The “Spirit of Life” hymn echoes with the words roots hold me close; wings set me free, reminding us of our faith’s living tradition. Unitarian Universalists treasure the stories and wisdom given by our spiritual ancestors, and we also embrace new learning. We celebrate the diversity that enriches our faith and strive to deepen our understanding through continuous growth and expansion of our wisdom.
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SHAPING OUR STORY: CONGREGATIONAL VISIONING
Visit our visioning page for information on our ongoing congregational process to envision our long-term future!
Sunday Service, December 15, 2024
10:00am – 11:00am, Sanctuary and Zoom
What Do You Want for Christmas?
Rev. Jen Youngsun Ryu
Unitarian Universalists have always celebrated Christmas. Our religious ancestors wrote the songs and spread the traditions far and wide. In our own way, we also honor the Incarnation–the presence of love, hope, peace, and joy in human and more-than-human forms. Given where you are in mind, body and heart, what do you want for Christmas this year?
- Hymn #43 The Morning, Noiseless
- Hymn #234 In the Gentle of the Moon
- Hymn #232 The Hills Are Bare at Bethlehem
This week’s offering benefits the UUCE General Fund.
During worship, Room 1 is a space for people who need or prefer less sensory stimulation. Thank you for using this room respectfully and mindfully.
Justice: Faith in Action
Ours is a faith that seeks and does justice. That work is, as the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker says, a “striving for what is not yet but could be.”
A church doing justice work differs from the way other organizations or institutions do justice work in its grounding, framing, and motivation. In what guides us as we do the work. In what we return to when threatened by discouragement or violence. If we want to go the distance, then we must have a firm footing to live from, not just morally or intellectually or ethically, but spiritually.
Get involved with Environmental Justice, Economic Justice, Legislative Action, and Racial Justice today!
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