Worship Services – The Season of Giving

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Sermons and Reflections
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Sermons and Reflections
Worship Services - The Season of Giving
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We’ve had our holiday of thanks, and now we have the season of giving. Giving might seem simple–you like someone, so you give them something they’ll enjoy–but it’s anything but. Giving can be motivated by affection, duty, obligation, gratitude, ingratiation, indebtedness, even fear; gifts can be received with gratitude, suspicion, delight, exasperation, indebtedness, even fear. How can we disentangle the simple act of giving from all of these attached strings? Maybe exploring the phenomenon of the weekly offering will help.

Worship leader: Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern

Worship Associate: Jane Chronis

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Video of the December 12, 2021 service with copyrighted and private information removed.

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