Worship

Rev. Dan Hotchkiss preaching In this season of All Souls, we remember those we loved and lost. We may anticipate rejoining them in heaven or treasure traces of their lives. We also wonder what will come of us when our time comes. Dan Hotchkiss will reflect on responses in our faith tradition to the pain and mystery of mortality.  For centuries people around the globe have been honoring their ancestors and the souls of the departed. None of us escapes this world alive. Peter Morales, a former president of the UUA, urges us in Bringing the Dead to Life, not

Rev. Peter Connolly preaching In the "real world" that we live in, we find meaning where we can and pleasure when we're able.  In whatever way our days develop, we can't help living in the "real world" of the 21st century United States.  How do we respond when we find that some people's real world is "realer" than our own?  The Chalice Choir will be singing.

Rev. Peter Connolly preaching It seems these days that we are often caught between two competing ways of thought: "You're on your own" and "We're in this together."  Today, we'll talk about strategies for negotiating this divide.  Special music will be provided by Freydeyl Emmet Tetewsky.

Rev. Peter Connolly preaching There is always trouble in the world -- our 24-hour news cycle seems to depend on it.  And there's always a reason to be grateful.  Today, we'll talk about gratitude as a practice -- and a way to center ourselves amidst the confusion.  The Chalice Choir will be singing Thanksgiving Song by Mary Chapin Carpenter.