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When All The Gates Are Open – Season of Transforming, The Days of Awe

Sunday, September 12th, 10:30am Rev. Dara Olandt, Andrew Richardson, Worship Associate, Will Johnson, Accompanist 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 in Jewish tradition. What can it mean when all of “the gates” that separate us … Continue reading When All The Gates Are Open – Season of Transforming, The Days of Awe

Economies of Love: A Labor Day Service

Sunday, August 5th 10:30amRev. Dara Olandt George Beeler, Worship Associate Will Johnson, Accompanist The word “economy” has roots in the Greek word, oikonomia, meaning “household management”. What could it mean to re-think social economies by prioritizing labor and love? All are welcome for this service affirming the worth, power and dignity of human labor. 

Time and Being

From “new” techniques to daily planners, tools for helping people “manage” time abound. Today we explore our relationship to time itself. Do you imagine time as linear — or do you conceive of time a different way? Are you always harried —  or do you have an innately spacious relationship to time? What can it mean to move … Continue reading Time and Being

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.

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