Blessing of the Backpacks: The importance of being a beginner
Using the teachings of Thich Naht Hanh, we will explore what it means to have a Beginner’s Mind. With a Beginner’s Mind, we can experience joy and wonder every day!
Universalist Unitarian Church of Farmington
Seek Answers Everywhere, Include Everyone, Live With Compassion
Using the teachings of Thich Naht Hanh, we will explore what it means to have a Beginner’s Mind. With a Beginner’s Mind, we can experience joy and wonder every day!
The word love is like a bucket of many other big words. What is it really? And what’s love got to do with anything? Is it really the superglue that makes everything work? I’ve worked with impassioned leaders and some of them were even dogmatic and perhaps you could say ideological. But the best changemakers and agents of good have always been those who have the ability to change their minds, to be loved and cared for by others, and to make space for trusting the good in others. The ability to give and receive are signifiers of love. Charity…
At General Assembly (GA) the delegates approved the proposal to study changes to Article II, a section of the UUA bylaws. The proposed change has love at the center with our core values spiraling out. Love truly is the core of who we are. Let us come together and imagine what it would be like to have love be our guiding force.
Come join with us in discussing interesting topics procured by the Sunday Services Committee. Two discussion group topics will be featured on this Sunday morning: “##” and “##”.
Rest is a tool for liberation and healing! Using the framework of Tricia Hersey’s book, “Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto” we will slow down and experience renewal together.
Interdependence is one of our core UU values that we experience through the concept of “shared ministry.” Come find out what this is all about!
Margaret Sanger went to jail 9 times to win the right for birth control. Katharine Dexter McCormick provided the funding for the development of the pill. Gloria Steinem said: Sanger and McCormick taught us to look at the world as if women mattered.
Improv acting is all about how do we build connections and move forward together. The foundational agreement of Yes/And is a great tool for faith communities to learn how to be together across differences. Come, let us play and explore together!
Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. This powerful, communal worship experience will stream on Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 11:00 am. The Office of the UUA President, the Rev. Susan Frederick Gray, is pleased to announce that the Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti, Senior Minister of the First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, MI will lead the 2023 Sunday Service at GA.
Song sermon by Julie Beutel, a local folk singer and song leader. “What it comes down to are the Little Things. Songs and quotes to inspire, get you thinking, (maybe singing), and remind us what really matters when it’s all said and done.”