"The Spiritual Bottom Line" — led by the Revs. Anya and Scott Sammler-Michael, senior co-ministers. The essential spiritual commitment is love. Do others feel loved in your presence? That is the spiritual bottom line. This is core for Unitarian Universalists but we can find the same commitment in the cherished rituals in this season.
"An 'Advent'ure of Questions and Answers" led by the Revs. Anya and Scott Sammler-Michael, senior co-ministers. In this Advent Calendar of a service, we open boxes of expectation through deep reflections on meaningful questions.
"Repair is Growth" — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. Our annual heritage bread, communion, and invites us into relationship with one another to serve the cause of repair and growth.
"Repairers of the Breach - Election & Conviction" — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister. True religion calls us to bind up the broken and set the captives free. True religion calls us to be repairers of the breach. In this Bash sermon on the Council of Nicea purchased by Cil Knutsen, we will discern how to repair the breach after challenging elections.
"My Ancestors' Dreams" — led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, co-senior minister and Judith Hogan, director of religious education. The weather is cooling and the season is turning. Many cultures recognize that this is the time when the veil between the living and the dead is the thinnest. In honor of All Hallows, Day of the Dead, and Samhain we will spend time remembering our ancestors with worship and remembrance. This is an all ages service.
"Where is the Gift?"— led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, co-senior minister. The poet and mystic Hafiz has asked: "How do I listen to others as if everyone were my mentor speaking to me his cherished last words." On this Indigenous People's Day adjacent to Yom Kippur, we listen for the gifts in others' words.
