Springtime is here, Easter has arrived, and we all have the opportunity to experience some aspect of renewal in our life. Today we celebrate our Intergenerational Easter Service where we will consider the question – “What is our response to the promise of Easter?”
A sermon about environmental responsibility. We welcome Rev. Richard Trudeau back to our Pulpit to lead this service.
Sunday is the official start of our annual pledge drive that funds the church’s operations for the coming year beginning July 1st. This sermon will speak to our responsibilities and commitment to good stewardship as we recognize the common aspirations that we share in the loving community that we call UUSF.
What does one do now that they are adults and have lost or given up the “God” of their childhood? You remember the one, the one whose name you knew, the one you could predict. What now makes patience possible, pain bearable, and the future foreseeable? What do we do now when we long for a relationship with – mystery? Today’s sermon asks the question who/what is God?
Many of us grew up learning to equate faith with doctrine. One memorizes the doctrine, espouses the doctrine, lives the doctrine and in so doing becomes a person of faith. Often the word faith troubles us because it seems linked to narrow-minded belief systems, lack of intelligent examination, or pain at having our questions silenced. This sermon explores the concept of faith as an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience and frees us to claim the right to question.
According to the Anxiety Disorders Association there are as many as 11.5 million people suffering from a “fear of something.” This sermon will examine the many challenges of living with a phobia (your own or anothers) and seek to show what the effect of attentive compassion might be on the spirit of the sufferer.
Jean Lawlor & Brian Walsh will co-lead this service which may just become an annual favorite. Come, and bring a friend to be inspired by the poetry that others are moved by.
This sermon will look at the scholarship of Susannah Heschel as she explores the ambivalent place of Judaism in contemporary Christian thought, how it came about, and what it means to us.
Guest Speaker, Dave Sykes – Adversity, whether generated by everyday challenges or serious loss, is part of life. However, have you ever wondered why for some, what may be an overwhelming stressor that leads to “crisis”, could be a “tiny bump in the road” for someone else? How do some people seem to have a limitless supply of inner strength and others have so little? Let’s explore the significance of resilience, plus how we can learn to strengthen it in ourselves and loved ones.
Poet, B. Y. Williams once wrote: “When trouble comes to your soul to try, You love the friend that just stands by.” This sermon is a reflection on the gift of those we call, “good friend” and the importance of being a “good friend”.
