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office@uuutica.orgWhy does it matter to a faith community to be able to welcome the different ways our brains function? Because in a covenantal community, we expose ourselves to and welcome different ways of understanding and moving in the world. These are important to evolve, and … read more.
Built into Article Two of the UUA Bylaws is the requirement to review and update the Principles of our faith. Some of us will be excited, others offended and angry. We will explore possibilities in this Mohawk Valley Cluster service with the Rev. Karen Brammer … read more.
Maurice Mitchell writes, “There are things we can and must do to shift movements for justice toward a powerful posture of joy and victory”. Let us explore these transformational things as our UU faith endeavors to become more and more anti-racist within and without.
Carols, Candles, Conversation and Cookies Come join our low-key gathering, designed for comfort, inspiration and encouragement. Please bring your COVID mask to use if the risk factor is high. Led by Rev Karen Brammer
The informal Christmas morning gathering at UUUtica will not be on Zoom. … read more.
Christmas can be profoundly meaningful, hectic, sorrowful and everything in between. Come share space to contemplate the holy day and holidays with songs, some shared thoughts, and candle light.
The lines of poetry by William Blake, “To see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour” are quite famous. The poem itself is called, “Auguries of Innocence”. … read more.
If we cannot heal what we do not recognize, then learning about how colonialism continues to hurt Indigenous Peoples, non-indigenous peoples and the planet is crucial. Rev Karen will share some of what she learned in her work to support the Lakota led Standing Rock … read more.
UU musician Jim Scott wrote a song that starts with the line, “May your life be as a song, resounding with the dawn to sing awake the light.” How in today’s world can we greet the day with this kind of courage? It is our … read more.
Prayer is not universally practiced by Unitarian Universalists, but many of us are co-creating practices that help us go deeper, stay still, or move forward when we don’t necessarily know what’s next. A good practice for today’s world.
The first of the two-step process called a “Congregational Start-Up” takes place on Sept 24 with help from UUA staff person Rev Evin Carvil Ziemer. Sharing and integrating congregational priorities and dreams is our desired community outcome. This service will be Rev Karen’s reflections from … read more.
