Speaker: Bob Patrick

Dancing With the Cosmos

Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 Across many cultures, peoples, language groups and parts of the world, we find our ancestors naming 9 elements that connect them to the cosmos.They found ways to connect personally and as a community with those elements and make meaning from them. Come and discover what … Continue reading Dancing With the Cosmos

Blessing of the Plow

Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 This service is based on an old world ritual called the Charming of the Plough. It was held at the beginning of the planting season when soil would first be tilled or turned. It was done by calling on the divine in all its forms … Continue reading Blessing of the Plow

What is Spirituality?

Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176  It’s one of those words.  It’s made fun of.  It becomes memes.  It’s used by some as a judgment over others. Across all religions and world views that do not include religion, however, spirituality plays a role.  How can that be? Come and let us … Continue reading What is Spirituality?

Work, Play, And Re-creation

What is the opposite of play? Most of us might say “work” but there is evidence for something else. Let’s play around with this question and see where it leads. Bob Patrick (he/him), Service LeaderBill Benshoof (he/him), Worship Associate The order of service can be found here Join us in person – no reservation requiredor … Continue reading Work, Play, And Re-creation

What Would Happen If…

In this service we will allow the words of some poets to invite us into a conversation . . . where we tease out the blessings that surround us every day. Bob Patrick (he/him), Service LeaderElna Brynestad (she/her), Worship Associate You can find the order of service here Join us in person – no reservation … Continue reading What Would Happen If…

Renewing Faith: Returning to Center

In this service we will explore the ways we find and find again our personal soul-centers–so that we can venture into unknown territories. Bob Patrick (he/him), Service LeaderJoAnn Weiss (she/her), Worship Associate Join us via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176

Living with Intention as a Practice

In this service we will explore the meaning of intention and the meaning of covenant as one of the vital ways that Unitarian Universalists practice our intentions together. Rumi will help us “tend to our donkey-work.” Bob Patrick, Service LeaderLydia Patrick, Worship Associate Join us via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176

Holding History or History Holding Us?

In the Bhagavad Gita, one of the sacred texts of Hinduism, Arjuna is told that doing our daily actions tends to freeze us into place.  But there is a way to be free again. Come and explore this ancient text and wisdom together. Lydia Patrick, Service LeaderBob Patrick, Worship Associate Join us via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176