Community is our highest value here at Starr King, and this Sunday we launch our Stewardship Season. What does it mean to steward community? Welcome Opening Hymn: #402, We Would Be One Land Acknowledgment Chalice Lighting Hymn: #402, From You I Receive Call to Worship Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude Musical Meditation Sermon … Continue reading Stewardship of Community
Guest Rev. Ben Meyers leads our worship service this morning. Order of Service Piano prelude Music Video Welcome Land Acknowledgment Chalice Lighting Hymn: #21, For the Beauty of the Earth Call to Worship Interlude Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude Sermon: The Anthropocene Age: Saving Us From Us, Rev Ben Meyers Offertory Extinguishing the … Continue reading Anthropocene Age: Saving Us from Us
Values, like beings, do not exist in isolation. They are inextricably intertwined. In this service we’ll explore the connections among our recently identified church values, the existing UU principles, and the draft Article 2 of the UUA bylaws. Values define and enrich each other in profound ways. Order of Service Welcome Opening Hymn: #298 Wake … Continue reading The Interdependent Web of Values
We will reflect on the poem “Gate A-4,” by Arab-American Naomi Shihab Nye. This poem touches on questions such as: Who are we called to care for? When do we answer the call to serve? Where might we be surprised by grace? Order of Service Welcome Opening Music and Movement: At the Hop Land Acknowledgment … Continue reading Gate A-4
As peoples of many beliefs, let us explore together forms of spiritual practice that resonate with our hearts and minds. Order of Service Welcome Opening Hymn: #38, Morning Has Broken Land Acknowledgment Chalice Lighting Hymn: #163, For the Earth Forever Turning Call to Worship Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude Musical Meditation Reading: Trust … Continue reading Spiritual Practices for Unitarian Universalists
You cannot always tell by looking what is happening. Join us as we look to weave real connections in church community. Order of Service Welcome Opening Hymn: #1008 When Our Heart is in a Holy Place Land Acknowledgment Chalice Lighting Musical Meditation Call to Worship Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude Reading: You are … Continue reading Underground
What values hold Starr King community together? What unifies us as a community? Order of Service Welcome Opening Hymn: #346, Come Sing a Song with Me Land Acknowledgment Chalice Lighting Hymn: #347, Gather the Spirit Call to Worship Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude Musical Meditation Sermon: Unifying Values, Rev Ruth Offertory: DRUUMM … Continue reading What Are Our Unifying Values?
What is waiting inside you to be born? In this month of exploring Potency and Expectation, what deep transformation is possible? Order of Service Welcome Opening Hymn: # 361 Enter Rejoice and Come In Land Acknowledgment Chalice Lighting Call to Worship: Mileva Lewis SoUUlful Families Ministry Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude Hymn: #396, I … Continue reading Inside the Chrysalis
Everyone is welcome to gather here at Starr King to watch a multi-congregational pre-recorded Christmas service put together by Bay area Unitarian Universalist congregations and hosted by Mt. Diablo UU Church. We will open our doors at 9:30am and have hot cocoa and mulled apple cider available. Feel free to bring pastries and snacks! You … Continue reading Christmas Morning
Join us for a reflective and contemplative Christmas eve.
