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Join us for a special service: we celebrate our shared ministry together! Rev. Cat Boyle has journeyed with us since August 2022, serving under a contract. Last Spring this congregation voted to change that relationship. We voted to “call” Rev. Cat as our settled assistant minister of religious education. This Installation Service is the celebration … Continue reading Sunday, February 1, 2026
We welcome Christmas with stories, carols and special music, and candles. Come sing the familiar songs that are always powerful and experience the magic of candlelight in the darkness. Worship leaders: Revs. Peter Farriday and Cat Boyle If you prefer to join the community of those attending online, there are two options. One, join the … Continue reading Christmas Eve Services
Throughout ancient cultures, light returning from darkness in nature led to symbolic tales of the same “miracle” occurring in human lives and communities. Today’s intergenerational service tells three of these as we mark the winter solstice, share the story of Hanukkah, and together bring to life the legend of Jesus’ birth, all matched with seasonal songs. … Continue reading Stories of Darkness & Light
Each year at this time, we celebrate the ways we are all connected to each other and every other living thing. For our intergenerational Water Communion service, please bring a little water to pour into the communal bowl. We will give thanks for water and everything that weaves us into an interdependent web, and accept … Continue reading Water Communion
In our annual, intergenerational Chalice Sunday service, we learn about the origin of our flaming chalice, and some of the traditions that are celebrated on this day, such as Candlemas, St. Brigid’s Day, and Imbolc. On this Chalice Sunday, we’ll be asking ourselves: what is a flame that has been passed to me for my … Continue reading Keepers of the Flame
Each year at this time, we celebrate the ways we are all connected to each other and every other living thing. For our intergenerational Water Communion service, please bring a little water to pour into the communal bowl. We will give thanks for water and everything that weaves us into an interdependent web, and accept … Continue reading Water Communion: Interwoven, All Connected
Bring a flower, or a bunch! In this tradition, practiced by Unitarian Universalists for 101 years, we celebrate the beautiful variety among us and gratefully receive a flower that someone else has brought. We will look closely at the flowers as a mindfulness practice we engage in together. Folks attending online, the closer you can … Continue reading Look Closely: Flower Sunday
How appropriate that Easter and the Transgender Day of Visibility coincide this year! The trans and nonbinary people shown with their families in the photo-text exhibit that opens today at UUCPA exemplify the joyful rebirth one can experience by being authentically oneself with others. All of us, no matter what our gender identity, are called … Continue reading New Life, Fuller Life, Authentic Life
Teenage UUCPAers’ 8th- or 9th-grade year is one of Coming of Age, a months-long program in which they learn more about Unitarian Universalism and articulate their own beliefs. During that time, they have met with mentors in the congregation, discussed big questions with each other and Rev. Cat, and created art and other projects. The … Continue reading Coming of Age
On Easter, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. All of us reflect on what rebirth might mean in this one wild and precious life. Are the cycles of nature really a good parallel for human rebirth and resurrection? And bunnies and chocolate eggs are supposed to fit into it somewhere, but how? All will be … Continue reading Easter, All Together