If you come into the area where the children get together for Religious Exploration, you’ll oodles of pots contains flower bulbs just wakening in anticipation of Spring. The children planted these enormous flower seeds in order to watch them sprout, grow and ultimately erupt into flowers perhaps as large as … [Read the rest]
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
- Albert Schweitzer
This time of year I gather boxes of small votive candles, a … [Read the rest]
“We don’t give thanks because we’re happy. We are happy because we give thanks.” Douglas Woods
On December 4, 2011, Cynthia Breeden-Johnson the Literacy Plus Program Coordinator at Hayward Public Library will be visiting our Religious Exploration Program. She will bring us a marvelous gift. She will bring us information … [Read the rest]
John Muir said, “When One tugs at a single thing in Nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” The children in the religious exploration program have been exploring this idea for the last month through the lens of the seventh Unitarian Universalist principle. That is, our … [Read the rest]
G.K. Chesterton said “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” While I view the religious education or exploration as a collaborative adventure, these words remind me how the present and future are connected in the Religious Exploration (RE) program here at … [Read the rest]
Martha Graham, the inspired choreographer and dancer, once said “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never … [Read the rest]
Lane Campbell, our professional director of religious exploration (DRE), has finished her time with us and will spend next year completing her ministerial internship. We send her off with our best wishes and gratitude. Andy Hansen is heading up the search for a new DRE who should be in place … [Read the rest]
This month marks my last weeks of working with all of you here at Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church. It has been a pleasure telling stories with you, arranging FUNShops with you, and supporting youth and nursery programming with you. I have been challenged to grow and stretch. I have … [Read the rest]
This past month brought the announcement that I will be leaving Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church at the end of the summer. The decision has come with both sadness and joy. I am sad to be leaving such a supportive, welcoming, and caring congregation. We have worked together to create … [Read the rest]
Let us hope that the rains continue to come this Spring, making the earth green again-readying the earth to start anew. We are at a time in the Christian liturgical calendar called Lent. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this observance, a little explanation is in order. Lent … [Read the rest]
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