The Water Communion is an annual ritual service in ouur congregation. It is usually held during September when we gather as summer fades to fall and we return from vacation travels.

We all long for answers to deep existential questions that explore the meaning, purpose, and value of human existence. During this service, the Rev. Phil C. Mason will help us ponder questions, like: Are we part of something larger than ourselves? What is our purpose in life? How do we find meaning in life? What is freedom and our associated responsibilities? Rev. Mason is a “retired” Episcopalian priest who has “flunked” retirement because he frequently speaks at UU churches and serves as an interim minister for Episcopal churches.

This Too Shall Pass An antidote to anxiety about current events or anything at all is to keep in mind that This Too Shall Pass. The bad things pass, the good things pass. Let’s keep each other company as all things pass.

Finding Meaning Through Creativity The purpose of art is to make you feel something. Has art helped you find or express meaning in your life? Did you or someone else create it? Is it painting, sculpture, photography, collage, digital, music, poetry? Something else?

Alice Walker’s book, Temple of My Familiar, intrigued us so we decided to have a service Is it a heart connection, is it a place or a natural element that struck you as “utterly at home” with a creature or a place, did you recognize something you always knew but just discovered, do you have a temple that is only in your mind or is it an actual place?

Our June 9th service is a nod to Father's Day. All who attend have the opportunity to share a brief (paragraph or two) story about their dad or being a dad or a dad like figure around one of the emotions below. Tell us a time when your dad, you as a dad, or a dad like figure showed.... Courage, Humor, Sadness, Happiness, Fear, Love, Acceptance, Anger, Grace

The idea that we should accept one another, with all our differences, is a radical notion, even today when divisiveness threatens to separate us from one another. The Flower Communion Service celebrates the beauty and diversity in nature and in the peoples around world. It’s a joyous Yes! to diversity, equality, and liberty. During the service we’ll share flowers so bring one to share with your neighbor. If you forget to bring one, there will be lots so come anyway! And there will be a surprise. We’ll also celebrate the earth, our only home, with music and slides. One year ago, the Fellowship held its first in-person service, a flower communion, and so the cycle begins again.

Today we will have a reflection about the courage that is needed for motherhood, in today’s world, as well as the image of the goddess/mother/wife in Western religion.