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June 2, 2024 – Rev. Barbara Threet – “What Holds You”

Posted by Tim on June 6, 2024

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May 26, 2024 – JP Cass – Unitarian Universalist Cats and Dogs

Posted by Tim on May 27, 2024

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May 19, 2024 – Rev. Barbara Threet – From Lands Afar…

Posted by Tim on May 19, 2024

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May 5, 2024 – Rabbi Ellie Shemtov “Defining Antisemitism”

Posted by Tim on May 8, 2024

Since Oct. 7th there has been an alarming rise in anti-Semitic incidents in this country and around the world. While criticizing Israel does not automatically translate as Antisemitism, I will explain when anti-Israel rhetoric becomes anti-Semitic.

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April 28, 2024 – Rev. Kathy Duhon – “Music Deeply Heard: The Spirit of Comfort and Joy”

Posted by Tim on May 1, 2024

Since poetry began, people have written rhymes to describe and celebrate (or not) the creatures with which we share the world. Members of our community will read poems about animals domestic and wild.

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April 7, 2024 – Rev. Calvin Dame – Abundant Life

Posted by Tim on April 13, 2024

Abundant Life – I’ve long been interested in a passage attributed to Jesus:  ‘I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”  What would an abundant life look like, and how do we get there?

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March 17 2024 – Sunday Service Committee -How Did I Happen to Become a Unitarian Universalist?

Posted by Tim on March 18, 2024

People have come to our peculiar tradition by many paths.  For the service Kathy Harm won at the 2023 Service Auction, she has asked members of the Sunday Service Committee to speak on their journeys in becoming UUs.

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March 3,2024 – Rev. Barbara Threet – “But What’s Real?’’

Posted by Tim on March 3, 2024

In a world where visual images can be so easily manipulated and manufactured, and where large portions of our country have rejected facts, how do we determine what’s real? (It’s undoubtedly true that some of the things you and I absolutely believe aren’t really ‘facts’ either, or won’t seem like ‘facts’ in the light of history). How do we live when we know our sources of facts might not be, well, factual?

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FEBURARY 4 – Rev. Barbara Threet “I’m Sorry: On Apologies”

Posted by Tim on February 7, 2024

At the 2022 Auction, Kathy Harm bought the right to choose a topic for a sermon this year, and this is that sermon. We’ll reflect on what it means to genuinely apologize as opposed to going through the motions, and how we decide to respond to apologies.

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January 28 – Dismas House

Posted by Tim on January 29, 2024

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