Being Loving in a World Full of Hate
It is a difficult task to live from our values when it seems like hate, judgement and anger are all around us. How do we safeguard and cultivate what is best in us?
True Colors
How do colors influence, heal, agitate or fascinate us human beings? Explore the spirituality of color and how each of us appear as different colors (at least to Rev. Sian, a synesthete).
The Left Hand of God
What happens to a country when it’s original vision of God is that of an angry, judgmental and vindictive tyrant? We see evidence today of the outcome in gun violence throughout our country. How did we get into this mess?!
Happy Place
Sometimes the world is a difficult place and we need to find our “happy place.” Where is your “happy place?” What happens when that is gone or you can no longer find it? How do you find or create a new one?
Universe-All? Ultra-Universalism and Today
Ultra-Universalism is one of our historical beliefs as UUs. Today, we look at what it means, and how we might apply it to modern Unitarian Universalism.
All You Need is Love
How to love the unlovable, opening ourselves up to be hurt, and practicing perfection in imperfection. -Rev. Dr. Karen Stoyanoff, Minister Emerita
Livin’ On a Prayer
Prayer is synonymous with religious communities. But how might we, as UUs of many different beliefs, connect with prayer in our own lives and in our congregations? Looking to the natural world as our guide, this service will investigate how prayer, in its many forms, can be a transformative practice of paying attention in our daily lives.
Widening the Circle
OCUUC’s Anti-Racism Group speaks on their projects and what they learned.
The Boys of Decades Ago
Patriarchy is damaging to everyone, including boys and men. The boys of decades ago are the men of today, the voters we need today if we are to alter the course of patriarchy.
The Blessings of Agnosticism, Humanism and Atheism
Hear how the participants in the Agnostic, Humanist, and Atheist Group (AHA) have found blessings in this community and their philosophies.
Blessed are the… what?
In the sermon on the mount, Jesus calls the poor, meek, the hungry “blessed.” What in the world could he mean? Is suffering supposed to be good?
Flower Communion
It’s that wonderful time of year, where we celebrate the blessings of this community! Come join this multigenerational service with Rev. Sian Wiltshire and Karen Magoon Pearson. Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. In this ceremony, everyone in the congregation brings a flower. Each person places a flower on the altar or in a shared vase. The congregation and minister bless the flowers, and they’re redistributed. Each person brings home a different…