Everyone has a voice. Poetry is an expression of one’s voice (sometimes it’s art, sometimes not so much). Writing and reading poetry is an experiment for some, a necessity for others. Join in a celebration of poetry and music (Native American Flute).
Share the plate: Rainbow Youth
Celebrant: Lennie Martin, Anchor: David Gortner
Music: Native American flute and drums
With knowledge of evolution has come the realization that we are animals, and a growing sense of the ways we are like them (anatomy, metabolism, etc.). In recent decades, we have been learning how much they are like us — thinking, feeling, experiencing. It’s another game-changing realization.
Share the plate: Rainbow Youth
Celebrant: Sara Pickett, Anchor: Laura Christian
Music: Guy Hallman
Congregation member Laura Christian will consider the power of fear in decision making, the many tools at our disposal to combat it, and some decisions in her life that illustrate what happens when fear wins, and when it loses.
Share the plate: Rainbow Youth
Celebrant: Gloria Holland, Anchor: Sara Pickett
Music: Ted Cory
Ideas about God and gods have profoundly shaped the culture, institutions, and experience of western civilization — not without controversy. Let’s consider how these notions have evolved over the millennia.
Share the plate: Northwest Hub
Celebrant: Sara Pickett, Anchor: Laura Christian
Music: Zak Zundel
Finding Meaning and Freedom in Crisis Experiences
Share the plate: Northwest Hub
Celebrant: Janet Stevens, Anchor: Lennie Martin
Music: Laura Christian
Modern life presents us with an ever-expanding array of choices. We mostly welcome that. Yet, much of that choice may be superfluous or perplexing. Can we practice choosing ways that yield less stress and more happiness/satisfaction?
Share the plate: Northwest Hub
Celebrant: Lennie Martin, Anchor: David Gortner
Music: Ted Cory
Craig will talk about how he lost his leg and the long road of mental health recovery.
Share the plate: Northwest Hub
Celebrant: Laura Christian, Anchor: Sara Pickett
Music: Johnny Fang – violin, Diane Stone – viola, George Struble – cello, and Linda Tyler – piano
Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.
Share the plate: Northwest Hub
Celebrant: Janet Stevens, Anchor: David Jeffers
Music: Ted Cory
In her meditation titled Marginal Wisdom, Leslie Takahashi explores the blessing of diversity. This Sunday we’ll explore diversity as a blessing and the central covenant of Unitarian Universalism.
Share the plate: Mid-Valley Literacy Center
Celebrant: Sara Pickett, Anchor: Steve Rosen
Music: Zak Zundel
Come to this service with your questions and wonderings for our annual Q & A service. Rev. Rick will do his best to respond to written questions pertaining to UU-ism, politics and religion, social justice, congregational matters or anything else.
Share the plate: Mid-Valley Literacy Center
Celebrant: Janet Stevens, Anchor: Sara Pickett
Music: Laura Christian
