From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister There is a slight possibility that Rev. Scott and I will move into our new home in Montclair the day before Christmas Eve. There is a greater possibility that we will move into our new home on December 27th. There is a slight possibility that we have underestimated the...
Category: Revs. Anya & Scott’s Blog
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Experimentation, Change and Community
From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister Perhaps you were present for the “Experiment!” service on March 18, 2018. If not, I encourage you to listen to the sermon podcast (https://uumontclair.wordpress.com/2018/03/18/experiment-03-18-2018/). As senior co-minister with accountability for Worship at UUCM, I am excited to announce some new experiments: Our Music Director Markus Grae-Hauck had the bold...
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The Listening Booth
From Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” –Winston Churchill How do we “make a life by what we give?” At the U we do this in part by donating our 3 ‘T’s – Time, Talent, and Treasure. As a cooperative, volunteer-run organization,...
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Hope: It Looks to Me Like a Community
From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister I’ve begun to receive holiday cards. One of the notes came, as it does every year, from an intentional community where I lived for a year and a half, while studying for the ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School. The Sophia Community, an intentionally interfaith home, nourishes the lives of their residents...
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Two Ministers, One Ministry, One Ministry Role – January 2018
Two Ministers, One Ministry, One Ministry Role: Some Changes You May See in the New Year From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister Rev. Scott and I are rarely referred to as “two peas in a pod,” but in the role of Minister to UUCM, that is an apt metaphor. We are two ministers sharing a single...
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A Language of Reverence
From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister The vocabulary of reverence allows us “to speak of that which is sacred, holy, of ultimate importance to us, the language which would allow us to enter into critical dialogue with the rest of the religious community.” – Rev. Dr. David Bumbaugh, Unitarian Universalist Minister and Professor In the mid...