Services

Stillness and the Season

Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, is meant to be a time of quiet expectancy, a time to contemplate mystery and possibility, a time to slow down, a time to make room in our lives for something new to enter and to change us. How do we make room for this spirit of stillness … Continued

Hope is Commitment

After an especially fraught election season and election itself, we wait to see what will happen next while the sitting president remains in office. Although many of us feel hope has won, clearly the work for justice and liberation for all must continue. What does it mean to commit to hope?

Addiction and Healing

Addiction and abuse have been on the rise in recent months as everyone in our country struggles with the pandemic and political and social pressures. In many ways, we are a nation of addicts. Are healing and recovery possible for us as individuals and as a society? If so, what is the way forward?

Transgender Day of Remembrance

This holiday was founded in 2009 to celebrate transgender people and raise awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. In this service we will examine what we can do to work for justice for transgender people while becoming a more fully inclusive and welcoming congregation.

What Now? Life After the Election

Now that the election is over, what’s next? Even if all the votes have been counted, we’ll still be living through a time of uncertainty and anxiety. What is most important for us to focus on? How do we stay centered in times like these?

All Souls Day

In the Christian tradition, All Souls Day has been 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 … Continued

Community of the Open Heart

Opening our minds to new ideas and opening our doors to diversity are often extolled as paramount virtues in a liberal religious community. But what might we gain by practicing opening our hearts together, and how do we go about such a task?

Disability Rights: Community, Justice, Equity

Although it has not garnered as much media attention as other civil rights efforts, the disability rights movement is just as important if we are fully committed to justice and equal opportunities for everyone in our community and in our nation. What can we do to help this movement press ahead?

Can Anyone’s Mind Be Changed?

In our current era of deeply entrenched opinions and political views, is it possible to change anyone’s mind? How can we go about changing hearts and minds in our mission to build a more just and compassionate community?

RBG: Life and Legacy

In this service, we will celebrate the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, recently deceased supreme court justice and feminist icon whose work helped advance the cause of real equity and inclusion. We’ll examine how Ginsburg’s legacy is tied to the concept of radical welcome, which is at the heart of the Jewish festival … Continued