Speaker: Rev. Tracy Springberry

Celebrating Christmas in Song and Story

Come together to revel in the Beauty, Music, and Magic of Christmas as we tell the old stories and sing the old carols. We will end the Service with our traditional candle lighted “Silent Night” recessional to the courtyard. Cookies and hot cider will be served afterward.

The Last Straw

This Christmas story about Hoshmakatu, the camel who carried the Magi’s gifts, will be told as reader’s theater. In this whole community spirit worship, we will sing Christmas Carols and remember how giving to others can transform us.

Service of the Dark Night

The holiday season promises joy and merriment, but for many of us this season also means pain such as grief, loss, loneliness and disappointment. This evening service will offer quiet contemplation and ritual to acknowledge this pain.

Looking into the Darkness

During the holidays we celebrate the return of light and hope, but first we must enter the darkness and learn what it has to teach us. Children will explore mystery in their religious education classes.

The Tricks of Memory

The Tricks of Memory: Memories are not solid like a photograph, instead they shift and change. What was remembered and not remembered was painfully put on stage last month by our country. What is memory? How does it affect who we are and what we do?

Discerning a Vision

Discerning A Vision Discernment means to judge well. As we discern the next steps for our lives and as we create visions for our community and world, how do we judge well? Can we hear the small voice deep within? Does God call us? Do we think reasonably? Feel the pull of our heart? We … Continue reading Discerning a Vision

The Blessings of Humility

The word ‘humility’ is related to the word humus or earth. To be humble is to be grounded in what we are and what we are not. It is to laugh at our mistakes, to hear those who are not ourselves, and to feel the awe of the night sky.

Love and Generosity

Generosity is a profound expression of love. In our private lives we are nearly always generous with our time and resources to those we love. But what does it mean to be generous to institutions or to those we do not know? Today is the kick off of our Stewardship drive. What if giving to WHUUF was not an obligation or a contribution to paying our institutional bills, but a way to express your love and commitment to our mission and importance in the wider community?