Speaker: Rev. Joy Atkinson

Starr King UU Church interim minister, Aug 2014 to June 2015.

Joy’s Moving Sale

IMG_0925This will be our interim minister’s last service. The sermon will sum up the work we have done together during this two-year transitional time, address issues regarding closure for minister and congregation, and gaze into the “crystal ball” to speculate on what the future might look like for this congregation.
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Father’s Day/Celebrating Ministry and Diversity

We will celebrate Father’s Day, and also celebrate the congregation’s calling of a new minister. This congregation has just done “a bold new thing,’ as UUA President Peter Morales has called it, by calling a minister of color. In my early years of ministry, it was a bold step to call a minister like me, a woman, to a pulpit, … Read the rest

Jumping Mouse – Children’s Service

Join us for a participational service as our children present a story of hope, vision and renewal. The story, adapted from a Native American legend, moves through the four seasons with delightful animal characters enacted by the children of our Religious Education program. (No podcast available)… Read the rest

Earth Day Service – Re-Weaving the Web

The seventh principle of our Association calls upon to affirm the “interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.” As a species, we have been responsible for tearing at the strands of the delicate web of life that sustains us on our planet, through such phenomena as global warming, extinction of species, oil spills, ozone depletion. What … Read the rest

UU Service Committee Justice Sunday – Compassion, Community and the Pursuit of Happiness

In a nation obsessed with consumerism, which measures success by the gross national product, what has happened to compassion, sharing and a sense of community?  What did our nation’s founders mean by “the pursuit of happiness?” The collection this Sunday will support the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

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April’s Fool: The Comic and the Cosmic

Laughter is good for the body, the soul and the community, and the comicspirit can be a vehicle for self-transcendence. There is so much to be serious about—the sorry state of politics, the urgent needs of the world, our personal troubles, losses and worries. This Sunday, let’s put our concerns aside for a moment, explore the comic spirit, and usher … Read the rest