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This is a question we will explore in worship, faith development activities, and covenant groups this month. Whose voices gain our attention? How do we respond to voices of sorrow, or anger, or hate? When has it made a transformative difference because someone listened deeply to us? I have learned so much about deep listening … Continue reading What Does It Mean to Be a People of Deep Listening?
September has always felt more like the New Year to me than January, so I’m grateful that our first monthly theme for this church year is Renewal. It was also supposed to be our theme last April, but we were three weeks into all-online church when April began, and Adaptation felt like the only relevant … Continue reading A Message of Renewal
Someone turned the “Black Lives Matter” message into “All Lives Matter” on the sign outside the Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord, officials said By Katherine Underwood • Published July 10, 2020 • Updated on July 10, 2020 at 6:00 pm For the second time in a couple of weeks, a New Hampshire church has had … Continue reading Black Lives Matter Sign Vandalized at NH Church for 2nd Time
In January, adults will be exploring the theme of “Diversity” while our Soul Matters circles for children will focus on what it means to be a people of integrity. I am always interested in how the adult theme and the children’s theme interact with each other and this month is no exception. When we hold … Continue reading Diversity with Integrity
Whether December delights you or depresses you, I can assure you of this: it will not last. Many of us will decorate our homes for Solstice, Hanukkah, and/or Christmas (if we haven’t already), remembering holidays past as we bring out candles, ornaments, maybe those cookie-cutters that only get used once a year. We will sing … Continue reading Winter Holiday Impermanence
October’s themes of Belonging and Commitment are a serendipitous pairing. Our Children’s Sunday School theme is Belonging while our worship theme is Commitment, and that raises some deep questions for me and maybe for you. What does it look like to be a congregation committed to the idea that children belong to the congregation? What … Continue reading Belonging and Committment
Our Second Hour and Sunday School classes have entered “Vacation Mode,” but faith development is so much bigger than what happens on Sunday mornings, and I want to encourage all of us – me included! – not to give our spiritual lives short shrift during the summer. Days are long – where will you make … Continue reading Summertime Faith
What a year of growth and learning this has been! As we prepare to wrap up our first year of Second Hour adult faith development programming and Sunday School classes after morning worship rather than before or during, it’s a time of taking stock. What went well? What were the challenges? What did we learn … Continue reading What’s next for Lifespan Faith Development?
Our mission statement says our congregation exists for three reasons: Connecting in love, growing spiritually, transforming ourselves and the world. As Spring begins to peek out from under the gritty, grimy remnants of snow, our worship theme for April will be Sacred Earth. I have heard from so many of you, and have experienced myself, … Continue reading Growing Spiritually
I am excited, and a bit nervous, about March in our congregation. Our worship theme is Christianity, which over the past half century seems to have become the most challenging world religion for us to discuss and experience as Unitarian Universalists. It’s definitely the most challenging world religion for me. Some of what Jesus taught, … Continue reading Teaching about Christianity
