Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 There are hundreds of beliefs about how the cosmos and our world within it came to be. What common threads connect so many of these different origin stories, and what can we as Unitarian Universalists learn from those commonalities? Elna Brynestad (she/her), Service Leader David … Continue reading Creating Cosmogony
This is our annual Founder’s Day Service Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett exists all these years because of the imagination of our founding members, and the imagination of all who gather here to weave the story of our future together. Join us to celebrate … Continue reading The Path of Creativity: Figments of Our Imagination
Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 One of the ways Unitarian Universalists seek to build a Beloved Community is to resist harmful ideas by protesting them. Join us as we sing Songs of Protest together and discuss how doing so helps make the world a better place Elna Brynestad (she/her), Worship … Continue reading A Joyful Noise
Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 Art can be a form of resistance, and poetry offers many ways to express our love and our concerns for our blue boat home, pearl of blue: Earth. If you have a favorite poem about this planet that sustains us all, or an original piece … Continue reading Odes to the Earth
Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 How do we grow the Courage to Resist– Oppression, Depression, Aggression, Repression, Transgression Sherree Bailey (she/her), Worship LeaderRita Romero (she/her), Worship Associate The order of service can be found here Beyond Sunday Morning can be found here
Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 Easter offers an opportunity to explore what we’ve resisted in our search for spiritual truths. Is our truth a rock that we cling to, resisting any challenges? Or is our truth an ever flowing stream fed by many waters. Rev. Jan Taddeo (she/her), Worship LeaderBob … Continue reading Solid as a Rock?
Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 Don’t resist! Bring on the flowers for our annual Flower Ceremony ritual. Fresh flowers from your garden (or your neighbor’s – with permission) are encouraged… and bring extras to share. All flowers are welcome! Rev. Jan Taddeo (she/her), Worship LeaderElna Brynestad (she/her), Worship Associate The … Continue reading Say Yes to Spring!
Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 As Unitarian Universalists we can, if we choose, open ourselves up allowing our vulnerability to show. When this happens beloved community steps in to hold onto us. It’s good to be held in compassion. Lydia Patrick (she/her), Worship LeaderRita Romero (she/her), Worship Associate The order … Continue reading The Power of Vulnerability
Join us in person at UUCGor online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/565460176 In the TV series, The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic takeover of the United States is rationalized in part by the growing effects of climate change on human reproduction. What are real vulnerabilities we do and may experience as climate chaos increases here and around the … Continue reading The Earth’s Vulnerability is Our Vulnerability
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
