Living Loud in a Muffled World
Exploring ways to be heard personally and communally through art, activism, service and music.
Sherree Bailey, Service Leader
Daniel Bailey, Worship Associate
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Taking Stock, Clearing out the Dust, and Making Room for Change
In order to greet joy without a trace of suspicion we’ve got to know what we are about. Looking forward sometimes means coming to terms with the present and saying goodbye to the past.
Lydia Patrick, Service Leader
JoAnn Weiss, Worship Associate
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Joy is What the Earth Gives Us Daily and We Must Return the Gift
Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.
David Morgen, Service Leader
Elna Brynestad, Worship Associate
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
In person at UUCG and online via Zoom
Every night a child is born is a holy night. On this holy night we explore our profound interconnectedness through story and song.
David Morgen, Service Leader
Elna Brynestad, Worship Associate
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With Joy You Will Draw Water
Brené Brown argues that “joy is probably the most difficult emotion to really feel… In a culture of deep scarcity—of never feeling safe, certain, and sure enough—joy can feel like a setup.”
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Joy in the Morning: Being the Light in the Darkness
During this service we will engage with connective practices – including card writing, tree decorating, percussion playing, and storytelling – to embrace, recognize, and inspire hope for joy ahead.
Sherree Bailey, Service Leader
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An Earth Full of Joy: the pleasures of giving attention to our body, the earth
Joy is an emotion and state of mind that depends on what we notice and focus on. This service will celebrate through reflection, poetry, movement, song, prayer, and meditation this kind of awareness and action.
Daniel Bailey, Service Leader
Sherree Bailey, Worship Associate
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We Are the Memories We Don’t Remember
A memory is not what really happened, but a newer version of what happened. We have the power to change our own past to empower us to move forward. We do this when we give our memories new meaning.
David Morgen, Service Leader
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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.
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People Are Trapped in History and History is Trapped in Them
An honest encounter with the past has everything to do with the kinds of people we understand ourselves to be and the kinds of people we aspire to become.
David Morgen, Service Leader
JoAnn Weiss, Worship Associate
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