Topic: Holiday Celebration
Winter Solstice
Come join Rev. Valerie and Barbara Novick for a celebration of the Winter Solstice, and the lessons that the longest night can provide. Together we will drive the old winter away, with story, contemplation, and song. Bring a non-perishable food item to donate to CAST (a list of needed items is available on their website).
Reflections on Chanukah
In Grateful Thanksgiving
Let’s renew ourselves in a spirit of Thanksgiving by bringing and sharing a bread from our family and culture to share with one another in this reclamation of the spirit of harvest and gratitude. Please bring a bread from your family or culture to share, and we will have apple cider on hand!
Water Communion: Gather the Waters
Please bring water with you for our traditional water communion service on Sunday, September 3rd, at 11:00 a.m.
Thanksgiving
Choose Your Own Adventure – Sermon Text
So – here we are. My last sermon with you. And we’re both setting off on new adventures. Now it may not seem like that to you – after all, this isn’t necessarily an adventure of your own choosing – but here’s something important that I have learned: when something happens, you have a choice: … Continue reading Choose Your Own Adventure – Sermon Text
Earth Teach Us Resurrection: Multigenerational Celebration – Sermon Text
(Section about Mount Saint Helens was written by Rev. Linda Hoddy, abridged by Pastor Kimberley) Easter may one of the most difficult holy days in all of the world’s religions for Unitarian Universalists. It begs us to set aside our propensity for reason and fact, our disbelief in the supernatural, our suspicion of anything called … Continue reading Earth Teach Us Resurrection: Multigenerational Celebration – Sermon Text
With These Hands of Mine – Sermon Text
This sermon was delivered at a Maundy Thursday service, held at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in Greenport, NY, on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Sometimes the gentle moments are the most striking. There’s a lot to grab our attention this week: the crowds at the gates of Jerusalem… the anger of the Pharisees… the … Continue reading With These Hands of Mine – Sermon Text
The Joy of Protest – Text
Introduction What the heck is going on here? Why are we sitting at tables? Why are there pencils and markers and sheets of poster board? And what’s with all the color? Today is a day of pulling some threads together – threads that seem unrelated. Yes, I’m about to connect a spring festival, some historical … Continue reading The Joy of Protest – Text