We celebrate this Christmas Eve with a story that includes everyone–all the animals, all the children, all our own hearts and spirits. With story, song, and candlelight, we welcome this holy night afresh into the multicolored tapestry of our spiritual lives.
Almost all of the December holidays have a similar theme at their very core: Belonging to a healthy, loving community replaces fear with hope and purpose. Where and how do we create micro- and macro-communities of care by showing up for others? And what joy will be reborn in us when we do? Come celebrate the gifts of this season simply through showing up for each other this week!
than reassurance. Join us as we honor and make space for all emotions that can emerge during this season.
This service is offered in person only.
In the lifelong dance of learning to care for ourselves and to care for others, we don’t always get to choose which is our primary focus. Yet we know that both our inward- and our outward-turning are inextricably woven together. This Sunday we practice this weaving, recognizing the grounding that all our chaotic feelings can offer, celebrating new members, and thanking our Safety and Security Team for their ministry of care. Where will we direct our care this week?
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 We gather on this Sunday after the election to refresh our vision of a world repaired by love. This task of repair may seem impossibly large–until we focus on what each of us has to offer and what brings us joy. Come discover what is yours to … Continue reading To Repair the World, What Is Mine to Do?
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 As Election Day approaches, we bring our hopes and our fears into this welcoming community, and we remember that our work of building beloved community continues no matter what. Using tools from the Revolutionary Love movement launched by Sikh teacher-writer Valarie Kaur, we’ll learn some new ways … Continue reading We Won’t Give Up!
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 More and more, science and psychology are joining longstanding spiritual traditions in giving credit to the wisdom we all carry in our bodies. Today, in this multigenerational service, we learn to listen deeply to what our bodies want us to know about how we need to live … Continue reading When We Listen to Our Bodies
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 Listening to more-than-human voices, experilearning with spiritual practices that invite us to listen to others’ stories, listening to and learning from the heartbreak of war … In this wide-ranging service, we find our call to connection and to caring beyond the borders that can make our lives … Continue reading How Many Kinds of Listening Help Us to Grow
Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 This year at UUCG we invite us to explore what a “culture of care” really feels like–in our homes, in our community, in our country, and our world. In this multigenerational service, we dramatize real-life stories of immigrants to this country to see how our faith’s invitation … Continue reading Whole, Holy, and Worthy: A Journey Through Immigrant Stories
Please join us for our annual celebration of Ingathering! How would you fill in these two sentences: If you will be attending in person, please bring a small amount of water representing you summer experiences so that, before the service, you can add it to our bowls representing North, East, South, and West. Rev. Nancy … Continue reading Ingathering! Inviting Us into a Culture of Care
