Our Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is growing and changing, and the coming year looks promising. Fellowship President Ussery will review those changes and talk about what lies ahead. Following the service, which will be a little shorter than most, we’ll have our annual business meeting and election of officers. Our liberal, progressive Fellowship includes Christians, Jews, … Continue reading Our Fellowship’s path forward
The annual Water Ceremony is a Unitarian Universalist tradition. On this Sunday we’ll celebrate and explore a couple of ideas that are both simple and complex: water is essential to life, and it connects us all. Bring a small sample of water that’s significant for you. It can be from as close to home as … Continue reading The UU Water Ceremony
Fellowship President Connie Ussery poaches ideas from several online Unitarian Universalist sermons and from the UU Hysterical Society—a real website, we can take a joke—to compare our lay-led Fellowship to UU congregations around the country. “We take joy renewing our principles and values in Sunday services,” Connie says. “Sometimes we need to remember why we’re … Continue reading Connie Ussery: You might be a UU if…
We’ll celebrate spring and renewal with a traditional Unitarian Universalist ceremony that was created by two Unitarian ministers. Rev. Maja Capek and Rev. Norbert Capek (who were married) founded the Unitarian ministry in Czechoslovakia. She escaped arrest by the Nazis in the 1930s and brought the ceremony to the United States. Her husband died at … Continue reading The UU Flower Ceremony
Unitarians helped create modern-day celebrations of Christmas. A Unitarian brought the German tradition of indoor Christmas trees to America. Unitarians wrote some beloved Christmas Carols—among them Jingle Bells, and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. And of course Charles Dickens, author of A Christmas Carol, was a Unitarian. In the spirit of evolving Christmas traditions, … Continue reading Yes Virginia, there is a Christmas Eve (morning!) service
The annual Water Ceremony is a Unitarian Universalist tradition. This Sunday you are invited to bring a tiny sample of water that is significant for you. It can be from as close to home as your yard, from as far away as another continent or from anywhere in between. The important part is, it has … Continue reading The Unitarian Universalist Water Ceremony
Fellowship President Connie Ussery reports on our new proposed mission statement, values statement and covenants.* Unitarian Universalism emphasizes action on social issues, so these three statements are important. Members will want to hear them. (We’ll vote on them later.) Visitors will get a close look at our unique approach to spirituality. *A note about this … Continue reading Connie Ussery: Our mission, values and covenants
We celebrate life on our planet this Sunday, and especially renewal and springtime, with a traditional Unitarian Universalist ceremony. Rev. Norbert Capek, who founded the Unitarian ministry in Czechoslovakia, created the ceremony with his wife, Rev. Maja Capek. She escaped arrest by the Nazis and brought the ceremony to the United States in the 1930s. … Continue reading The UU Flower Ceremony
Fellowship President Connie Ussery is a frequent service leader and often a Sunday speaker. Most recently she talked aboutrevisions coming to how Unitarian Universalism is changing the way this progressive religion expresses its principles, values and commitments. Fellowship member Brandy Brewer, originally scheduled to speak this Sunday, had to reschedule her service and talk until … Continue reading Connie Ussery: “Decisions and the Principles That Guide Them”
Unitarian Universalists share commitments to human rights and care for the planet. We don’t share an immutable creed. Rather, we agree to support a set of principles, which the international Unitarian Universalist Association reviews every 15 years or so. That’s what’s happening now. Fellowship member Connie Ussery shares the latest progress. If you ever wondered … Continue reading Connie Ussery on refreshing our UU principles
