We begin October’s theme of sanctuary with reflections on how we find places of inner peace.

Who we were. Who we are. Who we want to be – Vision cannot be fulfilled without trusting in the unknowns of its outcome. What gives us courage to take a leap of faith?

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear” To become who we choose to be, we must understand who we were – at our best AND at our worst – and know that we have not left those moments very far behind.

[Service at 10:45 a.m.] Our vision as a community is a statement of faith in who we wish to become. But, to fulfill our vision, we must keep it in our consciousness. And we must know who we are now.  Join us for our annual Ingathering celebration to kick off the church year.

Presented by Rebecca Howard. Our fourth principle encourages us to pursue “A Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning”. What is the meaning of “truth” and how do we interact with others once we find our own truth? Can we remain open to the possibility that truth adapts and changes with us?

I’m answering your questions during the service. What do you want to know about Unitarian Universalism? About the mission of the congregation? About life’s big questions? About . . . anything? To ask your question, head to our Facebook page and leave it as a comment under the photo announcement post for this Sunday’s service … A Box of Questions Read More »

Rev. John takes a page out of the improvisation playbook as we explore what it means to listen to your own heart and to the heart of the community.

In this sermon, John Ambrosiano shares some ideas common to the world’s wisdom traditions like Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism, as well as the mystical teachings of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. These are teachings that can seem counter intuitive, or even crazy on first hearing, but are really pointing out the path to sanity and freedom.

Every culture has at least one creation story — an attempt to understand the world we find ourselves in. Scientists are presently constructing a comprehensive model to satisfy that same need for understanding. But science is notorious for producing more new questions for every satisfying answer. And some of the answers that we come up … The Shape of Our Universe Read More »