Worship Online During the Coronavirus Outbreak
Worship has moved online through at least the end of May in an effort to protect our most vulnerable loved ones from exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Join us on YouTube on Sunday morning for livestreamed worship, and on Facebook and Zoom for on-line connection throughout the week. Join our email list for updates and links each week; send a request to administrator@uucss.org to be added.
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During stressful times, we may be tempted to retreat into notions of “us” and “them,” yet liberation and spiritual growth ask us to think about the inter-relatedness of all people. In the words of the Rev. Theresa Ines Soto, “all of us need all of us to make it.” This on-line worship draws from the…
Two transcripts – the Message (by the interim director of religious education) and Homily (by the interim minister) Message: Tiny the God / Becky Brooks / Marsha Thrall (Video & audio recording by Marsha) Hi, friends. Remember a few Sundays back when we talked about myths during service, just before we worked on the Art…
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Staying in relationship helps us to move forward, stay accountable, and find joy as we travel through a universe in motion.
Who knows, perhaps we have been placed here by the universe for such a time as this. Perhaps the Spirit of Life has encouraged us, guided us, and sustained us for this very season; this season when all of the courage, friendship, and moral discernment we can muster are brought to bear in our march…
Our lives travel over ups and downs. Sometimes we notice when our paths join with others or when they diverge, sometimes we don’t. The landscape shifts as we learn new skills, live through challenges, the world changes and we change; we don’t always notice when we’ve moved into new territory. Sometimes, though, we come to…
There are a couple of stories from the Talmud about trees. (The Talmud is a central text in Judaism, containing rabbinic conversations on topics such as ethics and customs.) In one story, a sage is walking along the road and sees a man planting a carob tree. The sage asks him, “How long will it…
Not that long ago, we almost had real snow. The weather predictions were noncommittal. We worried about commuters, travelers, and public safety workers. Winter weather can be both beautiful and terrible. Just when I thought the snow was a complete hoax and I set out on a long drive, flurries twirled through the sky. We…
Our January theme of the month is integrity, which is an easier word to say than to practice. It helps to have role models, even if their stories didn’t happen exactly in the way they are told. It seems to me that mythology, fiction, and maybe even history can supply us with examples of values…
Four Reflections Jan 19 2020 service, followed by Homily An Inescapable Network of Mutuality [editor’s note – only audio for the Homily by Rev. Lyn Cox is included due to technical difficulties with recording.] Reflection 1: Charles Alexander, Systemic Racism The concept of race is a fairly new social construct that has evolved and changed…