We anticipate that this service will be both in-person and on Zoom. Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 a.m. to join via Zoom. Masks are not required for in-person attendance, but anyone is welcome to wear one. Our Buddhist friends tell us that pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Could the same be said … Continue reading Our Next Service
In this lay-led service, Church member Martha Nelson will consider how this poet, living in 19th century Calvinist Amherst, forged a personal spirituality grounded in her felt experience of nature, hope, grief, joy, and love. An intuited sense of the divine residing in all of creation is the overriding theme of her poetry. … Continue reading Sunday, May 31st – The Grounded Spirituality of Emily Dickinson.
ASC member Arta Boutcher will share from her memoir, Loss, Voyage and Rebirth, that traces her family’s journey from Romania to Paris, and ultimately to New York, and her powerful lifelong relationship with her mother. It is a story of culture shock, resilience and transformation of a family of artists who emigrated from Romania in … Continue reading Sunday, May 24th – “Journey of Emigration, Resilience and Transformation of a Romanian Family,” led by Rev. Telos Whitfield and Arta Boutcher.
We will reflect on our past year together, within and beyond our community, growing resilience, displaying courage and offering support for each other in challenging times. This is a time to honor and celebrate our collective work, dedication and creativity. We welcome all who come, we care and support each other, we work for justice … Continue reading Sunday, May 17th – “Reflections on a Year – Honoring Our Community!” led by Rev. Telos Whitfield.
We honor the strength of women and people who offer nurture and care. We reflect on Unitarian and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870 that is echoed in calls for Peace and an end to violence today. Let us be called to nurture and care for each other, our young ones and … Continue reading Sunday, May 10th – “Called to Nurture, Held by Mother Earth,” led by Rev. Telos Whitfield.
With guidance from their Directors, Darlene Jenson and Laura Lawson Tucker, will lead a service about honoring the individual gifts we each bring to our communities. Collectively, those gifts create a bounty of nourishment for all. The actors will present a mini-performance of “Stone Soup,” along with other artistic offerings that address the theme, “Together … Continue reading Sunday May 3rd – Stone Soup. The Theatre Adventure Traveling Troupe
In her poem, I Dwell In Possibility, Emily Dickinson offers these final lines: “…The spreading wide my narrow hands to gather Paradise.” How can we dwell in possibility and embrace the possibility of inspiration and healing, the possibility of deep, enduring community? Let us spread our hands to gather, nurture and share all that we … Continue reading Sunday, April 26th – “Dwelling In Possibility”, led by Rev. Telos Whitfield.
Sunday, April 19th – Hope Beneath Our Feet- Celebrating the Earth on the 56th anniversary of the first Earth Day in 1970. Led by Liz Moore and Debra Zagaeski. Please bring an item from a favorite place or animal, or that reminds you of that place, or being. Photos are great as well. Together we … Continue reading Sunday, April 19th – “Hope Beneath Our Feet”
Our guests, volunteers with the Ethiopian Community Development Council, (ECDC) will offer reflections and opportunities on the topic of Volunteering. ECDC is a multicultural, community-based organization committed to empowering immigrants and refugees to rebuild their lives as productive, self-sufficient and integrated members of their new communities. Let us hear how we may help. Join us. … Continue reading Sunday, April 12th – Reflections from Ethiopian Community Development Council
Helen Keller wrote: “I believe that life is given to us so that we may grow in love, And I believe that God is in me. As the sun is in the color and fragrance of the flower, the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.”* We remember and celebrate dear ones whose … Continue reading Sunday April 5th – Easter Sunday, “Seeking the Light of Compassion”, led by Rev. Telos Whitfield.
