“The United States of America has a white majority that remembers a history of discovery, opportunity, expansion, and exceptionalism. Meanwhile, our communities of color have the lived experiences of stolen lands, broken treaties, slavery, Jim Crow laws, Indian removal, ethnic cleansing, lynchings, boarding schools, mass incarceration, and families separated at our borders. Our country does … Continue reading The Legacy of Discovery
Join us this Sunday as we honor the Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur and explore the essential essence of Tikkun Olam. What does repair of the world mean to you? How shall we as a community join in solidarity with so many others that are working to repair what is broken and failing? Join us … Continue reading The Three R’s of Tikkun
Join us this Sunday as we dedicate this year’s Religious Exploration Teachers and participants. We’ll gather to explore what it means to be a care-filled consumer in this day and age. And enjoy getting to know all the good things and opportunities for involvement in our congregation this year. Please CLICK HERE to view this … Continue reading Care-filled Consumption
This week we begin a new year of religious exploration with the start of classes for our children and youth. And we honor the work of our Get Out The Vote team with our first 50/50 collection of the fall. We’ll explore what our faith and fortune have to do with the present challenges we face … Continue reading Of Faith & Fortune
On this Ferry Beach Weekend, we too return to the beach, reflecting on the story by Richard Bach which teaches us to consider whence comes our strength, power, and ability to define who we truly are. Join us for this journey towards wholeness! Please CLICK HERE to view this week’s Order of Service.
We return again to a new season of worship and opportunities for religious exploration, service, and fellowship! We gather this week and ask what it means to return home. We’ll explore this theme by looking at the hymn, which repeats our service title refrain, noting the changes in phrasing from the original and pondering what … Continue reading Return to the Home of Your Soul
Please join us for the last regular service of the year as we honor the art of Fathering. Please CLICK HERE to view this week’s Order of Service.
We gather this Sunday to honor our heritage and to celebrate this year and deliberate on the future of the congregation as we gather for our Annual Congregational Meeting after the 10 am service. On this Heritage Sunday, which marks the anniversary of the death of Thomas Paine, we ask what of the vision of rights … Continue reading In the Name of All That is Holy
Join us this Sunday as we celebrate Memorial Day and honor those who have gone before through a ritual of flower exchange also known as our Annual Flower Communion Ceremony. Please CLICK HERE for information about the Flower Communion Ceremony. Please CLICK HERE to view this week’s Order of Service.
Join us this Sunday as we honor 21 years of Civil Marriage in the Commonwealth for Gay & Lesbian friends and family. We’ll look back on this history and look forward to address the ongoing challenges facing the LGBTQI community as many continue to face the devastating consequences of systemic homophobia and government sponsored terror. … Continue reading Civility, Rights, and Equality
