“Birth and Death”
Wakoh explores a Zen Buddhist teaching on birth and death: its beauty and usefulness when caring for those born and dying and/or when facing one’s own mortality.
Speaker: Andrew Richardson
Stories About Stories
This Sunday, as we invite you to join us in voicing your Joys and Concerns again, we are reminded of why it is so important to tell our own stories. As our Stories theme comes to an end, we are going to focus on why voicing our stories is so powerful and how our stories … Continue reading Stories About Stories
Follow the Light: All Ages Christmas Eve Service
Join us in wishing joy to the world on this holy night. We will sing songs, tell stories and be grateful for the traditions that hold us together and push us to go deeper.
Bodhi Day
In Japanese schools of Buddhism, December 8 is Bodhi Day, when the Buddha’s enlightenment is celebrated. In honor of this occasion, the story of Siddhartha Gautama’s spiritual quest and awakening will be recounted. We will consider the relevance of his heroic journey for people today, as well as his prescription for finding freedom in the … Continue reading Bodhi Day
Breathe In, Breathe Out: Chaos
Chaos may seem random, but it’s also a constant in our lives. Please join us as we reexamine chaos through the lens of Unitarian Universalism.
A Radical Welcome
Rev. Aija Simpson-Newbury’s First Service at UUP! As we begin our ministry with Rev. Aija, we ask: who else are we prepared to welcome? How might we imagine ourselves anew?
Freedom From and To
This will be Rev. John’s last Sunday with us as one of our two consulting ministers. It falls just before Juneteenth, the national holiday marking the end of slavery in America, and on Father’s Day. John will share with all ages the story of Juneteenth, read e e cumming’s poem about his Unitarian minister father, … Continue reading Freedom From and To
Remembering Well
Memorial Day is a day of remembering those whose lives were lost in the service of our country. Please join us for reflections on sacrifice, loss, and remembering well. If you have photos of beloved veterans who have passed on, whether they were lost in active duty or not, feel free to bring them.
Religious Naturalism
If religious naturalism is a growing orientation of the spirit for many, we can trace some of its origins to our Transcendentalist forebears: Emerson, whose book Nature (1836), launched the movement; his friend Henry David Thoreau; and Thomas Starr King, who brought Transcendentalism to the West Coast.
This I Believe
Two UUP members, Maya and Andrew Richardson, will share their spiritual journeys with the congregation in this ever-popular series of worship services. With guest musician Aidan Manousos.