Message from the UUA President: Updated Guidance For Gathering
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Author: DLRE
5/10/20 Resting on the Threshold by Rev. Marlene Walker
Welcome to this online worship service. We may be apart and distant, yet we are home to each other as we gather in this new way. Prelude – “Come With Me” – Joe Jencks Call To Worship – Rev. Marlene Walker Walk through this door Step into the threshold And balance here For a … Continue reading 5/10/20 Resting on the Threshold by Rev. Marlene Walker
5/10/20 Children’s RE
Watch the Video: Wondering Questions: I wonder how Ferdinand could be happy simply sitting under a tree or smelling flowers? I wonder why the other young bulls liked to run and jump and bump their heads together? I wonder why Ferdinand’s mother worried about him? I wonder if Ferdinand’s mother enjoyed running and jumping or … Continue reading 5/10/20 Children’s RE
5/10/20 Middle and High School RE
Our story today is about a New England man, Henry David Thoreau who lived almost two hundred years ago. He is known for being many things in his lifetime: he was an anarchist (someone who does not believe in government systems), a naturalist (a person who studies natural history, zoology or botany), a transcendentalist (one … Continue reading 5/10/20 Middle and High School RE
In the Interim – May 2020 by Rev. Marlene Walker
Our May Soul Matters Theme of “Thresholds,” and the above reading were chosen months before we ever heard the term Covid 19. I find myself moved by how prescient they are for this threshold time we are all inhabiting. We have been resting on a threshold for two months now, as we have learned to … Continue reading In the Interim – May 2020 by Rev. Marlene Walker
5/3/20 Faith Formation on the Threshold by DLRE Leann Pomaville
Welcome to this online worship service. We may be apart and distant, yet we are home to each other as we gather in this new way. Prelude “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” – Brother Sun Call To Worship by Sophia Lyon Fahs Let us all worship together. Let us venture together into the … Continue reading 5/3/20 Faith Formation on the Threshold by DLRE Leann Pomaville
5/3/20 Children’s RE
Watch the video: The Empty Pot by Demi Wondering Questions: I wonder which part you like the best? I wonder where you are in this story? I wonder how it feels to be good at growing things? I wonder how it feels to be as old as the Emperor? I wonder how the Emperor felt … Continue reading 5/3/20 Children’s RE
5/3/20 Middle and High School RE
What is Ramadan? Ramadan is on of the 5 pillars of Islam. It is a month long fast during the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. Required of all adults, the fast lasts 29 or 30 days, during which Muslims do not eat or drink anything during daylight hours, only before dawn and after dark. … Continue reading 5/3/20 Middle and High School RE
4/26/20 Stitching a New Garment for Change by Omega Burckhardt
Call to Worship “We will not go back to normal,” says Sonya Renee Taylor. “Normal never was… We should not long to return, my friends. We are being given the opportunity to stitch a new garment. One that fits all of humanity and nature.” We are in a special moment, one in which we can … Continue reading 4/26/20 Stitching a New Garment for Change by Omega Burckhardt
4/26/20 Children’s RE
Today’s story, Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, reminds us that as Unitarian Universalists we should not just accept each other, but LEARN from each other. Wondering Questions: I wonder which part of this story is the most important? I wonder which part you like the best? I wonder why the owl chased the bats? I wonder … Continue reading 4/26/20 Children’s RE