Speaker: Rev. Eric Severson

Elements in Community: Earth

Join us in grounding ourselves in place (physically and socially) and in time. With a nod to Rosh Hashanah, we will celebrate the gift of being present to one another in community. Led by Rev. Eric Severson.

Elements in Community: Fire

Join us as we celebrate the element of fire, the energy of connection, and the stirring of our hearts and minds. Our ingathering service will include our choir, a new member ceremony, and a “welcome back” picnic to follow. Bring a friend! Come for the community; stay for the fun! Led by Rev. Eric Severson.

For Such a Time As This

All that we have been through has prepared us for this moment. Let’s take a few deep breaths and use what we know and have experienced to build our future together. Led by Rev. Eric Severson.

Elements in Community: Water

Join us for an intergenerational water communion service. Help us celebrate the fluidity of our lives by bringing water that represents important experiences you’ve had in the past year. Led by Rev. Eric Severson and Director of Religious Education Monica Hughes.

Innovation

Formerly a heresy, innovation has always been a necessity in business, social and biological systems, and religion. Join us as we anticipate changes and adaptations we could choose for the coming year. Led by Rev. Eric Severson.

Our Commitment to the Future

Grateful for all who have served our fellowship in the past year, we seek blessings and renew our commitment to our future together. Join us for a volunteer recognition and flower communion service. Led by Rev. Eric Severson.

Abundant Love?

We are so much more than our bodies. Join us for a service exploring our society’s obsession with image Prompted by the latest shootings, we struggle this Memorial Day weekend with the gap between our aspirations for abundant love and the fact that gun violence is now the leading cause of death of our children. … Continue reading Abundant Love?

Beautiful Stories

Join us for an interactive, intergenerational service that shares a few of our members’ stories as human library “books.” What might we learn together? A multiplatform, intergenerational service led by Rev. Eric Severson and members of our Engagement and Religious Education teams.

On Beauty and Transcendence

Poet John O’Donohue writes that “we can slip into the Beautiful with the same ease as we slip into the seamless embrace of water,” trusting “that this embrace will hold us.” Join us in exploring transcendent qualities of beauty, and in welcoming new members! A multiplatform service led by Rev. Eric Severson.

The Admonitions of Beauty

Rev. Mary Katherine Morn writes that “beauty does more than awaken us. It also admonishes us. It demands something. It changes things.” Join us in considering how scholar Elaine Scarry ties beauty and justice together. A multiplatform service led by Rev. Eric Severson.