- Here, Together: December 2020 November 23, 2020
It’s a favored holiday tradition for Unitarian Universalists. At the end of the annual Christmas Eve service, people stand waiting and expectant, each holding an unlit candle. Just as the first bars of “Silent Night” begin to sound, someone dims the sanctuary lights. And there, in the dark and in the hush, as people sing ...
- Here, Together: November 2020 October 28, 2020
November, 2020. How will this historic moment be remembered 100, 50, or even 10 years from now?
We are all, of course, always seeding the future with our actions (and our omissions, as it has become so painfully clear). But from where I stand at this precise moment, it definitely feels like a light is being ...
- Here, Together: October 2020 September 28, 2020
It was a moment for remembering how very much has changed.
Our September fellowship retreat had wrapped up in the usual way: departing thoughts, the blowing out of our flame, the refrain from our closing song still lingering in some corner of my memory.
But it was only after the Zoom screens had blinked off — first ...
- Here, Together: September 2020 August 26, 2020
There’s been no shortage of things to listen to these last challenging months. Podcasts, news pieces and editorials, Facebook posts, radio updates, independent news broadcasts … Ever since mid-March, that moment when everything changed, you could say that news sources have made up a kind of frenetic, “all talk, all the time,” playlist to my ...
- Calling Your Minister — An Update from Rev. Nicoline June 24, 2020
Many of you participated in conversation sessions held late during the month of May on the topic of the “Contract to Call” process. Currently, I serve the UUFP as a contract minister. This means that every spring, your board and I enter into conversation regarding whether or not to renew my yearly contract. Contract ministry ...
- Religious Education and Exploration Registration Now Open June 19, 2020
Interested in enrolling your children in our online religious education programming?
Registration is now open: https://bit.ly/REregistration2020. Students will work with Lori Walters-Kramer, a veteran of our program who is serving as an RE consultant for us this summer. Lori has a history of offering rich programming to our children and will help us shape our plans ...
