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Within the larger goal of recognizing and honoring the difference between intent and impact, we launch our February theme of “inclusion” by exploring some of the ways that the words we use matter. Rev. Kevin Tarsa with Lindsay Dunckel, Worship Associate

Both the Unitarian and Universalist traditions we inherited began as heresies and then got more heretical from there. Which is to say that you are in good company. We’ll pick up a few of the threads from our traditions’ story and consider what they have to do with us now and moving forward. Rev. Kevin Tarsa with worship associate Cheryl Morris

This Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, we root our exploration of practicing “story” in the sacred text of Lea Morris’ song, “More Than Ever,” written by Lea and friends shortly after the November election. “Now is a moment for shining on,” Lea sings, “It’s alright to cry, keep your eyes on the prize. The world needs your light more than ever.” Rev. Kevin Tarsa with Sophia McKean

We turn to our personal stories this second Sunday of the new year. We’ll invite stories of our 2024 journey with a personal Word for the Year, offer an invitation to craft and share a poem, each line of which begins, “I am from…,” and invite you to start considering your word for 2025. Rev. Kevin Tarsa with Carol Nimick, Worship Associate featuring the Instant Choir! and guest Nick Wilcek, Sie...

What do you do when your history has been purposefully obscured? This Sunday, we look at Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter and the creation of a Queer British Art exhibit at the Tate as two examples of answers to that question. Join us for an exploration of the ways art can help us reclaim lost stories. Sophia McKean and Randy McKean

Come, gather in open-hearted, open-minded community to celebrate “the gladness of Christmas, which is Hope, the spirit of Christmas, which is Peace, and the heart of Christmas, which is Love.” Carols, poetry, candlelight, messages for all and all ages to notice and celebrate what wants to be born in us. Rev. Kevin Tars, Lindsay Dunckel, Worship Associate with UUCM's Choir and member musicians

At this still point, when the sun’s annual journey along the morning and evening horizons pauses for a time, preparing to change direction, we, too, slow down for this “moment of magic” to notice the gifts ready right here, to recognize the powerful opportunity between what happens and our response, and to see if there is a piece of clarity just below the surface. Rev. Kevin Tarsa with Randy Mc...

“Building our capacity to open with curiosity and empathic care to another's experience, feelings and needs also allows us - and actually requires us - to open more deeply and compassionately to ourselves as well, strengthening our capacity for meeting all life’s challenges.” So says the Rev. Cat Cox, who offered us an online introduction to deep dialogue in October. As the winter holidays and ...

Bohdi Day, as it is sometimes known in English-speaking cultures, commemorates the “awakening” of the Buddha. Having been introduced to suffering in the world after a thoroughly protected early life and having tried already many of the existing paths for pursuing peace of mind, Gautama Buddha vowed to remain in meditation until he found it. In this service of singing and meditation, we will see...

Staying grounded and present to ourselves, each other, and to what IS, will be vital in the months ahead. And so, we turn to our December theme, the practice of presence, and to considering what can ground us on the journey. Rev. Kevin Tarsa with Lindsay Dunckel, Worship Associate

Can what’s been repaired be more beautiful than what was broken? Kintsugi, the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold is a worthy metaphor for our lives as it reminds us that embracing imperfections can create a more beautiful and resilient “us” where the “scars” of our brokenness can be part of the design, rather than trying to hide them. Come join us as a trio o...

As we continue to come to terms with the realities of the presidential election and our related feelings, we turn our focus for a moment from what has been lost, to "what is left." We'll invite a second set of discoveries in the journey toward allowing our grief to become transformative. Again, the deep power of gathering in community will be part of what sustains as we commit to "Hold Everybod...

We Unitarian Universalists claim that the what, the why and the how of repair in these very human lives of ours is centered in love. This Sunday we will continue to move more deeply into our focus on repair through the entryways of ritual, our current experience of loss, our dynamic Unitarian Universalist faith tradition, and this very present community of UUCM and all gathered. For this water ...

This Sunday marks the beginning of a month exploring living love through the practice of repair. We live in a time where there is so much to repair, How do we even begin? Do we even have the energy to begin? And things are still breaking! What needs repair or healing? How does the lens through which we see what’s broken impact our hope or dismay Do I have a role to play in repairing what I see ...

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