In “Letters to a Young Poet” Rainer Maria Rilke wrote, “… have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language…” I sometimes wrestle with and sometimes rest with this idea of having patience with the unresolved questions. … Continue reading Living with the Question
Yes! to new life. Yes! to reconciling ourselves again to what we hold most sacred.
The word “Islam” means to be at peace. Beyond the terrible conflicts and rhetoricof the time, what might we learn from the wisdom that recognizes the vulnerabilities of human beings? How might the example of Islamic devotion inspire our own paths?This Sunday’s service is followed by our ComUUUnity lunch, with music andactivities for all ages.
The service will ask the question and lift the possibilities about what it means to belong in community, especially in this UU church community of Utica. We will recognize people who have decided to join our congregation as new members.
Author Maxine Hong Kingston wrote, “In a time of destruction, create something.” Why Does this matter? What forms might creativity take among us? What might it take to open ourselves to do this when our instincts are to harden to protect ourselves and those we love? UU congregations from Barneveld, Little Falls, and Salisbury come … Continue reading “Create!” Mohawk Valley Cluster Service
This beloved, multigenerational service honors the life and love of Jesus of Nazareth, featuring carols, story and candlelight.
The Table is a metaphor of shared life. With whom are you willing to sit at the Table to share life, and under what circumstances? What makes it possible to share the table through conflict? Practically and spiritually – how do we practice and get better at this, and why?
When we open ourselves to Love, we inevitably open ourselves to Loss. Our faith has something to teach us, and we have much to share with one another about how gratitude helps us live with loss, and how loss can deepen our thanks.
Rev. Karen will explore moments of our historic development as we look at artifacts from our collective past.
These words by Gordon McKeeman are a good segway into a worship service about what our Ministry in UU Community is. Ministry is all that we do—Together Ministry is that quality of being in community that affirms human dignity— beckons forth hidden possibilities, invites us into deeper, more constant, reverent relationships, and carries forward our … Continue reading What is Ministry?
