Topic: Meaning & Beliefs

Faith, Hope, and Trust

Service Description:

We welcome back the Reverend Stephen Cook with the message “Faith, Hope and Trust.” The familiar theological virtues are faith, hope and love. Yet a quality that allows those virtues to manifest themselves is trust. Today, we are sadly in need of trust. How can our … read more.

The Spark Within

Service Description:

Where does our center, our very core, live? Does it reside in the chambers of our heart? In our brain? In our middle, and that is why gut feelings can be so spot-on? In this service, we’ll ponder the mystery of what makes us us, and … read more.

A Wonder-filled Time of Year

Service Description:

In this lay-led service, Brenda’s reflection is about the meaning of “wonder” and her message about this festive time of year. 

Speaker Bio:

Brenda Martin is a long time First Parish church member. She is a member of the Finance Committee and was the church’s Treasurer … read more.

The Power of Story: Wisdom Passed Down

Service Description:

During this service, we will be sharing short stories of gifts and wisdom passed down to us from those who came before us. We are inviting you to bring an object passed down or a description of an object that has meaning for you. … read more.

All Souls Celebration

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Drawing from the traditions of Halloween, All Souls, and the Day of the Dead, we will do what our human family has done for countless generations: remember our ancestors and how our loved ones continue to live within our hearts. We are always connected … read more.

The Power of Story: The Many Faces of Courage

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Stories help us to step into the shoes of others who have walked, stumbled, and danced down the path of life. We both learn from them and relish our common humanity. During this service, Elisa will share stories about the finding of courage from … read more.

Coming Home, Like Rivers to the Sea

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Our Annual In-Gathering and Water Communion:  Coming Home, Like Rivers to the Sea – Worship Committee
Along with hundreds of other UU congregations on this early September Sunday, we will gather in again. Share in this now traditional end-of-summer Unitarian Universalist service of worship. The Spirit … read more.

Nurturing Kindness

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Kindness is love in action. The giver and the receiver are nourished by the beauty of kindness internally and in our connections to one another. Elisa will share stories and some of what she has learned in the last couple of years co-leading programs … read more.

Homemade by the River

Service Description:

What architects, masons, and the sound of water can teach us about crafting a home by hand. And what rivers remind us about living a life in motion and movement.

Speaker Bio:

Matt Meyer is a musician and worship leader who has led hundreds of services for UU … read more.

Resurrections

Service Description:

In many ways, the story of Easter is the story of a community rejecting the ruling imperial narrative of death and oppression in favor of a new way of being in the world. What can we learn about renewal from early Christians, the rebirth of … read more.