Dr. Mark Yount “Fountain of Sorrow” About the sermon: My life doesn’t seem to follow Buddhism’s first noble truth, that life is suffering. Yet even amidst my more abundant joys, even when I’m not suffering, there’s a sorrow that springs up in my life “like a fountain from a pool.” Does that spring from my … Continue reading Fountain of Sorrow
(Easter Egg Hunt and Covered Dish Dinner to follow the service) Our Family Easter celebration will include the traditional Flower Communion. Please bring a flower stem for yourself and each family member. It can be a favorite flower from your yard, your garden, or any other source. This tradition is unique to Unitarian Universalism and … Continue reading BBUUC’s Annual Easter Sunday Family Worship Service and Flower Communion
Bruce McCormick “The Value in ‘Different’: a Jungian Approach to Personality” About the sermon: Carl Jung, a friend, and colleague of Sigmund Freud identified a way to explain “normal behavior” for people, identifying four major archetypes. Jung didn’t make up these archetypes—there were more than 75 years of research to prove these behaviors were universal, … Continue reading “The Value in ‘Different’: a Jungian Approach to Personality”
Marta Pearson “It’s Not a Card, it’s a Whole Deck; How Racism Harms Us All” Worship Leader: Jim Wood Accompanist: Dr. Gary Smart Guest Musician: Dr. James Hall About the sermon: I cringe when I hear people say, with disdain in the voices, “Why are they playing the race card again?” I want to help … Continue reading It’s Not a Card, it’s a Whole Deck; How Racism Harms Us All
Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez “Born Intersex: we are human!” Worship Leader: Grace Repass Accompanist: Marilyn Smart Special Music: Vocals by Dove, accompanied by Mike Bernos on piano About Our Speakers and the Service: Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez is an intersex survivor, a parent of three kids, a spouse to James Bunce for twenty-nine years, … Continue reading Born Intersex: we are human!
Jax Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) presents a deeply moving Pagan-themed Sunday Service In Celebration of Ostara, the Vernal Equinox Worship Leader: Meghan Kaminski Accompanist: Gary Smart We will join together in community and worship to sing, meditate, and rejoice in the coming of the growing light. This worship service will include various … Continue reading In Celebration of Ostara, the Vernal Equinox
Karen Christiansen “We are a people who choose.” Worship Leader: Carole Hawkins Accompanist: Eileen Morrison Special Music: Job Meiller About Our Service: We’re not a “chosen people” nor are we “people whose choices are made for us by theological authorities.” Where do we stand on choosing justice? We invite the Spirit of Life to come … Continue reading We are a people who choose.
Dr. Mark Yount “War of the Worldviews: The Next Generation” Worship Leader: Caitlin Regan Accompanist: Marilyn Smart About Our Service: The next generation was buckling under insistent anxiety. Their physical world might survive a few more generations, but their cultural world was being torn asunder by the boomer wars. Old growth values, now uprooted, no longer sheltered either … Continue reading War of the Worldviews: The Next Generation
Mandy Goheen Director of Prison Ministry for the Church of the Larger Fellowship “Doorway to Radical Welcome” Worship Leader: Kris Kines Accompanist: Gary Smart Guest Musician: Linda Minke, Cello About Our Service: What does it mean to be a welcoming congregation in 2019? What tools do we need to get folx to keep coming back? … Continue reading Doorway to Radical Welcome
Michael Bernos “The Child is Father of the Man” Worship Leader: Jay Gardner Accompanist: Marilyn Smart About our Service: A musical reflection on overcoming fears and becoming a father. About our Speaker: Mike Bernos has recently retired from a career in corporate communications and public relations. In addition to being a well-known musician in our congregation, … Continue reading The Child is Father of the Man
