Our pageant this year celebrates the Solstice and offers many opportunities for taking part. As always, there is a role for animals, so anyone who arrives in an animal costume can take part. Other roles will be assigned on the day and appropriate props will be provided. Come to watch, come to share in the fun, and celebrate the season of returning light!
Where do you experience awe? Is it crashing waves? The cathedral of the trees? In a place where the sky goes on forever? Earth offers us beauty, terror, and peace in equal measure. Let us celebrate our blue boat home
We live in a world that seems focused on creating more and more options to fill up our time. Before we know it, our days are filled with endless lists of items that feel urgent but aren’t really important. Join us this Sunday to consider how we might re-prioritize at least one important aspect of our lives.
Matt Aspin previously served as our ministerial intern, and is currently finishing his Masters of Divinity degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School.
Have you had that conversation with a person nodding their head faster and faster while you talked? That person who doesn’t need to listen any more because they’ve already planned what they need to say? Have you been that person? We’ll reflect on the importance of listening to listen and what it might mean if we were really heard.
A reflection on sharp focus and wide views. When do you need each?
What gets our attention? Is it what is loud or what’s important? Is it what we’re used to seeing or what’s out of place?
At our annual Remembering service, we take time to honor those we have loved who have died. Everyone is invited to bring along a picture or small memento of someone you’re remembering this year. All ages will gather to sing, tell stories and remember.
Belonging is a core human need. It is a need found in all the social mammals including bonobos, chimpanzees, and humans. This will be an exploration of the warm and wonderful process of belonging from our primate ancestors to the DNA in our congregation.
The stories we tell about ourselves and our world often define how we live within it. In recognition of Indigenous People’s Day, we’ll reflect on a story of colonialism and what its implications are for how we understand our relationships with this land and our neighbors.
What driving a city bus can teach you about building beloved community one day at a time.
