All worship Events (430)
September 9Sunday
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Water Communion: Laying Down Our Burdens
September 9, 2018 from 11am to 12pm – Sanctuary So many of us carry heavy burdens on our hearts – wrongs we cannot forgive, debts we cannot repay, old stories that no longer serve us, and griefs which keep us from moving forward. As we enter the A… Organized by | Type: worship
September 16Sunday
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The Grace to Forgive
September 16, 2018 from 11am to 12pm – Sanctuary As Jewish communities around the world engage in rituals of atonement in observance of Yom Kippur, we too reflect on reconciliation. When forgiveness does not feel possible, how can we move towards t… Organized by Michael McKee | Type: worship
September 23Sunday
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Love Lives Where the Scar Is
September 23, 2018 from 11am to 12pm – Sanctuary Though we cannot escape being wounded in our lives, we have a choice about if, how, and when to heal. What speeds our healing? And what gifts might we find in the scars that remain? * Children’s Rel… Organized by Michael McKee | Type: worship
September 30Sunday
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Let Your Yes Mean Yes
September 30, 2018 from 11am to 12pm – Sanctuary The strongest relationships are built with honesty and vulnerability, yet a desire to please can lead us to overpromising, or fear can keep us from risking our hearts for love. How might strengthenin… Organized by Michael McKee | Type: worship
October 3Wednesday
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Vespers
October 3, 2018 from 7pm to 8pm – Sanctuary Join us for our monthly contemplative evening worship service, a time to rest from the demands of the world and immerse ourselves in the beauty of singing meditation and a candlelit Sanctuary. Want t… Organized by Michael McKee | Type: worship
October 7Sunday
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A Negativity Bias
October 7, 2018 from 11am to 12pm – Sanctuary As humans, we have an inclination to react to and remember negative events as opposed to positive ones. The thought is that through natural selection, it was more advantageous for our ancestors… Organized by First Unitarian Church | Type: worship
October 8Monday
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Bewilderment
October 8, 2018 from 6pm to 7pm – Sanctuary When most of us are confused, lost, or disoriented, our first instinct is to return to solid answers, something we understand, somewhere that makes sense. Yet there are blessings to be found in the b… Organized by Michael McKee | Type: worship
October 14Sunday
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For They Shall See God
October 14, 2018 from 11am to 12:15pm – Sanctuary Every week, we gaze at the stained-glass Angel that hangs above our pulpit, proclaiming the words from Jesus’s Beatitudes “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” These words, like ma… Organized by Michael McKee | Type: worship
October 21Sunday
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A Wound and a Blessing
October 21, 2018 from 11am to 12:15pm – Sanctuary In a well-known story from the Hebrew Scriptures, Jacob wrestles with God all night, only letting go after he received both a wound and a blessing. Like Jacob, Unitarian Universalists are known to be… Organized by Michael McKee | Type: worship
October 28Sunday
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Sunday Service: Bewilderment
October 28, 2018 from 11am to 12pm – Sanctuary When most of us are confused, lost, or disoriented, our first instinct is to return to solid answers, something we understand, somewhere that makes sense. Yet there are blessings to be found in the b… Organized by Michael McKee | Type: worship
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