Adaptation & Creativity
Shifting times call us to be creatures of adaptation. What is the link between adaptation & creativity? Let’s find out! All are welcome for this service of inquiry and hope.
Archives: Services
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
As UUP prepares to move into a new home, it’s a good time to think about what it means to be a good neighbor, how good neighborhoods are built, and why they matter.
Benchmarks
Surveying benchmarks are meant to be points with known elevation and/or location and are meant to be returned to in the future. Even if you find a benchmark though, it isn’t necessarily where the last person who found it said it was. I want, more than anything, to go back to the normal I knew … Continue reading Benchmarks
I Brought My Spirit to the Sea
A UU Round Robin Service; UUP Hosts the UU North Bay Round Robin Service Rev. Dara Olandt, Karen Mansergh Worship Associate, Will Johnson, Accompanist & UUP Singers Awe and wonder, joy and delight, frustration, pain, disappointment, sorrow — our lives are full, and the past year has held much. Today we ask: “how are you … Continue reading I Brought My Spirit to the Sea
Patriotism: A UU Perspective
Do you fly the American Flag at home? Do you have assumptions about those who do? It is said that one can know how many Republicans live in a neighborhood by the prevalence of American Flags. How do we, as members of a progressive, liberal faith, demonstrate devotion to our country? Come, let us consider … Continue reading Patriotism: A UU Perspective
Experiencing UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship
Today we join with Unitarian Universalists around the country in experiencing the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly Sunday Service. We shall gather online at our regular time on our regular zoom link and experience this service together, followed by our UUP congregational meeting after the service on the same worship link.
Play as a Spiritual Practice
This morning, we explore “play” as a life-giving and life-renewing spiritual practice! All are welcome for this service of celebration and hope. Rev. Dara Olandt, Minister; Ellen Beeler, Worship Associate; Will Johnson, Accompanist
Love Letters We Wrote While the World went to War
Rev. Dara Olandt; Andrew Richardson, Worship Associate; with additional members of the Worship Associates Program; Will Johnson, Accompanist This Sunday we honor and acknowledge Memorial Day, lifting forward letters written in wartime. We’ll share voices communicating the power of love across space, time, distance and conflict. All are welcome for this service of memory and … Continue reading Love Letters We Wrote While the World went to War
Ethics: Stories of Right and Wrong
What are the influential stories of “right” and “wrong” that have formed our lives? What kinds of morality tales have shaped our consciousness? What kinds of stories are liberating and life-giving ways of supporting ethics?
Wake Now Our Vision – Part II
What can it mean to move from “I” to “We” in telling “our story” as a congregation? Today we continue to explore the stories we carry about the past, present and the future, while lifting up the power and promise of VISION. All are welcome for this service of inquiry and celebration.