"Generosity of Spirit" — led by the Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. Generosity of Spirit is a religious discipline akin to our first principle - how do we attempt to bring our best to everyone we meet, and bring our best? And how are we forgiving when someone's best falls short of our needs? How do we show up for others with humility and love?
Author: Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael (Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael)
When I Became a UU
"When I Became a UU" — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. Self knowledge insists that we are not beings but "becomings" constantly evolving. This service asks us to imagine the path of faith as a choice we make again and again, a commitment and recommitment to a higher truth and a deeper knowing.
Welcoming Grief
"Welcoming Grief"— led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. Grief is a universal experience, but no one experiences grief in the same way. Sages remind us to welcome grief in the same way that we welcome a stranger, without expectation or pretense.
Just Be You
"Just Be You"— led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. The bees are necessary to sustain our ecosystem. So are you. Attending to our interdependence, we find resilience for ourselves and our communities.
Another Day of Living
“Another Day of Living” — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. The Unitarian Universalist tradition is also known as "The Living Tradition." A living tradition is malleable - attuned to new revelation and unapologetically transformable. This day of living is for a soft truth that we can transform with our will and attention. May it be beautiful!
Chaos and Order: The Making of a World
“Chaos and Order — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. The Making of the World” According to the stories of most religious traditions, chaos and order bring the world into being. Chaos and order combine in the act of creation. Our service celebrates and evaluates the ways that this truth touches us as metaphor and reality. This service also elevates the work of motherhood, itself an un-ebbing creative act.