Welcome one and all for a very special time of honoring and acknowledging the sacred relationship that exists among all the creatures of the earth! We shall warmly welcome and celebrate our animal companions in this service! Please consider bringing your beloved pet to our live zoom service to relieve a special blessing, or consider … Continue reading Blessing of the Animals: A multi-generational service
Today we gather to honor a “season of memory.” With the Pagan and Gaelic festival of Samhain as well as All Hallows Eve and Dia de Los Muertos soon approaching, we pause to recall our personal connection to those who have passed. This morning we remember the beloveds who have gone before us, honoring their … Continue reading Those Who Have Gone Before: Memory & Ancestors
Deep Listening is listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing– a heightened state of awareness that connects to all that there is. We will listen to new voices that prepared the way for Deep Listening and discover new foundations for making music together. Join us in … Continue reading The Practice of Deep Listening
This morning we explore the month-long theme Deep Listening, and consider whose voices are often under-heard or rendered invisible. As a society, what does it mean to “decenter” voices dominant in the status quo in order to “re-center” and awaken possibilities for a more just and equitable world? All are welcome for this service of inquiry … Continue reading Deep Listening: Whose Voices?
Please join us THIS SUNDAY in worship for a very special service! Gather with Rev. Dara Olandt, Ellen Beeler, Worship Associate, Dana Christian Lee, DRE, and UUs in the North Bay for our first online UU Revival Service! All are welcome! Instead of going to our regular zoom link, please enter worship at 10:30 am through the zoom link at www.uumarin.org at … Continue reading Northbay UU Revival
We all feel the waves threatening to pull us under. Waves of grief, waves of anger, waves of despair, waves of uncertainty. What might happen if we acknowledged that we were already under? What might happen if we open ourselves up to surrender? And what freedom — and renewal — might we find if we … Continue reading Let the Waves Wash Over Me
This morning we honor the Autumn Equinox and the Jewish High Holidays.The Autumn Equinox is a time of reflection upon paradoxes and change. The 10 day period that extends from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur is known collectively as the Days of Awe, a time of introspection and repair. Join us for a service in which we explore … Continue reading Autumn Equinox & The Days of Awe
All are welcome for our annual ingathering service celebrating the beginning of the fall season, and coming back together after summertime! This morning, in a multi-generational service, we’ll symbolically “meet down by the river” to reflect upon the power of water in our lives, the strength of stones, and the promise of community. Gather to share stories … Continue reading Water and Stones: Ingathering Service
As the labor movement song (and poem) from the early 1900s goes, “Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too.” Today, we honor Labor Day and a world with more equity and economic justice. How does the call of “bread and roses” echo in the present? This morning we uplift … Continue reading Bread & Roses
We all know, as the Beatles say, “we get by with a little help from our friends.” What does it mean to journey in this life with others? Can we think about friendships and companioning as part of a “sacred” path? Today we explore and uplift historical encounters, friendships and personal experiences related to being on … Continue reading Spiritual Companions & Sacred Encounters
