Traditionally, the two topics preachers stayed as far away from as possible were sex and money. Today, Rev Eric throws caution to the wind to reflect on the power of our generosity. Centering Music, Welcoming Chime | Rev Eric & Linli Announcements | Mileva Introit: #346, Gather the Spirit | Linli SLIDE Opening Words … Continue reading Sermon on the Amount
What do you do when the life you’d imagined for yourself is stuck in committee? Join us for the story of the UU Hysterical Society.… The practical joke that accidentally turned into a 300 thousand person UU community on Facebook. It’s a story of feeling lost, finding yourself, and UUism-outside-the-box with with UUHS founder Liz … Continue reading Service with Liz James of the UU Hysterical Society
In this service we’ll explore the wild world of resilience and how to live and lend our resiliency in ways that are loving, liberating, and sustainable. With Rev Amelia Peterson Centering Music, Welcoming Chime | Ben & Linli Announcements | Ben Introit: #__ Title | Linli SLIDE Opening Words | Board Host Hymn: … Continue reading Shared Resilience: Teachings from Nature
Next Sunday, Rev Eric and Rev Amelia Peterson will swap pulpits and he will return to speak to the congregation that ordained him into the Unitarian Universalist ministry. In advance of that event, Rev Eric has been reflecting on what he has learned, and still has to learn, about communities of faith and the … Continue reading Pride in the Name of Love
What’s the old line about the tree that falls in the storm compared to the one that bends? This morning, join Rev Eric as he reflects on what passes as strength and how, together, we can help one another face the storms to come. Centering Music, Welcoming Chime | Rev Eric (or WA) & Musician(s) … Continue reading True Strength
What movements of social and political change have taken place without what we might now call a “backing soundtrack”? Today we explore the rich tapestries of liberating music from the past and celebrate the songs that move us now as well as those just being written that will open the doors to better futures for … Continue reading Revolutions in Four Part Harmony
On the eve of the day set aside to honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this morning Rev. Eric reflects on the status of his dream and what it looks like as we face the many changes of our day. Centering Music, Welcoming Chime | Rev Eric & … Continue reading The Dance of Love and Justice
The practice of civil disobedience was first proposed by an entitled iconoclast named Henry David Thoreau, a Unitarian. Let’s explore what lessons of his may be useful for us today. Centering Music, Welcoming Chime | Rev Eric (or WA) & Musician(s) Announcements | Glen Introit: ##1 May Nothing Evil Cross This Door | Linli … Continue reading At the Root of Civil Disobedience
Prelude & Centering | Lea & Ben Opening Hymn: #389 Gathered Here (round) | Lea & Mary Lou Welcome | Rene Castle Chalice Lighting | Ben Ogilvie Wisdom Tale The Emperor Has No Clothes Sing the Children to Class Call to Worship | Rev. Eric Hymn: #1010 We Give Thanks (2x) | Lea … Continue reading Playful Resistance
