In this worship service created with input from our Tree of Life Welcoming Renewal Team and our Tree of Life Worship Committee, we engage in listening to each other as well as voices from history, as we consider and shape our present and future. In honor of LGBTQ+ history month, Chaplain Dave and our Welcoming … Continue reading Listening to our Past, Listening to our Present, Listening for our Future
How we chose to wait may define how we live our lives. Though our world encourages us to believe we never have to wait, waiting is perhaps the one activity that allows us to claim our humanity. In those moments when something demands we stop, are we given the chance to be our best selves? … Continue reading The Art of Waiting
It is often easy for us to underestimate the importance of compassionate boundaries in creating a sense of welcome and belonging, for our whole and authentic selves and for those we welcome in our lives and communities. In our current dominant culture, learning to appreciate our own boundaries and the boundaries of others can feel … Continue reading When the Spirit says “Do”, When the Spirit says “No”; Inviting the Sacred Yes AND the Sacred No
International touring musician & UU troubadour Joe Jencks was selected as a Cultural Ambassador by the U.S. State Department in 2010. He toured five Caribbean nations – giving concerts, interviews, and workshops. Blending songs and spoken word narrative, Jencks will lead us in an exploration of what it meant for him to claim the idea … Continue reading An Invitation: Cultural Ambassadors & Diplomats
We can sometimes limit invitation as something we offer to strangers. What about the invitation Love gives to us? Love can invite us to connect with our whole and full selves, and to invite each other to do the same. Join Chaplain Dave Becker, worship leader Leah Mikkelson, and the Tree of Life community in … Continue reading Invitation, Connection, and Belonging
Our Water Communion Service always marks an “in-gathering” and the start of our church year. We celebrate coming back together by pouring out water that represents our summer experiences or symbolizes our relationship to water. For our worship, together we pour water to honor a meaningful experience, or collected from a special occasion, or to … Continue reading Water: An Invitation of Life
We are so used to taking sides on any issue or situation. This blinds us to complexities and compassion. Rabbi Gordon will share a different way to frame this. After this service, all are invited to stay for coffee and conversation. We will offer an orientation to Worship Arts Through the Year. At 4pm, come … Continue reading Can We Talk About Israel and Palestine?
All of us have experienced the safety instructions at the beginning of an airplane flight. The universal command to put the oxygen mask on our own noses before helping others has become almost cliche. Yet, there is something prickly about putting our survival first. It’s contrary to living in sacrificial love and living unselfishly for … Continue reading You CAN Come First
Light enables us to see shapes, colors, and all that surrounds us. The light of Love enables us to see who we are, how we are, and what needs our care. Through readings and the music of the Wailin’ Mahalias, we celebrate how love brings light into life and into how we see the world. … Continue reading Light and Love: Our Flower Wheel Service
Each day seems to bring rapid changes, in our congregation, in our UU denomination, and in the world around us. Join Chaplain Dave and our Tree of Life UU Congregation as we name and reflect on these changes, and re-center ourselves for the journey ahead. After this service, all are invited to stay for coffee … Continue reading Now What?
