Join Salem Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans as we celebrate the return of the light. Refreshments and fellowship will be held in the Fellowship Hall after the service. Everyone is welcome. Childcare will be available for young children in the nursery.
Centering Thought: “We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.”
― Dorothy Day
No RE classes.
Please join us for our annual Water Communion Sunday. Bring a small vial of water that symbolizes something meaningful for you.
This is the last week for summer schedule.
Celebrant: Arrhiannon Kirkpatrick, Anchor: L.J. Frederickson
Music: UUCS Choir
This is the Sunday where everyone helps to spiff up the church, making it sparkle and shine for all to enjoy.
Celebrant: Randy Jones, Anchor:
Music: Sara Greenleaf
Celebrant: Gloria Holland, Anchor:Arrhiannon Kirkpatrick
David La Duca (West Hills UU Church, Beaverton) will bring an interactive theater production with the theme of “How to treat people who are different.” The play calls for over 20 speaking parts, using people from the congregation. There are parts for adults and children. David brings a puppet show that the kids will do, and an original musical sing-along. This service will provide a fun-filled, lively, positive message for young and the more mature, alike.
Celebrant: Arrhiannon Kirkpatrick, Anchor: L.J. Frederickson
Music: David La Duca
Memory has been called the most wonderful ability. While it can be retentive, serviceable, and obedient, it can also sometimes be weak and bewildered; a powerful, ongoing narrative we use to understand and manage our lives. This morning, we reflect on the power of memory both to connect us with the past and to shape who we are in the present.
Celebrant: David Gortner, Anchor: Lennie Martin
Music: Sarah Greenleaf
Four years ago the unthinkable occurred: our RV suddenly burst into flames and lit our home on fire. We watched in disbelief as our home and RV burned. Then we dealt with the aftermath. What are the emotional, practical, and spiritual impacts when dealing with a traumatic event and how does it change lives?
Celebrant: Gloria Holland, Anchor: David Jeffers
Music: Ted Cory
When Albert Einstein wisely advised, “Never lose a holy curiosity,” he might have been specifically addressing those of us whose response to the really big questions tends toward asking more questions, and to finding satisfaction as much in the quest as in whatever answers we find.
Celebrant: Lennie Martin, Anchor: David Gortner
Music: David Gortner and Barbara Stebbins-Boaz
Improvisation and Unitarian Universalism have more than a little bit in common. Both require an open mind and the willingness to explore past a pre-determined path, for example. What wondrous possibilities might there be when faith and improvisation intersect?
Celebrant: Ann Hanus, Anchor: Arrhiannon Kirkpatrick
Music: Marcia Christenson
From multiple motivations of morality, providing health care for everyone in our state (country) is the right thing to do. (Matthew 22:36-40). The speaker believes that even improvements of ObamaCare do not provide health care for everyone, nor are spiraling costs for are, meds, and medical equipment adequately addressed.
Celebrant: David Jeffers, Anchor: LJ Frederickson
Music: Laura Christian and Sara Greenleaf
