Topic: Community
Fond Memories
Shortly after I started coming to church, the minister gave me something to do. I felt useful. It kept me coming back. What keeps you coming back?
Dialogue with Rural & Migrant Ministry
Roots and Wings
How can we use our understanding of our Unitarian Universalist past to inform our future goals as a beloved community?
A Sense of Community
Sharing experiences living and working in diverse communities and what seems to make them vital and engaged.
Choose Your Own Adventure – Sermon Text
So – here we are. My last sermon with you. And we’re both setting off on new adventures. Now it may not seem like that to you – after all, this isn’t necessarily an adventure of your own choosing – but here’s something important that I have learned: when something happens, you have a choice: … Continue reading Choose Your Own Adventure – Sermon Text
The Art of Meaning – Sermon Text
I want to begin by sharing some stories. About six years ago, two young adults, Alie and Emma, traveled from our home congregation in upstate New York to Central America on a mission trip to a poor community in San Salvador. They were excited to get their hands dirty, doing some serious work in the … Continue reading The Art of Meaning – Sermon Text
Less Is More
Linda Anderson returns to offer some wise words and loving insight on simplicity.
The Joy of Protest – Text
Introduction What the heck is going on here? Why are we sitting at tables? Why are there pencils and markers and sheets of poster board? And what’s with all the color? Today is a day of pulling some threads together – threads that seem unrelated. Yes, I’m about to connect a spring festival, some historical … Continue reading The Joy of Protest – Text
The Sin of Certainty – Sermon Text
Time for All Ages “Seven Spools of Thread” by Angela Shelf Medearis Sermon The brothers in our story made some big assumptions. They each assumed they would inherit, and that there was no way to work together. And until they let go of their assumptions, they were willing to commit what we might call the … Continue reading The Sin of Certainty – Sermon Text