Mr. Jefferson’s Wall
Rev. Betty Jo Middleton, Minister Emerita at the Mount Vernon Unitarian Chuch, will explore the “wall of separation” between church and state and the meaning of religious freedom.
Archives: Services
Dwell in Possibility
As we go through our daily lives, we face many obstacles and challenges. What would happen if we saw each day as a possibility instead of a list of must dos? What difference would it make in our interactions with ourselves and others?
Hundreds of Ways to Kneel and Kiss the Ground
IMPORTANT! This Sunday we resume our two-service schedule, with worship at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m.
“Let the beauty we love be what we do,” writes poet Rumi. In these troubling days, beauty can be a blessing and a balm.
Note: Religious Exploration is available during the 9:30 a.m. service for children K-5th grade. Babysitting is available, and babies and toddlers are also welcome in our sanctuary during both services.
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Annual Gathering of the Waters
In this multi-generational service, we honor community with the annual gathering of the waters. Please bring canned goods to donate and some water to share in the common bowl. Children and youth are invited to bring their school bags for a Blessing of the Backpacks.
Note: Religious Exploration is available during the service for children K-5th grade. Babysitting is available, and babies and toddlers are also welcome in our sanctuary during services.
Labor Day: People, Planet, Profit
UUCL welcomes Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg, Minister of the UU Congregation of Frederick, MD.
Top economists once predicted that well before the 20th century ended, a Golden Age of Leisure would arrive, when no one would have to work more than two hours a day.
Note: Religious Exploration is available during the service for children K-5th grade. Babysitting is available, and babies and toddlers are also welcome in our sanctuary during services.
Is Spirituality a Steady State?
Spiritual development involves opening ourselves to the complexities of life and the its inhabitants.
Note: Religious Exploration is available during the service for children K-5th grade. Babysitting is available, and babies and toddlers are also welcome in our sanctuary during services.
Do You Hear?
A love of language and a language of love.
Note: Religious Exploration is available during the service for children K-5th grade. Babysitting is available, and babies and toddlers are also welcome in our sanctuary during services.
Unapologetically You
Be Who You Are. A simple concept on the surface but a complicated and difficult idea in practice. This week’s service will talk about the idea of being unapologetically you in a world filled with labels that both unite AND divide us. No two of us are the same, we are all singing different parts in the choir of life.
Note: Religious Exploration is available during the service for children K-5th grade. Babysitting is available,
Both Sides Now
How Life Experiences Affect Our Perspective and Use of Labels
Note: Religious Exploration is available during the service for children K-5th grade. Babysitting is available, and babies and toddlers are also welcome in our sanctuary during services.
There Is No “Them” There
We build skyscraper forts out of the labels we use to characterize “others,” and hurl epithets and worse at “them.” Yet we are all members of the same species, live on the same planet, and have the same basic biological needs. How do we reconcile the immense barriers we’ve created between individual subsets of us and them with the basic facts of our earthly human existence?
Note: Religious Exploration is available during the service for children K-5th grade.