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August 31, 2021 by Charles

Pilgrimage of Love and Loss – Tom Hearne – SUMMER SERVICE – August 15, 2021 (video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. CHALICE LIGHTING: We light this chalice to remind us of the light that burns within ourselves, and others – and to remind us of our connection to one another. OPENING WORDS – Today we journey together – in this […]

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July 19, 2020 by Dayle Brownstein

“Dancing with Calamity” – Dayle Brownstein – SUMMER SERVICE – July 19, 2020 (video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. I keep a hammer in my car. Now, that’s not because I plan on stopping on my way to CVS or Trader Joe’s and building something. No. It’s for the same reason that I have a rope in my […]

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July 13, 2020 by Linda Lubin

“Rise Like a Phoenix ” – Linda Lubin – SUMMER SERVICE – July 12, 2020 (video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. To rise like a phoenix from the ashes means to emerge from a catastrophe stronger, smarter and more powerful. The phoenix comes from Greek mythology. It was a feathered creature of great size with talons and wings, its plumage […]

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April 20, 2020 by Rev. Jim Francek - Community Minister – Pastoral Care

Reflections of an Earth-walker – April 19, 2020 (video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. My fellow travelers… COVID-19 is a common experience we have as a forced Sabbath. “The intimacy of experience is where the simplest teachers present themselves.” Stopped in our tracks by the presence of an unseen force, it moves amongst […]

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August 22, 2019 by A Better Man

A Better Man – Past, Present, Future – August 18, 2019 (audio and PDF available)

CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. WHAT IS A BETTER MAN? – Luke Garvey In the beginning, there was UGNO. Guys doing what guys do well: get together once a month at a bar, spend an hour or two over adult beverages, talk, toast Ken […]

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August 7, 2019 by Janet Luongo

Riding On A Light Beam: Dare To Imagine – August 4, 2019 (audio and PDF available)

CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. (Opening words for Chalice Lighting, by worship associate, David Smith.) The Vision Must Grow:  We light this flame to remember that every vision wants to grow. It has its own heat; its own hunger. It arrives wanting more and […]

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July 24, 2019 by Marjolijn de Jager

Resilience, Hope and Forgiveness – July 21, 2019 (video, audio and PDF available)

CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. So what about resilience? Looking back at eight decades of living, I’ve been wondering about its meaning, what got me from there to here, and realized that one of my guiding forces […]

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July 14, 2019 by Mary-Megan Marshall

Losing Patience, Finding Grace on the MTA – July 14, 2019 (video, audio and PDF available)

CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. I am a big believer in signs—those little hints we all seem to get occasionally from the universe, God, the Divine. As a big believer in signs, I get them all the […]

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July 7, 2019 by Carrie McEvoy

Freedom is Not Free: A UU Perspective on Citizenship – July 7, 2019 (video, audio and PDF available)

CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. When I’m driving on the highway and get stuck behind a semi, I’ll read anything that’s written on the back of the trailer. Often it’s an advertisement for the company, sometimes there’s […]

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June 30, 2019 by Judy Eckert

Deliberate Wandering – June 30, 2019 (video, audio and PDF available)

CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. Good morning, I’m Judy Eckert. I’ve taken a lot of trips in my life. When I was a kid my father, Frank, would get out the maps and the travel guides and […]

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