Please bring flowers from your yard to share during this traditional Unitarian Universalist service which honors the gift which we bring and the gifts which we receive from this community of faith.
Join us for this poignant ritual which emerged as a UU tradition from a minister working in the shadow of Nazi Germany.
Greeters: Ellen Moore and Chris Fredell
Welcome: Renee Kauffman
Children’s… more
This morning we will honor those people who gave so much to us by helping us live and grow. You are invited to bring a photo or memento of a parent or loved one who you would like to honor during this morning’s customized Joys and Sorrows ritual. In addition we will be welcoming New Members.… more
This morning we will shift our regularly scheduled Sunday morning worship to participate, along with over 600 other congregations in a teach-in on racism and white supremacy.
This call to action and worship comes from a growing network of UUs–religious professionals and lay leaders from both within and outside congregations–led by UUs of color and white UUs working together… more
My Life Calling ~ Laura Barber… more
Coordinated by Joya DiStefano ~ If you will be bringing a well-behaved animal companion for blessing, please let us know by emailing worship@aikenuu dot org
“We need another, and a wiser, and a perhaps more mystical concept of animals…
Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings;
they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time.” ~ Henry Beston… more
Easter – Tradition Breakfast and Egg Hunt… more
Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday are the most sacred days of the Christian Liturgical year. While many Unitarian Universalist churches and ministers choose to ignore or supplant these holy days, I feel a little differently. On these two Sundays, I intend to look closely at Christian interpretation of these events in the life of Jesus and offer to the congregation interpretations in which they can… more
I’m not a martial artist, but I’ve witnessed almost 8 years of martial art training with our son Russell, and the lessons learned along the way. I’ll share what I’ve discovered about the UU 1st Principle during my son’s journey to black belt–an understanding of the 1st Principle that seems too often ignored.… more
“They” say there are four roles which a minister tries to fill– the four Ps of ministry. Some ministers do better in some categories and not so well in others. As Unitarian Universalist we believe that everyone is a minister; “the priesthood of all believers” as James Luther Adams calls it. This morning let’s look at the four different categories and do a little self- assessment.… more
“The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path.” (Larry Dossey) What if Gardening were my religion? Norman Wirzby suggests that Gardening is a spiritual activity in which “people attempt to make visible and tasty what is good, beautiful and even holy.” The sustainable living focus of the Green Sanctuary program asks, What can “You’s” (and UUs) do to live more… more
