Gathering for Sunday services in person and online, 10:15 am.
Ecclesiastes says that there is a time for hate as well as for love. Is there? What might be an appropriate place for hate in our lives? An inquirer put that question into the “question box” at a service a couple of years ago and Amy will share her ponderings today. Also in today’s service, Dan Harper tells the story of Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem, and pianist Ihang Lin is our guest musician.
There are challenges and rewards for discovering truth in the world and in yourself. But that’s not the end of the story. Speaking truth is surprisingly complicated. In particular, emotions play a bigger role than we usually realize. We will explore the act of truth-telling, why it’s complicated, and how lies may make us aware of deeper truths that we were not aware of. Music: Four Shillings Short
We can encounter some suspicion when we’re “hyphenated UUs” (Christian-Unitarians, UU Buddhists, etc.) just as we do when we’re “hyphenated Americans” (Asian-American, Irish-American)–as if a dual identity means we are not quite either thing. Maybe there is a more expansive and inclusive way to imagine our various identities and bring our whole selves to our community. After all, we all have personalities and lives with multiple aspects. What’s on either side of your hyphens?
Debates rage whenever someone proposes removing a monument to a now-discredited figure, or renaming a street, city, or, here in our own community, a school. The issue can even arise with the name of a congregation. . . How can we move forward with names that are worthy of our honor, without erasing history in all its messy truth?
Girl Scout Sunday
God speaks to people in many ways. Moments of insight can come through music, nature, or sometimes a still, small voice, compelling us to change our lives. How do we know if what we’re hearing is holy or something completely different, even dangerous? Our guest musicians are the group that sang so beautifully at the interfaith service in January, Salawat Salam Nasheed.
Worship leader: Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern
Sometimes we don’t realize how much we need community until there’s a crisis. What kind of community do you want to have in place before you really need it? Let’s think together about that and about how to begin gathering it around us right now. Special music for the service is by our pianist, Veronika Agranov-Dafoe.
Worship leader: Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern
For some people, love is taking out the garbage without being asked. For others, it’s having high expectations of them. For a partner it might be roses, and for your neighbors it might be showing up when they need you. How do we know how to show our love, when love looks so different to different people?
Worship Leader: Rev Amy Zucker Morgenstern
Music: Martin Manley, jazz piano
What inspires the starling to move in harmony with the other birds in the group? How does your living generously lead to increased generosity in others? How might abundance transform your community?
Service leader: Rev. Vail Weller
Worship Associate: Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern
In our annual service about the chalice, we mark the holidays of Candlemas, St. Brigid’s Day and Imbolc. Why do we light a chalice at the beginning of our services anyway? What did this flame mean in the past and what does it mean today? Child care is provided at both services; other children remain in the Main Hall for this intergenerational service.
Our nation and world need our courage, hope, creativity, determination, engagement . . . what can we do to support each other in being a force for good in difficult times? We will hold an inauguration of our own intentions today, and make our own solemn vows. Special Music: Soprano Maya Ackerman, accompanied by Bruce Olstad.