“What will you do with your one wild and precious life?” asks the poet Mary Oliver in the final line of her poem The Summer Day. Perhaps we can also ask ourselves, what will we do with our wild and precious church community and our wild precious church life? This Sunday we will explore where our … Continue reading Our Wild and Precious Church Life
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
Generosity connects us to one another through both generous giving and generous receiving. A reimagined generosity, a spirit of reciprocity, changes and transforms us and may even help create a grace-filled world. Join Chaplain Dave, our combined Prairie Circle and Tree of Life congregations, and our shared choirs as we celebrate, learn, and grow together. … Continue reading From You I Receive, To You I Give
We are reminded that there are many ways to use our gifts in the world, will we choose to bless the world?
What happens when we think of generosity as an expression of community?
At Tree of Life UUC, we nurture a community that welcomes diversity, supports the spiritual growth of its members and acts to create a more just society. What is our call to support this beloved community? After the service enjoy refreshments and socializing online and in person. 12:15-1:15 we will offer a newcomers Q&A session … Continue reading This is the Way
Our annual stewardship kickoff service. How does stewardship relate to faith? What about the loaves and fishes? What would it mean if faith was a verb? Speaker: Rev. Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Carol Alfus Chalice Lighter: Tom Steffens After the service we will have coffee hour social time in breakout rooms. We conduct our services … Continue reading Renewing Faith
How can generosity inform our relationship to our resources? Speaker: Rev. Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Sue Kazlusky Chalice Lighter: M.E. Tanabe Reader: Elizabeth Young Did you miss the service? You can watch it here.
What does it mean to commit to a community? Speaker: Rev. Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Ron Relic Chalice Lighter: Lisa Campagnolo Special Music: Cherish the Flame by Cassandra Vohs-Demann Hymns: Billy Seger Story for All Ages: John Murray, Coming to America Did you miss this service? You can still watch it here.
Rev. Michael Dowd will be “zooming” in from Eureka, California to offer some thoughts on humanity’s place and purpose in “the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part” (our UU 7th Principle). Rev. Michael Dowd is bestselling eco-theologian, TEDx speaker, and pro-future advocate whose work has been featured in The New York Times, LA Times, … Continue reading “Reality 101: Coronavirus, Climate, and Compassionate Generosity”
