The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM
When Hope is an Act of Bravery – Rev. Lindasusan Ulrich (they/them) – April 26, 2026 The Promises We Keep – The Minister Search Team – April 19, 2026 Earth Day: Connecting to Our Mother – Rev. Jim Francek – April 12, 2026 Paying Attention: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary Voices – Rev. Carlton E. Smith […]
Earth teach me stillness as the grasses are stilled with light. Earth teach me suffering as old stones suffer with memory. Earth teach me humility as blossoms are humble with beginning. Earth Teach me caring as the mother who secures her young. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands alone. Earth teach me […]
A journey continues until it stops A journey that stops is no longer a journey A journey loses things on its way A journey passes through things, things pass through it When a journey is over, it loses itself to a place When a journey remembers, it begins a journal Which is a new journey […]
When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the […]
May the touch of your skin Register the beauty Of the otherness That surrounds you May your listening be attuned To the deeper silence Where sound is honed To bring distance home. May the fragrance Of a breathing meadow Refresh your heart And remind you you are A child of the earth. And when you […]
Perhaps for a moment the typewriters will stop clicking, the wheels stop rolling the computers desist from computing, and a hush will fall over the city. For an instant, in the stillness, the chiming of the celestial spheres will be heard as earth hangs poised in the crystalline darkness, and then gracefully tilts. Let there […]
Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, only shadow inside? No, my heart is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. Not asleep, not dreaming— its eyes are opened wide watching distant signals, listening on the rim of vast silence.
The Days of Awe begin with us tonight. May the next ten days be days of reflection, introspection, and peace. May we prepare ourselves for the changes in the year to come. May it be a good year. May it be a healthy year. May it be a year of peace for all of us, […]
The world we knew is passing. All things grow strange, all but the stout heart’s courage. All the undiminished luster of an ancient dream, which we shall dream again, as others have dreamed before us. Pilgrims forever, of a world forever new. And what we loved and lost we lose to find how great a […]
