BY REV. SCOTT SAMMLER-MICHAEL, SENIOR CO-MINISTER UUCM will continue its proud tradition as a Teaching Congregation nextyear when we bring on board Sabrina Trupia (they, them) as a one-year, full-time Ministerial Intern. Due to COVID, there were fewer applicants than we normally have. Fewer folks seemed willing to move or make big decisions during the...
“How Lucky We Are!” Over the last few years many people have begun to wonder why so many of our fellow citizens fall prey to misinformation, believing all manner of conspiracy theories, strange tales divorced from reality, and outright lies. There are many answers as to why folks are ready to believe these things, including:...
From Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister Our culture has a weird relationship with play. Americans work more hours, with less paid time off, than people in any industrialized country. Yet advertising tells us we should take long vacations and follow our bliss – find time to play. We don’t like when people are ‘playing around...
“Be aware of what you worship, because what you worship you are becoming.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson helps us clarify that what we give our hearts to deserves our best: “What you worship your are becoming.” Using the term God very loosely, I urge you ~ know what your God is; know what you worship. And, yes, we...
“The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community, so that when the battle is over, a new relationship comes into being between the oppressed and the oppressor.” Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1960 Brave, compassionate, truth-loving citizens, Our hopes of 2021 being quickly so much better than 2020 have been, well, compromised....
Theme of the Month: Renewal One hundred years ago, in 1920, our congregation was emerging from a World War, a pandemic, and a fire that ravaged our Sanctuary. The good folks of UUCM dug deep and found the money to build their congregation of tomorrow. Now it is our turn to build our congregation of...
