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It Takes Practice
With Matt Meyer
Our favorite songs, whoever the artist or whatever the style, were created in a strange alchemy of study and inspiration, of strict practice and of letting go. Spiritual Practice is a similar combination of dedication, muscle memory, and perhaps a little divine inspiration. Join us for a musical exploration of learning to risk, building the muscle memory of courage, and the spiritual practice of relationship when things around us are changing fast.
Matt Meyer is a musician and worship leader who has led hundreds of services for UU congregations across the country. He has a degree in hand drumming and serves as Director of Community Life for Sanctuary Boston.
https://zoom.us/j/93471285417?pwd=UzNVMDd5bnRFT29zUm9Kam04MWlrUT09
Meeting ID: 934 7128 5417
Passcode: 126745
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Love is Like a Box of Chocolates
Coordinators: Jana Peirce and Cam Leonard Music: Marsha Sousa
This annual service gives us the chance to reflect on the many meanings of that overworked word, love. We know what Hallmark and Hollywood think, but what does love mean to you? We ask an assortment of people to give us their thoughts on the subject – in word, verse, and song — in 1-3 minute bite-sized morsels. As Lucy says in Peanuts, “All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt!”
to go home to some place we have never been,” writes author and priestess Starhawk, “a place half-remembered and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community… Someplace where we can be free.” In community, we “remember” what it means to be human: connected, cared for, providing for one another, even when we can’t meet together in person. This service will explore our human need to be in relationship with one another, and how those relationships shape and change us.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Beloved Community
Speakers: Rev. Leslie and Lisa Sporleder
“We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been,” writes author and priestess Starhawk, “a place half-remembered and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community… Someplace where we can be free.” In community, we “remember” what it means to be human: connected, cared for, providing for one another, even when we can’t meet together in person. This service will explore our human need to be in relationship with one another, and how those relationships shape and change us.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Imbolc: Celebrating the Coming Spring
Beloved of the Irish, Brigid is the face of the Mother Goddesses. On Imbolc, our pagan siblings in faith celebrate the returning Spring and all that comes along with it — fertility, abundance, the resurgence of all life within nature. A fire Goddess, Brigid feeds the fires of inspiration, of the life spark and the physical fire that transforms. It is her voice which calls in our hearts urging us to come to her sacred well and cleanse ourselves of that which we no longer need or is unhealthy. Join us as we learn the story of Brigid and how we too can celebrate this ritual of cleansing as we see the light of spring return to the world
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Wisdom of Trees/Tu B’ Shvat
Minister: Rev. Leslie Ahuvah Fails Speakers: Jeanne Olson and Susan Grace Music: Marsha Sousa, music.
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” ― Khalil Gibran
We have much to learn from the trees and their collective memory and wisdom. This service will celebrate their place — and our place — in the great web of life.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Dr. King’s Legacy and Challenge
Speaker: Rev. Leslie Music: Marsha Sousa and Susan Grace
In this moment of peril and promise, let us fortify ourselves with the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and those he inspired. In particular, this service will focus on the challenge that Dr. King left us — to move beyond complacency and half-measures, demanding a truly equitable world for every human being.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Lessons from the Study of Tai Chi
Speaker: Lisa Sporleder Music: Marsha Sousa
Lisa first began her study of Wu Style Tai Chi in August 1994 with Hanshi Charles Scott of the International Karate Association, from whom she also earned a black belt in Wu Style Five Animal Form Kung Fu in 1999. She also studied fan and sword tai chi weapons forms from other instructors. As part of her spiritual practice, Lisa does the 108-movement form each morning. She will share some of the many things that she has learned both from and about the practice of tai chi, as well as a couple practical demonstrations.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Imagining a Way Forward
2020 is in the history books and a new year is about to unfold before us. Let’s join together for some laughter, lamentation, and creative acts of catharsis as we imagine a way forward. To participate in our ritual during this service, please bring something that you can write on — a small piece of paper or fabric — that you can keep with you throughout 2021.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Sacred Stillness
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Winter Solstice
A UUFF Worship Team Collaboration
As we approach the darkest night, we pause to reflect on the beauty and mystery of the sacred dark. Join us was we celebrate our first online Winter Solstice together, honoring the dark as we wait for the return of the light.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604604264
Webinar ID: 876 0460 4264
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782
UUFF Coffee Hour Link
(will open immediately after the service ends)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86577272338
Meeting ID: 865 7727 2338
Join by phone: +1 253 215 8782