What is the truth that sings in our heart? Who teaches us to sing our song?

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Where did we come from? Please join us in our annual celebration of water and stones. What places have been meaningful in your life this year? Bring water or stones from the places that have been meaningful to you this year.

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What would you tell your 18-year-old self? Father and daughter Nate and Nora Makdad share their answers – and the prayer born from them.

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“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” Come join us for a morning of the kind of singing that can get us off our feet and power a revolution.

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Jim Scott has brought his contemporary and multicultural music to churches of many denominations, from performing the celebrated Missa Gaia to being the worship leader or special guest musician and making a musical program from his wide repertoire.  He has visited more than 600 Unitarian Universalist (UU) Churches over a span of three decades.  His much loved “Gather the Spirit” and a number of others are included in the two most recent UU hymnbooks.  Former Co-chair of the UU Ministry for the Earth, Jim was involved in creating the “Green Sanctuary” program.  

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The Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB, author of “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer” and a pioneer of interfaith dialogue who turned 100 last month, insists not that happy people are grateful, but that grateful people are happy. Together, let us explore ways to deepen the spiritual practice of gratitude, also the font of generosity.

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The word faith is one of those religious words with baggage – belief in the seemingly impossible, miracles like the resurrection or feeding thousands with a few loaves and fishes. But might it also have meaning for us without that kind of belief? For what we do believe in and how we live our lives?

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What do we do with good things that we didn’t “earn”?

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Some of life’s greatest joys are also the things we cannot keep. But what if their impermanence isn’t what makes them heartbreaking – it’s what makes them precious? Join us as we explore how embracing life’s endings can deepen our gratitude, our relationships, and our joy.

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