Water Ceremony - What We Water Grows: Every new church year begins with something small: a seed, a hope, an intention, a little bit of water. As we return from summer and gather again in community, we’ll reflect on what we want to nurture in ourselves, in one another, and in the world we are helping to create. - Rev. Sian Wiltshire

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Craving Kindness: With the news punching us in the gut every day, many of us are craving kindness right now. But kindness isn't always easy, especially when snark is so satisfying. Come explore how we might hold onto our Shared Values, and satisfy that craving. - Rev. Sian Wiltshire

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"To Rome, with Love": Have you heard the one where a group of Protestants and a Unitarian Universalist walk into the Vatican offices... Join Rev. KC for an exploration of how stories can transcend time, and what it might look like to "heal memory". - Rev. KC Pandell

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Tightening the Weave of Community: Guest speaker, Melanie DeMore talks and sings about the many ways we are connected.

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The Love at the Center Can't Be from Hallmark: Our Unitarian Universalist values are centered around Love. But what does “love” mean here? We’ll explore what a life based on grounded, fierce love might look like, and how we might teach ourselves to live such a life. - Rev. Everett Howe

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"So?!": Someone once told our guest speaker that "So?!" may be "the greatest affirmation of all." Come and find out why, and why it's needed today more than ever. - Rev. Anne Hines 

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Spiritual Dead Ends: There are spiritual dead ends we need to look out for. If we spend all our precious energy on these, it leads to suffering and a wasted life. We can identify these as the 5 delusory 'p's. Possessions, Power, Prestige, Profit and Pleasure. These are all good things in their place but a bad bet to bet your life on. - Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube

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The Freestyle Rapper's Guide to Spirituality is the first sermon in a three-part series exploring faith, ambition, loss, and the evolving meaning of a well-lived life.

In this personal and often humorous opening chapter, Gary Frazier traces his unlikely spiritual journey from a loud, stuttering child who dreamed of becoming a rapper, to an aspiring preacher, and ultimately to a broader understanding of spirituality beyond the boundaries of organized religion.

Drawing on hip-hop music, family, ambition, disappointment, and personal transformation, Gary explores what it means to live life like a freestyle rap: listening closely, responding to what arises, improvising when the plan changes, and trusting the rhythm even when we do not know where the next beat will lead. - Gary Frazier 

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YOLO (You Only Live Once): Grab the brass ring; dream big and live it. If not you, who? If not now, when? Free your mind and the rest will follow. Joy is yours for the taking! - JoLynn Ibáñez

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Where You are Held: In this sermon, I explore how early emotional absence—especially around safe male affection and belonging—can shape a life long after childhood. I talk about part of my healing journey, platonic intimacy between men, and the profound human need to be held, accepted, and told: “You belong.” - Lawrence Ingalls

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