What are the life lessons, and lessons for our spirit and our faith, that we can learn from the waters that surround us? This Sunday we explore and celebrate our connection to one another and to the wider web of life, our one world and one interconnected body of water. Our worship service will include … Continue reading In Praise of What Connects Us: Our Annual Water Communion Ceremony
Tree of Life Flower Wheel Service Today is a worship celebration through music, led by the Wailin’Mahalias. As a community we will decorate our Flower Wheel, so if youhave access to wildflowers, attractive weeds, or garden flowers, pleasebring a handful to share. In readings drawn from different faiths, we’llreflect on the power of Love that’s … Continue reading The Circle and Hoop of Community
Anyone has felt loneliness. It can be a temporary pang from being alone, the sense of disconnection (even surrounded by others), or feeling misunderstood. Also, loneliness can be chronic or persistent with underlying and systemic causes. Recently the World Health Organization shared that loneliness is a major health challenge of our time, “affecting heart, mind, … Continue reading The Real Pain of Loneliness
Our Sunday worship service will include our annual celebration of Flower Communion, a practice in Unitarian Universalist Churches throughout the world, to embrace the beauty in our diversity and uniqueness. As part of the ceremony, each person is invited to bring a flower with them, whether it is a wildflower from a field, a flower … Continue reading Inspired Gifts: A Celebration of Flower Communion and of our Community
An old and very beautiful Irish proverb states, “It is in the shelter of each other that people live.” In this day and age, how is that we lie in the shelter of each other? As we face the challenges of our time, it can be so easy to lose sight of our connection and … Continue reading In the Shelter of Each Other
Does it matter where you spend your time? Are we impacted by the ways we engage with ourselves and our world? Taking care of the earth, our church community, and one another is one of the joys and responsibilities of living. How we wrestle to ensure our beliefs are lived out in our deep connection … Continue reading Why Church, Why Liberal?
When a steady wind moves across the surface of water long enough, small ripples can become big waves. What are the ripples we create individually and collectively, and how do these become waves in our lives, our congregation, and our community? Join us in this exploration of generosity and the ripple effect as we welcome … Continue reading When Ripples Become Waves
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
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
Let’s explore our successes and what we are still called to create for our community to flourish.
