This month we contemplate what it means to be a people of resilience. Just as a tree bends with the wind, resilience rests in our ability to flexibly lean and bend. Another kind of leaning is just as important: the practice of leaning on those next to them. Yes, bend with the wind, but no one makes it through the windstorms alone.
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Breath of Resilience
aka “It’s the end of the world as we know it… and I feel fine.”
Babysitting WILL be available this Sunday during worship services. Babies and toddlers are also welcome in our sanctuary during services.
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The Case for Empathy
The concept of empathy tends to get a bad rap, often being seen as a cheap version of compassion with decidedly more ambiguous benefits. But our guest minister, John Monroe, will explore how empathy is essential to our individual lives and to the spiritual health of a faith community.
Religious Exploration for children and youth is available during the 9:30 service. Babysitting WILL be available this Sunday during both worship services. Babies and toddlers are always welcome in our sanctuary during services, too.
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Celebrating Imbolc
Also called Brigid’s Day, Imbolc is a traditional Gaelic festival marking the turn of the Wheel of the Year. All ages are welcome to join in stories, candle lighting and blessings from the Triple Goddess.
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What Are the Elves to Do Now?
The stockings have been removed from the chimney, St. Nicholas has returned home and visions of sugar plums have faded. What are the elves left to do now that the hustle and bustle of the holiday season has passed and the new year is rolling full speed ahead?
Babysitting WILL be available this Sunday during worship services. Babies and toddlers are also welcome in our sanctuary during services.
Tyler Coles is the Community Lead with SPARK, an intentional collective of young adults guided by the values of our shared faith, and as an Intern Minister with Mt. Vernon Unitarian Church in Alexandria, Va.
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Stony the Road
Exploring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Babysitting WILL be available this Sunday. Babies and toddlers are always welcome in the sanctuary.
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In an Age of Mendacity
Choosing courage over comfort
Babysitting WILL be available this Sunday. Babies and toddlers are always welcome in the sanctuary.
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“This I Believe” Personal Journey Service
Each year we invite several members to share their personal journeys to Unitarian Universalism. This Sunday we’ll hear from three newer members of the congregation.
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Burning Bowl Ritual
One multi-generational service for this annual ritual at 10 am. Join us for a morning of reflection, meditation and new beginnings as we say goodbye to 2019 and welcome the new year — and decade — that awaits.
NOTE: There will be no Religious Exploration classes December 29. All children and youth are invited to join everyone in the sanctuary. Nursery care will be available.
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Services at 5 and 7 pm
“And Heaven and Nature Sing!†Celebrate the returning light and spirit of the season. We recognize the importance of joy in these days as we celebrate the 300th anniversary of the carol “Joy to the World.” The luminarias will be lighted outside and candles will be lighted inside. We carry that light forth into the December darkness as we await the new year.
Babies and toddlers are always welcome in our sanctuary during services.