is to write it yourself. The great writer Flannery O’Connor said, “A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way.” A eulogy — a remembrance speech at a funeral — often includes stories about the departed loved one. Yet how many of us know the whole story and unique path of even those closest to us? It’s not egotistical to write your own eulogy. Many grief counselors and thanatologists encourage people to think about their favorite memory […]

Friendship Bracelets

This Sunday, your child will have beads and other materials to create bracelets to give to people in the church or to new friends. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Teri I for more information. We hope to see you and your whole family!

2024 General Assembly

Join us online Thursday, June 20 through Sunday, June 23, for an all-virtual General Assembly 2024. We will return to a multiplatform GA in 2025, gathering online and in Baltimore, Maryland, June 19-22, 2025. If you are interested in attending, please Register for Zoom links. The cost is $315 if you Register by May 15, and will go up to $400 afterward. Everyone is invited to go. If you are interested in becoming a delegate, please contact Janet L.

Is It Non-Binary, Or Not?

Monthly Theme: Love as EquityWhere: Center for Spiritual Living, Zoom: Sanctuary The Sunday Experience4:30 pm – Welcome and Hospitality5:00 pm – Evening Service (ZOOM Opens)6:00 pm – Refreshments6:30 pm – Continuing Conversations Life is complicated, and sometimes confusing. When we try to oversimplify things, we lose the nuances and subtleties that often make the biggest differences. In the Western World, we are taught to think rationally, logically, and in a binary fashion. Often, however, the answer to the question, is it this or is it that, is yes. Come and reflect on the value of resting in ambiguity. What might we learn from […]