Sunday Service
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FeaturedOur First Principle and the Enemy
West Room and ZoomRev. Lee Anne Washington As we affirm and promote our first principle - the inherent worth and dignity of every person - we can find ourselves wrestling with what to do about those we might perceive to be our enemies. It’s an age-old question. Join Rev. Lee Anne in the first of a five part [...]
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FeaturedCompassion is not Complicity: Seeing Humanity without Surrendering Justice
West Room and ZoomRev. Lee Anne Washington In this second of five services exploring the application of the First Principle in our relationships, Rev. Lee Anne explores how our First Principle calls us to honor every person’s dignity without surrendering truth or accountability. Drawing wisdom from Hebrew prophecy, Buddhist teaching, and Stoic philosophy, we’ll consider how compassion can [...]
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FeaturedDía De Los Muertos Multigenerational Service
West Room and ZoomRev. Lee Anne Washington This multigenerational service will be highly interactive with different creativity stations and opportunities to honor the dead. We will also have a few of our children joining the choir to sing a medley from the movie Coco. The church will be decorated for the event and an ofrenda (a traditional altar [...]
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FeaturedHave You Taken Your Placebo Today?
West Room and ZoomPeggy Fallon To be considered effective, a new medicine needs to show results in clinical trials that are better than the improvement felt by taking a placebo, which is a pill that looks like medicine but, unknown to the test subject, actually contains none. That is, taking a sugar pill and believing it to be [...]
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FeaturedBlessed are the Peacemakers: Our First Principle and Peace-Making
West Room and ZoomRev. Lee Anne Washington In a world that often confuses strength with domination, our First Principle calls us toward a deeper, sturdier path: peace rooted in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. This Sunday we consider what it means to be a peacemaker—not a peacekeeper, not a peace-faker—but one who builds peace through [...]
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FeaturedOur First Principle Across the Ages: Multigenerational Worth & Dignity
West Room and ZoomRev. Lee Anne Washington This Sunday, Rev. Lee Anne and Robyn Travers explore “Our First Principle Across the Ages: Multigenerational Worth & Dignity.” We’ll reflect on why honoring the inherent worth of every person means honoring every age, and how our Friday Family Fun Nights are shaping a more connected, vibrant community. After a short message, [...]
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FeaturedDeep Dive Sunday: Our First Principle & Handling Conversations Across Difference
West Room and ZoomRev. Lee Anne Washington This is the last Sunday of our five part series on how the First Principle applies to our dealings with people we don’t understand and often oppose. Building on last Sunday’s handout, we will take a deep dive into ways to apply our First Principle when we face difficult conversations with [...]
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FeaturedMake a Joyful Noise – A Unitarian Perspective on Christmas
West Room and ZoomRev. Lee Anne Washington Join us this Sunday for a Christmas Carol service rooted in historic Unitarian tradition. Through beloved carols and brief reflections, we’ll journey from the angels’ song we seldom understand, to an honest look at the world’s pain, and finally to the joyful work of helping manifest a more just and hopeful [...]