This is a quiet, reflective service for anyone wanting quiet and rest or who is struggling to find joy this holiday season. There will be music, reading, and ritual to center us during this time of year that can be overly cheerful and hectic. In person only.
We are sliding into the darkness and holidays, times where mystery and wonder can often arise. We will contemplate how to let the mystery nourish us. The service may be watched online here.
Often our instinct when depressed, apathetic, lonely, or tired is to withdraw. After all, if we don’t care for ourselves, we won’t have energy to help others. This is true, but not always true. Sometimes, according to science and spiritual teachings, generously helping in a way that matters is what brings us to life. This … Continue reading Let Service to Others Bring you Alive
Unitarian Universalists are considering affirming seven values as central to our faith. One of them is generosity. Many of the new values are restatements of the principles, but generosity is not. How did it make the list? I contend that it is because generosity is an essential way that we experience and build the interconncted … Continue reading Generosity: Is it a Unitarian Universalist Value?
Most people across the world honor their ancestors, including sub-cultures within the United States. This practice is mostly gone in white dominant culture. We will consider why this is so while considering the heritage of our own ancestors. Please bring photographs of your beloved dead to share.
As Unitarian Universalists, we are called to radical hospitality – of ourselves and of others. Let us pay attention to creating welcoming hearts.
WHUUF is like a river, a constant, a welcoming and loving and like a river, it flows with constantly changing water, sometimes changing routes. We are part of the flowing river. Recognizing all is change, but we are still sustained, allows us to welcome the unknown. Please bring water that represents a physical or metaphorical … Continue reading Flowing, Changing, Sustaining Water of WHUUF: Welcome with Water Communion
Rev. Tracy Springberry returns from her summer rest and study to lead us in our annual Chocolate and Fruit communion with a special backpack blessing for all those who celebrate!
Maybe the best way through life is just to attend to what delights us and gives us joy and not worry so much about all the little things. Our last Donate the Basket for the Winter Tent Drive (mentalhealthportland.org/) is on June 18th.
On this Flower Communion Sunday, we will celebrate the beauty of community in this 100th year of this most famous UU activity. If you can, please bring a flower (or flowers) to share!
