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Hannukah is observed fairly simply, as you may remember from the song Fred and I sang this time last year. Along with the songs for the holiday like those we’ve been singing this morning, we have latkes – potato pancakes; we have dreidels – … read more.
We have hundreds of opportunities throughout our day to be in gratitude. How often do we give thanks, though? Let’s talk about gratitude as a daily spiritual practice.
Rabbi Yaakov “Trek” Reef walks in the world as a spiritual teacher and is a regionally-recognized speaker, serving … read more.
It’s not always easy to feel grateful these days, truly thankful. But it is possible, no matter what. Our multigenerational service this morning will celebrate the goodness we can hold onto and lift up – for ourselves, for each other, especially now.
This is … read more.
A Sermon by Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay
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Lately I’ve been thinking that Rhode … read more.
A homily by Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay
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I spoke yesterday with a woman in mourning; … read more.
Rev. Dr. Emerson is a semi-retired Unitarian Universalist minister who has served both in the parish and the community. She served as founding coordinator of the UU Women’s Heritage Society and edited the anthology Standing Before Us: Unitarian Universalist Women and Social Reform, 1776–1936. Her … read more.
A sermon by Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay
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“We have our hearts to give, we have our thoughts to receive; and we believe that sharing is an answer.”
Though we have always been a … read more.
Liz was joined by her good friend and esteemed colleague Rev. Roger Bertschausen, Executive Director of the UU Partner Church Council. International partnerships such as First Unitarian’s partnership with the Unitarian Church in Szentegyháza, Transylvania, offer extraordinary opportunities to learn from differences and similarities and … read more.
A sermon by Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay
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Our theme this month is unity and diversity, and we are thinking, singing, celebrating, this morning love and faith, qualities and expressions of … read more.
A Sermon by Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay
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I am so glad to be here with you
All week, I know many of us just held on and that was all we could … read more.
