This semester in religious education, we are trying something new! Well, actually, two things new: First, we are going to be offering R.E. during the 9 a.m. service starting Feb. 5. This will be in addition to our usual 11 a.m. R.E. program. Second, at this 9 a.m. time, we will be experimenting with a … Continue reading Something new – 9 a.m. R.E.!
On Dec. 4, 2016, in a sermon titled “God Is Not God’s Name,” Rev. Molly Housh Gordon explored deep questions of theism, atheism and metaphor, helping us understand the danger of simple, certain and hollow stories – how such simplistic views of the world can leave us with the choices only to agree or oppose. … Continue reading Dec. 4, 2016 – “God Is Not God’s Name”
Our YUUTS R.E. Class (6th-8th grade) visited Show Me Dharma on Dec. 4, 2016. Their host was Beth Shoyer. Thanks to George Frissell for providing the photo below.
In her sermon on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, titled “Beloved Resistance,” the Rev. Molly Housh Gordon spoke to how we as Unitarian Universalists must double down on love and connection with all peoples to combat the forces of racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and other prejudices unleashed and seemingly normalized during the Presidential election. The audio … Continue reading Nov. 13, 2016 – “Beloved Resistance” – Rev. Molly Housh Gordon
On Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, we welcomed back Kenny Wiley, former UUCC member and now a UU World senior editor and Denver-based religious educator. Kenny attended UUCC from 2008 to 2011 when he was a student at MU. He delivered a sermon, “Finding Home,” that emphasized the importance of the UU First Principle – the … Continue reading Oct. 23, 2016 – Guest Preacher Kenny Wiley – “Finding Home”
Listen here to “Leadership, Followership, and Other Ships that Sail,” the sermon topic of special guest preacher Meg Riley at our two worship services on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Rev. Riley is the senior minister leading our denomination’s largest congregation – The Church of the Larger Fellowship, a congregation without walls serving UUs all over … Continue reading Oct. 9, 2016 – “Leadership, Followership, and Other Ships that Sail”
In her reflections at our worship services on Sept. 25, 2016, the Rev. Molly Housh Gordon explained that when we come to practice self-awareness, we must also decide which parts of ourselves we bare to the world, and which remain hidden. We must recognize, as well, that pieces of us are hidden to ourselves, though … Continue reading Sept. 25, 2016 – “The Self That Is Hidden”
In her poem “To Be of Use,” the gifted poet Marge Piercy tells us that humans crave real purpose and meaning in life. In her sermon of the same title at the 9 and 11 a.m. worship services on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, the Rev. Dottie Mathews, our new affiliated community minister, addressed the foundational … Continue reading Sept. 18, 2016 – “To Be of Use”
On Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, as we resumed holding two worship services and 9 and 11 a.m., we began exploring our overarching theme for the year – cultivating spiritual growth. What is spiritual growth, exactly? How do we cultivate it, and how do we know it when we see it? These are the questions the … Continue reading Sept. 11, 2016 – Cultivating Spiritual Growth
At our worship service on Sept. 4, 2016, with the aid of the new book White Trash: The Four Hundred Year Untold History of Class in America by historian Nancy Isenberg, the Rev. Molly Housh Gordon explored the profound influence of class in America and in our Unitarian Universalist tradition. She posed the question, How … Continue reading Sept. 4, 2016 – Throw-Away People
In his remarks during the worship service on July 17, 2016, lay leader Steve Scott shared a key insight from the book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein – that environmental and social justice advocates need to recognize the common causes of the ills they are fighting and work together more … Continue reading July 17, 2016 – Where Environmental and Social Justice Meet
On June 5, 2016, the Rev. Molly Housh Gordon explored the following questions in a sermon titled “Self-Compassion in the Digital Age”: How do we practice self-compassion in an age that commodifies self-help and self-improvement as products marketed to us in various digital media? How do we love our neighbors and ourselves in a world … Continue reading June 5, 2016 – Self-Compassion in the Digital Age
