This Mother’s Day, let’s reflect on love — love for our children, love for our parents, love for ourselves, love for each other. A tribute to the power of love and to keeping our hearts open. We will send out the link to the viewing gathering via email. (Sign up for our email list.) Afterward, … Continue reading Learning To Love the World
In this peculiar pandemic time, we don’t just stand at a threshold–we have fallen down the rabbit hole into a world between worlds. In this time of disorientation, it is possible that the Caterpillar has the most important question. Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar returns to join us virtually. We will send out the link to … Continue reading Down the Rabbit Hole
The Unitarian Universalist Flower Communion was first celebrated in 1923 by Dr. Norbert Čapek, who founded the modern Unitarian movement in Czechoslovakia. He was inspired one day by the riot of spring around him, and he asked church members to each bring in a flower. Gathered together, the flowers remind us, “These flowers are like … Continue reading Flower Communion
“This I Believe” is one of UUP’s most cherished series of services. We learn wondrous things from members or dear friends of our congregation. In these talks, congregants trust US by sharing with us their lives and their stories about how they make sense of the world around them. In connecting our UU principles to … Continue reading This I Believe
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The UUP Board of Trustees has cancelled worship services and other church-related gatherings through the end of April. Please be well, and stay in touch with one another for mutual support! Check your e-mail for links to upcoming online services and music. Rev. John Buehrens served as the sixth President of the UUA, 1993-2001. He retired … Continue reading Cancelled: Spiritual Friendship and Social Justice
The UUP Board of Trustees has cancelled worship services and other church-related gatherings through the end of March. Please be well, and stay in touch with one another for mutual support!
The old saying “Curiosity killed the cat” warns against the dangers of inquiring too closely. But in this hazardous world, it just might be that curiosity is the only thing that will save us. Reverend Dr. Lynn Ungar offers some thoughts on cultivating curiosity as a spiritual practice. Guest Minster: Rev. Dr. Lynn UngarWorship Associates: … Continue reading Curiosity Cured the Cat
Rev Dr. David Usher is a lifelong Unitarian originally from Adelaide, Australia. After working in the outback as a jackaroo and traveling the world, he studied for the ministry at Oxford, England. He has had ministries in England, New Hampshire and California and is now retired and living in San Mateo. He was Founding President … Continue reading To the Summit
Today we look to the natural world of which we are part to explore life-giving examples of how to survive and thrive. Taking inspiration from Adrienne Maree Brown’s Emergent Strategy and Richard Power’s The Overstory, we look at wisdom found in the organic body of the living earth. How might we human beings take a cue from the resilience found in the natural … Continue reading 3 Seeds: Resilience Practices for Our Times
