Author: Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael (Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael)

December 24, 2024 UUCM Christmas Eve Worship Service

Bethlehem Rhapsody: A Hard Rockin' Pageant — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister and Judith Hogan, director of religious education. Join us for the most joyful holiday pageant ever! The sanctuary becomes a stable. Our hearts become one.

"Repair is Growth" — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. Our annual heritage bread, communion, and invites us into relationship with one another to serve the cause of repair and growth.

"Repairers of the Breach - Election & Conviction" — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. True religion calls us to bind up the broken and set the captives free. True religion calls us to be repairers of the breach. In this Bash sermon on the Council of Nicea purchased by Cil Knutsen, we will discern how to repair the breach after challenging elections.

"Where is the Gift?"— led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, co-senior minister. The poet and mystic Hafiz has asked: "How do I listen to others as if everyone were my mentor speaking to me his cherished last words." On this Indigenous People's Day adjacent to Yom Kippur, we listen for the gifts in others' words.

"Climate Justice Revival" — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, co-senior minister and the Climate Justice Revival Team. We are reimagining climate justice for a new era and bringing a spirit of revival and renewal to our work. Imagine that it's 2050 and we've achieved all of our wildest hopes for collective liberation. How would our world transform if love was at the center of our climate action?