Click Here to Join our virtual service each Sunday at 10:45am We will be offering our virtual services using teleconferencing software. To learn more, . You will find the link to to our virtual Sunday worship below. Services start at 10:45am but we suggest you log in at 10:30am to get settled in our virtual … Continue reading This Sunday and Beyond
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations from the local health department, Poets in Resistance event scheduled for Friday, March 13, 2020 has been cancelled at this time. We hope to reschedule in the future. Stay well, our friends.
Sunday, March 22, 2020, 10:45am The magic of poetry is that it can often distill big ideas into few words, using language that encourages us to look at things in a different way. With National Poetry Month just around the corner, the TOLUUC Poetry Group will share some of their favorite poems, and the wisdom … Continue reading Speaking Words of Wisdom
The vegan potluck scheduled for this Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 5pm has been cancelled in response to the spread of COVID-19. We hope to return to good food and fellowship in April or May.
Wisdom is a funny word. We often use it interchangeably with the word knowledge. If you search Pixabay for images related to “wisdom”, you’ll find a lot of pictures that feature books, which certainly does reflect that we associate wisdom with what books have to offer. And yet, with a little reflection on knowledge, it’s … Continue reading Soul Matters at Tree of Life: Being a Community of Wisdom
Sunday, March 8, 2020, 10:45am Lou Ness “Oh, Wisdom do you come as the gentle wind on a spring day, the blustery gale that blows across the mighty waters or are you the breathe of the Holy One, whispering in my ear – listen?” Anon. I have been told that confusion is the beginning of … Continue reading The Sage Within
Sunday, March 1, 2020, 10:45am Rev. Michelle Lattanzio What does it mean to be a people of wisdom? Jimi Hendrix is quoted as having said “Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens.” Come along on a journey to explore the places we find wisdom and consider what it means to be a wise person.
Sunday, February 23, 2020, 10:45am Rabbi Maralee Gordon How does one turn one’s initial reaction of “The End” to “Chapter Two” when Chapter One comes to a crashing halt. Hint: “But we’ve always done it that way” and”Who moved my cheese?” are not part of the equation.
What would it be like if our Tree of Life worship service centered entirely around the voices and the experiences of Black Unitarian Universalists? What truths might we hear, however difficult? What might we learn? How might these Black UU leaders teach us to be better allies, better siblings in faith, and even better citizens … Continue reading The Promise and Practice of Our Faith–Black Lives Matter Service Sunday, March 15, 2020 10:45 am. Tree of Life Social Justice Team and Worship Arts Team
a public reading and rally. Friday March 13th 7-10. Tree of Life Sanctuary Mark your calendars now! Ten to twelve poets will be selected representing the widest possible range of voices—all ages, gender identification, races, ethnicities, and spiritualties—and of style—poetry slam, hip-hop, performance art, observational, personal reflection, traditional, rhymed, unrhymed, even academic. The event will … Continue reading Poets in Resistance II
