The Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Rd., Westport, CT 06880 - Ph: (203)227-7205 Sunday Services: 10:00 AM
Dear Members and Friends, Rosh Hashanah begins this evening. As the Jewish New Year, it launches the Jewish High Holy Days that culminate with Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement. These ten days are a time for the Jewish faithful to practice teshuva, or turning toward wholeness by acknowledging where one has […]
Dear Members and Friends, I so enjoyed leading worship this past Sunday and sharing fellowship with you following the service. If you missed the service and would like to watch/hear the sermon, please click HERE. Or, you can find more sermons on our website, .uuwestport.org, under the “SERMONS & POETRY” tab. As your transitional minister, […]
Dear Members and Friends of UU Westport, We enter a season of transitions: getting back to school, re-creating routines, and, here at UU Westport, launching a new worship year. As many go back to school, it’s also a great time to go back to church—to gather again with your congregation. “Transition” refers to the process […]
This will be my final message to you as your Senior Minister. Let me begin by saying what an honor it has been to have served you these past eight years. When I was called by you to be your Senior Minister, I told you that I would serve no more than ten years. Many […]
This coming Sunday May 14th will be a beautiful and full worship service. It is Mother’s Day, of course, which is cause for celebration. Mother’s Day was founded by a Unitarian Julia Ward Howe in commemoration of peace. Despite years of effort to create a national “Peace Day” in May, it would take Woodrow Wilson […]
With spring blooming around us I find my mind wandering as if the re-emergence of life was somehow disrupting the cold march of days our struggles remind us of. Spring is, in one sense, a disruption. And in another sense it’s not so much a disruption as it is a reminder to pay attention to […]
In the story of Jesus’ resurrection, Jesus is said to have returned in body and made himself known to Mary Magdalene and the disciples. They were, of course, astonished that he had returned at all since the men were sure his death on the cross was the end of the road. So skeptical were they […]
Joseph Campbell once wrote: “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” I realize that my announcement that I am leaving my ministry with you comes as a shock. Many of you had told me that you expected me to […]
From now until the end of April we are in what in the Christian Calendar is known as Lent. Lent is the season in which we consider giving up something we are accustomed to in order to focus the lens of our lives on what truly matters, be it love, belonging, or the coming of […]
We had a fabulous day on Saturday as a number of us learned from one another about what strengths our congregation has to offer. The Appreciative Inquiry process is one in which we learn, grow and dream from our strengths. I was amazed at some of the dreams that came up; becoming a multicultural, multigenerational […]