Led by Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Worship Associate Becky Cline
John O’Donohue also says that “Whenever you give a blessing, a blessing returns to enfold you.” For some, the act of receiving a blessing is harder than giving one. How can we open ourselves more fully to receive the blessings that come to us?
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available for all services.
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Led by Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Worship Associate Lisa ThielIn his book To Bless the Space Between Us, John O’Donohue suggests that blessing “is a way of life, a lens through which the whole world is transformed.” We will start our reflection upon the meaning of blessing by considering what it takes to prepare. How can we give blessings?
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available for both services.
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Led by Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Worship Associate Jeff Marsh, with Green Sanctuary Convener Mary Lou HollyThe 7th Principle of Unitarian Universalism calls us to respect our interdependent web of existence. Come join us as we celebrate Earth Day by lifting up this strand of our theological heritage and reflecting together on our practice of this principle.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM. Nursery Care is available for all Sunday services.
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Led by our Youth and Interim Director of Religious Education Karen LoBraccoFor this annual Youth Service, our High School group will explore through music and words the experience of growing up in a Unitarian Universalist community. Come to hear what a difference this congregation is making!
Sunday Services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM.
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Led by Lori Fatchet-McGee and Worship Associate Elaine BowenWhy do we create art? What is art? How does creativity feed our souls? Our annual Art Sunday service invites you to ask and answer these questions of yourself while we explore the topic of the intersection of creativity and spirituality.
Sunday Services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM.
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Led by Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Worship Associate Jeff MarshIn her book Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer writes “like creation stories everywhere, cosmologies are a source of identity and orientation to the world. They tell us who we are.” This Sunday we will begin exploring the theme of creation by considering what the foundational creation stories of our world have to tell us about who we are.
Sunday Services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM. Nursery care is available for all Sunday services.
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Led by Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Intern Minister Dave ClementsHe taught them. He healed them. He fed them. He loved them. He showed them the way. For his efforts, he was crucified. So why will we sing Alleluia today? Come join us for our special multigenerational celebration of Easter. Families with children are welcome to attend either service.
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Led by Dave Clements and Worship Associate Andrew RomeWhen most people hear of “liberation theology,” they think of revolution. True liberation includes the struggle against issues like racism, sexism, discrimination and social justice. Interest in liberation theology grew rapidly in North America. Liberation theology later found itself in black and women’s liberation movements; it is an ethical theology that grows out of social awareness and the desire to act. Liberation expresses the hopes of oppressed peoples and the realization that they are not seen as a passive element, but as an agent of righteous change in history. We will explore this concept of liberation theology and how it relates to our Unitarian Universalists beliefs and causes.
Sunday Services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM.
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The young adult poet and author Johnathan Jena writes, “True wisdom comes in understanding that sometimes, you are both the prison and the key.” Do we really have the power to unlock some of the prisons that keep us bound? How can we develop what it takes to use the key for our individual and collective freedom?
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Led by the Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Worship Associate Justin Czekaj The history of our liberal religious tradition is woven through with stories of people who devoted themselves to the pursuit of liberation – theologically, politically, socially, spiritually . . . Are there core values in Unitarianism, Universalism and Unitarian Universalism that inspire such quests? What impact does that history have on us now? How can that legacy shape how we relate to the liberation movements of our own time?
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Community members are invited to attend a weekend of musical worship titled, “How Can I Keep From Singing,” at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent, located at 228 Gougler Avenue in Kent. Recognizing that music unites, transcends, heals, and inspires, music’s beauty and power are honored each year with a special worship service. Under the direction of Music Director Hal Walker, musical ensembles will include the Peace Choir, Fallow Time Folk Orchestra, the Tone Chimers Bell Choir, the Peace Pipers Recorder Ensemble, as well as other talented musical groups.
Due to the popularity of the annual music service, a Saturday afternoon service including childcare for preschool age and younger has been added. The service on Saturday, February 25 begins at 4:30 p.m. followed by a social hour with light refreshments. The February 26th Sunday services are at 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and will offer a children’s chapel for children grades K – 5 and child care for younger children. The church is handicap accessible and offers a T-coil hearing loop system. Parking is available behind the church, street parking on Gougler Avenue, and in the parking lot across from the church. All are welcome to join in nourishing your spirit with this uplifting worship service!
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Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Worship Associate Lisa ThielWe continue the conversation about desire begun on Valentine’s Day. This time we will wonder about the ways in which attending to desire can challenge our relationships and undermine our capacity for spiritual fulfillment. If we notice that may be happening in our lives, how can we get free?
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Led by Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Intern Minister Dave Clements
This Sunday and next we will explore two sides of the same coin. How can attending to desire enhance our relationships and deepen our capacity for spiritual fulfillment?
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Led by Intern Minister Dave Clements and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
Discerning one’s bliss, requires creating a “sacred space” — a space for uninterrupted reflection and unrushed creative work. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are — if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time. We will explore this concept of finding and following your bliss.
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Led by Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer and Worship Associate Justin Czekaj
Quotations attributed to both e.e. cummings and Ralph Waldo Emerson tell us that the work of being yourself is truly an accomplishment. When others are trying to make you just like them or just like everyone else, being yourself is no small feat of resistance. What does it take to be nobody but yourself?
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