Our planned guest speaker, Rabbi Daniel Fink, of Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel in Boise, had a family emergency. David Ward stepped in with a special delivery. BUUF choir directed by Carrie Bastian and Sue Langley, music. Tom von Alten, celebrant.
Margaret will wrap Gaia, Mothers Day, and a magnificent ethic for living into a message about "size" on the last of her scheduled sabbatical-anchor Sundays with us. Carol and Jay Wechselberger, service coordinators; Gretchen Neeley, music, Alan Schwartzman, celebrant.
Our personal lives, congregational life, and the health and well-being of all life on Earth are intertwined. This sermon invites us to imagine our congregation as a healthy "Earth Community," where moral strength and spiritual sustenance can be found to support our quest for justice on an imperiled planet. Tony DeAngelis, service coordinator; Cees Hoefnagels and Charlotte Tompkins, music; Lynne Tolk, celebrant.The annual meeting will immediate follow at 11:30 am.
While current conventional wisdom would suggest that our culture's experimentation with Eastern religions and unorthodox Christianity is new, a closer familiarity with American Unitarian and Universalist histories counters that understanding. A panel of speakers, made up of recent attendees in an Adult R.E. class on the history of American spirituality, reflects on insights gained about their own, and America's, spiritual journey. Mark Zimmerer, service coordinator; Coston Frederick, music; Elton Hall, celebrant.
We share our much-loved Flower Communion, based on Czech Unitarian minister Norbert Capek's brilliant concept: Capek wanted to have the religious, loving ties symbolized by traditional bread-and-wine communion, but without the Catholic overtones.
As he did, we'll bring flowers to church, put them in riotous bouquets in front of the chancel, then when the time comes, we come forward and each person takes away a flower that someone else has brought. Many of us bring more than one flower, so that newcomers and those who have forgotten will be able to partake. We figure it's like life: sometimes you have just enough; sometimes you have a little extra, which you can share; and sometimes your hands are empty and you need the love of friends to fill them again.
BUUF Choir, Carrie Bastian and Susan Langley, music; Tom von Alten,
celebrant.
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