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“Blessing of the Animals”
Bring your pet or farm animal or a picture of it for our Blessing of the Animals service celebrating St. Francis Day. We trust you to know if your pet can handle coming to worship, but will have plenty of paper towels on hand, because accidents do happen!
“Though You’ve Broken Your Vows…”
Our theme this month is on “covenant,” but covenants get broken all the time. What do you do when a covenant has been broken? This service will explore some answers.
“Covenantal Faith”
Our faith is not a creedal faith; it is a covenantal faith. UU minister Thom Belote writes, “I think that sometimes we stress the fact that we are not a creedal faith a lot more than we stress that we are a covenantal faith. We emphasize the creeds we are not asked to recite … Continue reading “Covenantal Faith”
“Homecoming and Remembrance”
Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum – Our annual homecoming service includes a “calling of the generations” and the retelling of our church’s history. This service will also include a honoring of the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy.
“Labors of Love of the UUCEL”
We will share our labors in the classroom, in the field, in the office, at home or on the road. And how those labors have enriched our lives. Bring your stories of work and its struggles and successes as we honor Labor Day.
Extending Empathy & Blessing the Backpacks
Jeremy Rifkin says, “Empathy is the opposite of utopia.” In this dystopic and divided world, how do we cultivate empathy? How do we extend our empathy? This service will include a blessing of the backpacks as our children return to school.
EDS
This is Chris’s story about her genetic condition Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (pronounced AY-lerz DAN- lowz) also known as EDS. Many of you have wondered about her absence from church and why she needs all these surgeries. Chris will share with us her struggles, accomplishments plus why she wears all her crazy braces.
“Love Is Love Is Love”
– Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum Rev. Kerry Taylor-Snyder & Rev. Patti Kenney Join us for a special worship service in the park at 10:30 at Cascades Park Picnic Shelter as our three congregations, UUCEL and St. Johns UCC and First Congregational UCC, come together to celebrate the call of our faiths to welcome and … Continue reading “Love Is Love Is Love”
Water Communion
Bring waters from your summer or year’s travels as we celebrate the annual gathering of the waters of life.