Rev. Leuchtenberger is our senior minister. Read more.
Each time we enter a new group, a new situation, a new community, we look for cues as to whether we are welcome, wanted, and safe. Welcoming words are a start, but we also notice the physical space, the visual messages, and the behavior of others in the community as we determine whether we, too, … Continue reading The Possibility of Belonging
Paying attention to our breath is common to many spiritual practices. We get about 25,000 chances each day. It helps us be more mindful, calm, and focused. What is less remembered is how crucial the way we breathe is to our well-being. As James Nestor in his book Breath writes: “No matter what we … Continue reading The Lost Art of Breathing
As we re-gather, still COVID-constrained, online and in person, we celebrate the flowing back together of the life of our community. Come be with us as we introduce our new intern ministers, Dan & Jeff, and welcome our new choir director, Marianne. May our hearts unfold as we reflect on the power of water – … Continue reading The Power of Water – A Water Communion Service
Live Stream As our Song of Welcome (“Gather the Spirit”) will have us sing: “Gather in hope, compassion and strength. Gather to celebrate once again.” After another unusual year that tested our resolve and resilience, we have reason to be hopeful, grateful, and to celebrate. We will sing the praises of this year’s volunteer award … Continue reading Flower Communion Sunday: Gather In Hope
We are our stories – the way we tell them, the way we listen to them, the way we pass them up and down the generations. So what are our stories as Unitarian Universalists? Come hear a range of well-known, barely known, reframed, falsely claimed, surprising, outdated, presently emerging stories that may make you cry, … Continue reading Tell Me a (UU) Story
Online Only In the words of Albert Schweitzer: “The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.” Faking it until you make it can be a valuable tool in unbecoming the person you were forced to be by those around you or circumstances. It … Continue reading Fake It ’til You Make It.
Online Only We all have lists of things we will be glad to let go as soon as the pandemic allows. This service will explore the other list, the list of gifts this past year has inadvertently dropped on us in the way we interact with each other, with ourselves, and with the environment. What … Continue reading Becoming Post-COVID
Online Only On this Easter Sunday we will look at the Easter story as a doorway into appreciating the value of the ordinary as lovable, as healthy, as real, as enough. Salvation is not necessarily a function of extraordinary events but the alignment of who we are with how we live and what life is … Continue reading Becoming Ordinary
We often think of meditation practice as something that we undertake alone, but from the beginning meditation has been deeply embedded in the community. Our commitment to contemplative practice is also a commitment to the wellbeing of community and all the beings within that community and beyond. The service will have a more contemplative format … Continue reading Alone Together: Solitude & Community
Our commitments determine how we spend our time, talent, and treasure. A commitment is not a contract. A commitment changes who we are, it embodies our growth, it is about identity, sense of purpose, belonging, and greater freedom (even) as we let go of some of our choices. Our commitments shape who we are as … Continue reading The Commitments that Shape Us
