Flower Ceremony/New Member Recognition In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Rev. Zackrie Vinczen Nancy Philip, Worship Associate In June 1923, Rev. Norbert Čapek led the first Flower Ceremony in Prague. Today Unitarian Universalists around the world still observe this ceremony allowing the flowers to “remind us of the wonderful simplicity of the … Continue reading Flower Ceremony/New Member Recognition
The Gender of God In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Rev. Zackrie VinczenJenny Weaver, Worship Associate Earlier this year, some controversy was stoked when the Church of England announced a plan to explore removing gendered language in reference to God. This is not the first religious tradition to go down … Continue reading The Gender of God
Climate Challenge – Why Love is the First Answer In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Kathryn Lafond, Guest SpeakerJohanna Munson, Worship Associate What if the story of the Earth/the Universe actually, is really a love story that plays out as a continuous evolutionary theme? And right now we are in … Continue reading Climate Challenge – Why Love is the First Answer
Hope & Good News In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Rev. Amanda AikmanNancy Philip, Worship Associate An invitation to re-tune our moral radios to catch the broadcasts of hope and good news – messages that are all too often drowned out but are operating quietly under the static.
Mother’s Day In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Rev. Zackrie Vinczen Jenny Weaver, Worship Associate In 1870 Julia Ward Howe wrote a proclamation titled “Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World.” Today this text is better known by the title “The Mother’s Day Proclamation.” In this service we will reflect on this … Continue reading Mother’s Day
Religious Absurdity In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Rev. Zackrie VinczenMike Cox, Worship Associate In 2005, 24 year old Bobby Henderson wrote a satirical letter to the Kansas State Board of Education professing a belief in a supreme being known as the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Since then, what started as … Continue reading Religious Absurdity
Be Careful of What You Pretend to Be In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Gregory Cook, Guest Speaker Jenny Weaver, Worship Associate The dictive “Just be yourself” is generally presented as something that is both easy to do and the right thing to do. Here we will examine the toll on … Continue reading Be Careful of What You Pretend to Be
Poetry of the Earth In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. There will be not live-stream for this service. Rev. Zackrie Vinczen This service will invite us into a time of music and reflection as we consider poems that express our connection to the Earth.
The Gospel According to This Moment In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Rev. Barry Andrews, Guest SpeakerNancy Philip, Worship Associate Henry Thoreau was known for many things. He was by turns a schoolteacher, a pencil maker, a surveyor and a handyman. He was also an advocate of simple living, civil … Continue reading The Gospel According to This Moment
Easter In-person service in Webster Hall at 10:00 a.m. with live stream Rev. Zackrie VinczenJohanna Munson, Worship Associate The story of Easter is one of betrayal and hope, sacrifice and redemption, but is the story we all know the whole story? This Easter we will consider an additional account provided by the betrayer himself: Judas … Continue reading Easter
