Many different cultures throughout the world celebrate the Summer Solstice, the day of longest light and highest sun, with gathering and music. Join us for a service celebrating the gifts of the sun, and summer! We will have live music today from Heike Saynisch and Marla McFadden. <No recording for this service> Share the Plate … Continue reading Celebrating the Sun (Summer Solstice)
Congregation members Janet Rex, Rand Hill, Virginia Scholtz, Deb Myrbo and Susan Podebradsky will show us how poetry and other arts help them awaken to themselves and to the wider world. When we come to know ourselves more clearly and share our truth with others we offer a beacon, inviting them to also show up … Continue reading Awakening to Ourselves
Join us for this service via an on-line Zoom Meeting Meditation and mindfulness can allow us to more fully experience joy in our own lives and also appreciate and enjoy the joy in the lives of others. We will share thoughts, music, and practices that help us cultivate awareness of joy. Share the Plate Order … Continue reading Meditation & Joy
Order of Service Gathering Song: #188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” Centering Sound Welcome Prelude: “Song of the Soul of The Earth,” Susan Podebradsky Call to Worship Opening Hymn: #398 “Gathered Here” Musical Response Time for All Ages: “The Hill We Climb,” Amanda Gorman Hymn: #1002 “Comfort Me” Wisdom from the World’s Traditions: “The Summer … Continue reading Poetry For The Living
Join us for this service via an on-line Zoom Meeting How can “just sitting there” help us in our everyday lives or on our spiritual journey? How can I use mindfulness if I just can’t sit still and do nothing? JRUUC members will share their experience with meditation and mindfulness and offer some short practices … Continue reading Meditation and Mindfulness: Stillness of Mind
