Speaker: Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones

Grounded and Grateful: Being Present to Ourselves

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?

We Won’t Give Up!

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!

How Many Kinds of Listening Help Us to Grow

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

Whole, Holy, and Worthy: A Journey Through Immigrant Stories

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

Ingathering! Inviting Us into a Culture of Care

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

Who Are Our Role Models?

Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 This Sunday, Rev. Nancy brings her enthusiasm for a couple of our religious role models who show us how to put democracy and compassion into action in troubled times. We’ve been here before! Whose example do you want to follow? Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones (she/her), Worship LeaderLaDonna … Continue reading Who Are Our Role Models?

Blessing Our Backpacks and Practicing Democracy

Join us in person or via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 What do you use to carry the tools of your learning–a backpack, tote bag, tablet, journal, or phone? Please bring this “container” to service this Sunday, as we Bless the Backpacks of children, youth, adults, and elders. We’ll continue the multigenerational learning with an exercise in democracy … Continue reading Blessing Our Backpacks and Practicing Democracy