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Annual Candlelight Service
Join us on Sunday, December 10th at 6 pm for our annual Candlelight Service at Stevens Chapel. The service will be in person and streamed on Zoom. Don’t miss this warm and welcoming tradition!
Speaker: Reverend Janet Newton
Care and Repair of the Soul with Reverend Janet Newton
Join us for a service that explores what it might mean to ourselves with care when our souls, or spirits, or minds, or bodies — or, indeed, all of those — feel ragged from our encounters with the world. Can we care better for one … read more.
“Welcome to the Season of Saunter” with Rev. Janet Newton
“Welcome to the Season of Saunter” with Rev. Janet Newton
As we embark on another school and church year and say goodbye to the Island summer, may we welcome into our bodies and community the gifts of slowing down, breathing deep, and sauntering slowly … read more.
“Activating Prisms of Love” with Rev. Janet Newton
Prisms of Love: Since before recorded history, human beings have been trying to understand the threads that stitch together love, justice, power, and forgiveness. From rappers and pop-song-writers to famous novelists; ancient philosophers to theologians across the religious spectrum — layers upon layers of refracting … read more.
The Exponential Power of Love and Justice with Rev. Janet Newton
This Sunday we find ourselves pushed into reckoning. Reckoning on a national level as we work to keep our energies focused on exposing and responding to injustice. And reckoning on a community level as we struggle through the impact and grief that accompany love and … read more.
Star Lessons with Reverend Janet Newton
We hope you are planning to join us on 1/8/23, whether in person or online, for our first service on January’s theme of Finding our Center, with a sermon on Star Lessons.
We’ll use our time in worship to ponder the concept of epiphanies — … read more.
Candlelight Service
Sunday, December 18 at 5 pm
Our Candlelight Service with our choir led by Peter Boak
Follow that Star: Missions of Wonder with Reverend Janet Newton
UUSMV OOS for December 11, 2022
‘Tis the season that invites us into wonder and awe at our very existence — how we came to have life on our tiny tilting, twirling planet set in this vast, cold, inhospitable cosmos. As daylight dwindles and the … read more.
In Search of a New Covenant: How the Power of Covenant Invites Meaningful Change with Rev. Janet Newton
In his writings on religious community, influential Unitarian Universalist theologian James Luther Adams was profoundly influenced by the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber’s description of human beings as “promise-making, promise-keeping, promise-breaking, promise-renewing creature[s].” These promises exist within our tradition through our devotion to the … read more.
The Courage to Raise Our Voices with Rev. Janet Newton
The French have a term — l’esprit de l’escalier — which is often translated as ‘staircase wit.’ It refers to those moments when you think of the perfect reply to someone, but just a little too late: as you descend the staircase away from the … read more.