Worship Service Archive
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December 2, 2018
REV. LINDA GOODMAN Rev. Linda Goodman is an ordained Interfaith Minister and has been leading interfaith and multi-cultural worship in various Unitarian Universalist churches for 20 years. Something Wonderful Comes!
Can you feel it? The dark of the day lengthens, but there is a feeling of anticipation. The earth is always turning towards the morning. Soon there will be more light. Take a tour around the world and find the many ways we celebrate the return of the light, lighting many candles to encourage its triumph. Advent, Hannukah, Kwanza, Diwali, Yule. We gather to share music and ritual magic celebrating the light! (It's coming.) |
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November 18, 2018
REV. DR. STEPHANIE RUTT Founder and Presiding Minister The Blessing of Thanksgiving: How Gratitude Unlocks the Secrets of the Universe
Shhhhhhhhh:) Everyone loves a secret! A special Thanksgiving service was offered where we explored how gratitude unlocks the wondrous secrets of the universe...how awe becomes a natural occurrence when we've unlocked the mystery...and how joy then becomes the only possible outcome to infuse our daily living. We also received the gift from the harp lovingly brought forth by our Rev. Pam Nowell. |
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November 4, 2018
REV. PAMELA NOWELL Reverend Pamela Nowell has been a working pottery, musician, sacred artist and general chief cook and bottle washer for over 30 years. She has studied at the Tree of Life for 23 years with Dr. Rev. Stephanie Rutt and ordained in 2011. Love is her guide and mission. In the Potters' Hands
Walk with me as I explore a spiritual path using the practice of forming and firing clay through a potter's perspective. As a potter of 31 years and a lover of God for all of my Life, I have discovered a beautiful truth through my everyday living. Come and hear my story and discoveries. God has wonderful expressions! Come, listen and explore. See you there because all are welcome! |
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October 21, 2018
REV. LINDA FRASER Reverend Linda Fraser loves simple stories for their ability to speak profound truths which just might change the way we see ourselves and rejoice in others. And... Linda promises to share her favorite pumpkin soup as we reflect on transformation. I Am Here in the Pumpkin Patch
It's the perfect time of year to find ourselves in a pumpkin patch! This will not be a Halloween story! No ghosts or goblins or haunted mansions. God created pumpkins. Let's consider this creation in the farmer's field. Join us and see what happens. Rev. Linda's post service comment: "As we reflected on the Pumpkin who is transformed after being cleansed, and hollowed out and given eyes to see clearly, a nose to smell, and a broad smile and whose light shines forth for for all, we were brought to spontaneously sing 'This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine'. We touched our collective Joy, and we smiled broadly!" |
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October 7, 2018
REV. LINDA GOODMAN As a guest minister in a number of Unitarian Universalist and Interfaith Temple pulpits for nearly twenty years, it is my great pleasure to offer reflections and/or music on inclusiveness, meaningful actions, earth based rituals, world spiritual practices, and being the change. The Legend of the Rainbow Warrior
"Indigenous Peoples Day" re-imagines Columbus Day and changes a celebration of colonialism into an opportunity to honor the humble path of mutual relations, a path rooted in relationships with the earth and other living beings, the path that leads from exploitation and excess to sustainability and spiritual connection. "There will come a day when all races shall bind together under the sign of the rainbow and spread the wisdom of living in harmony with all." |
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September 16, 2018
REV. DR. STEPHANIE RUTT Founder and Presiding Minister Answering the Call to Change the World One Encounter at a Time!
Come and join us in humble, ecstatic, celebration for our new home on the Milford Oval, where we are launching our vision in answer to that which has been asked of us: to change the world one encounter at a time. Rev. Dr. Stephanie's key quote from this service: "In great deeds, something abides. On great fields, something stays.
Forms change and pass. Bodies disappear but spirits linger to consecrate the ground for the vision place of the soul. And reverent men and women from afar and generations that know us not and that we know not of shall come here to ponder and to dream and the power of the vision shall pass into their souls." Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1828-1914 |