Fellowship members Connie and Ron Ussery recently returned from New Zealand, where they encountered a different approach to respecting and honoring indigenous people. They also learend something about sacred spaces. On the South Island, for example, the Usserys visited Castle Hill. The Dalai Lama called this area a “spiritual center of the universe.” Find out … Continue reading Connie and Ron Ussery: “Pilgrimages to Sacred Places”
Join us this Sunday for the unveiling and dedication of a new pulpit at Grace Fellowship Hall. The service will be a celebration of the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism, which bind us together, and also a celebration of the special relationships we’ve built at our Fellowship. We’ve worked hard to create welcoming spaces, inside … Continue reading Pulpit Ceremony
Educator, world traveler, community organizer and long-time Fellowship member Connie Ussery presents our talk this Sunday, and her spouse, Ron Ussery, leads the service. Whittaker Locke provides music. We are meeting in person Sundays at 11 a.m., with safety measures in place. (See below.) Service are in spacious Grace Fellowship Hall on our campus on … Continue reading Connie Ussery: “Coexist in the Season of Love”
March is Women’s History Month, and women around the world are making history right now. Join us Sunday, March 21 (on Zoom) to celebrate women who are shaping our world..
Fellowship member Connie Ussery leads the UU Water Communion next Sunday, and you can participate. But you must act now. (Or before Thursday at 11 a.m.)
The Unitarian Universalist Flower Ceremony is sometimes referred to as the Flower Communion or the Flower Festival. “We remember people through flowers, volunteer service leader Connie Ussery says. Norbert Capek, a Unitarian minister in Prague, Czechoslovakia, created the ritual in 1923. His wife, the Rev. Maya Capek, brought it to the United States. (Norbert Capek died … Continue reading Connie Ussery leads the Flower Ceremony
This Sunday, if you are so inclined, wear something international. Connie Ussery and Dr. Joyce Hickson will take us on a journey around with world.
During this Sunday’s service we’ll celebrate the Fourth of July. We’re proud of our country and of our Unitarian Universalist heritage. (After all, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were Unitarians.) Visitors are always welcome. And please stay after for burgers, hot dogs and lively conversation.
Fellowship members Joyce Hickson, Connie Ussery and Silver DeWitt will lead our Mother’s Day service.
March is Women’s History Month. Joyce Hickson, Connie Ussery and Pat Hart will talk about barriers great women have overcome. Their talk will be based on Time Magazine’s September 2017 project titled “Firsts: Women Who are Changing the World.” The project focused on outstanding women in male-dominated professions and on the attributes those those women believe led them … Continue reading Joyce Hickson, Connie Ussery and Pat Hart: A Celebration of Women
