Speaker: Rev. Bruce Johnson

“Green Spirituality”

The Green Sanctuary Program was created by the Unitarian Universalist Association in 1989 to provide a framework and a process for congregational study, reflection, and action in response to environmental challenges. In more recent years, the UUA has offered a re-accreditation process, which challenges and … read more.

“Coming Back to Life”

Join us this Easter Sunday for a service led by Rev. Bruce Johnson. The Easter story is a story about “coming back to life,” but not in the sense of resuscitating a corpse, or somehow suspending the laws of biology to effect the ultimate medical … read more.

“Breathing Lessons”

“When I breathe in, I breathe in peace…When I breathe out, I breathe out love…” Or is it the other way around? The words for ‘breath’ and ‘spirit’ are identical in many languages, and the world’s great religious traditions recognize that the simple physical act … read more.

“Good Enough!”

It has been said that ‘the perfect is the enemy of the good.,’ Most of us try to be ‘good,’ but none of us can pretend to be perfect. What might a ‘spirituality of imperfection’ look like?

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“Transcending Mystery and Wonder”

As Unitarian Universalists, we draw religious inspiration from our “direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and and openness to the forces that create and uphold life.” In this service, we … read more.

“The Measure of All Things”

As Unitarian Universalists, we draw upon many sources for inspiration, including “humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.”  Depending on who conducts the survey and … read more.

“Befriending the Bible”

Can the bible be redeemed for use by contemporary Unitarian Universalists? Believe it or not, the Bible is central to our Unitarian Universalist theological Heritage. Throughout our history and continuing into the twenty-first century, Unitarian and Universalist scholars have made many critical, creative, and practical … read more.

Rock & Water Ingathering Service

Rev. Bruce Johnson will lead this special “Ingathering Service.”  Along with many other UU congregations, we traditionally celebrate our coming together in the fall by pouring a bit of water that has been collected over the summer into a common container. This action symbolizes the … read more.

Flower Ceremony

Join us as Rev. Bruce Johnson leads our Flower Ceremony! In this tradition crafted by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek 100 years ago in Czechoslovakia, each person brings a flower to the service, and then leaves with a flower different from the one they brought. Please … read more.

“Art, Imagination, and the Sacred”

Like music, dance, theater, poetry, and literature, the visual arts can be a doorway into spiritual transformation. Art museums are holy shrines for pilgrims on this path, with paintings and sculpture there to be ‘read’ like any sacred scripture. This morning we’ll look at a … read more.