Services

Grace and Grit

 Although we often take what we have for granted, it’s relatively easy to be grateful when things are going our way. How do we go about living a grace-filled and grateful life even when times are hard? Sometimes grit is just as important as gratitude.

Surviving the Holidays

This holiday season brings many challenges. Some are personal–losses of loved ones, losses of relationships, illnesses, changes in employment status, and so on. Others are more political or societal–loss of a sense of safety, increased isolation, divisions among neighbors and organization, etc. How do we deal with these challenges while still finding something to celebrate?

Healing and Organizing

In the wake of a brutal election season, how do we go about repairing and healing the wounds that have occurred? What do we need to do to heal our own wounds, and how might we help others heal? And how do we move from healing to organizing for change?

Sanctuary

In the wake of this week’s elections, many of us are feeling a deep need to be held in loving community, to acknowledge our grief, and to discern what we are to do next. This week’s service will focus on the concept of sanctuary—as a place of respite from the whirlwind of fear and hatred, … Continued

Election Vesper Service

As we all wait for the results from this historic election, we will gather together to breathe together, to sing together, and to remind one another that we are not alone.

Pray with Our Feet

While thoughts and prayers are often offered as gestures of support and empathy, what is often needed is prayerful action. How can we learn to pray with our feet, our hands, and our actions rather than just our hearts and minds?

All Souls

All Souls Day is a time to remember everyone who has died, everyone who has been part of the gathered community. The phrase “All Souls” has a particularly Unitarian connotation because of something that one of our own “saints,” William Ellery Channing, said: “I am a living member of the great Family of All Souls; … Continued

What is Your Train Moment?

Gandhi’s passion for justice was ignited after facing discrimination and being ejected from the train in South Africa. What fuels your passion for truth and justice? [Jonathan is a member of the UU Church of the North Hills and a second-year student at the Starr King School for the Ministry.]

UU Values: Generosity

Our newly-articulated value of generosity suggests that “our generosity connects us to one another in relationships of interdependence and mutuality.” How can we cultivate this kind of generosity and practice it within and beyond our congregation?

Listening Well

In our current era of discord and strife, empathic understanding and loving-kindness seem to be in short supply. How can we develop these qualities and help share them with others? And how can deep listening help us get there?