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?
It is what it is – a phrase often used to describe the inevitability of unpleasant aspects of life. But what if there’s more?
Let’s explore types of recovery. How do we pause? How do we relax? How do we engage? How do we lead?
Each Sunday we gather to celebrate our shared experience of Life. Sometimes we call this experience “community” …. And sometimes we call it Love. With our communion rituals, we bring our attention to these connections….. chocolate seems such a natural medium for celebrating Love in joy. We will share a chocolate sacrament that’s organic and … Continue reading Chocolate Communion – A Sweet Celebration
Harmonic Well BE-ing is an approach to living that encourages us to focus on WHO we are BE-ing moment to moment, situation to situation & shared experience to shared experience.
