In response to national tragedy, the late luminary of neighborly love Rev. Fred Rogers would implore people, quoting his own mother, to “look to the helpers, there are always people helping.” And it’s true. There are always people helping. These folks can be a tremendous source of hope and inspiration as they help tend to … Continue reading The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
Slowly but surely the Earth is reawakening to the call of Spring. New shoots are blooming and the birdsong is returning to the trees. This Sunday, let us celebrate the Equinox – the renewal of the land as we seek a related renewal of the spirit through story and song.
Wheel of the Year – Ostara at Standing Bear Lake- 3/20 – 5:30PM Join friends from 2nd Unitarian and First United Methodist as we resume our Wild Worship series with the arrival of Spring! Friday, March 20th at 5:30 we will return to Standing Bear Lake Waterfront in observance of Ostara and the Spring Equinox. … Continue reading Wheel of the Year – Ostara Ceremony at Standing Bear Lake
“When we turn our attention more fully to one another, our compassion is bound to follow. Sometimes, we need to be taken out of our routines and habits for this compassion to emerge.” This Sunday we will explore Rev. Joan Javir-Duval’s sermon Attending to Our Shared Humanity.
We declare that every person is inherently worthy and has the right to flourish with dignity, love, and compassion. So it is written in the values of our Living Tradition under the item of Equity; a theological position from which a clear mandate emerges, that we reckon with one another as being unconditionally possessed of … Continue reading Equity & The Progressive Art of Playing Fair
As we enter into our exploration of the value of Equity we also enter into our stewardship season at 2nd Unitarian; a time to celebrate the gifts that sustain the living ministries of this community and to take stock of the needs and opportunities within the life of the church. It can be a complicated … Continue reading For Those Who Come After
It is abundantly clear that we live in an age of dire unfairness, deep pain, and seemingly intractable division. From whence does one draw the resolve to meet even a moment in a world such as this? How might we carry a grief that seems to deepen by the day while still elevating and expanding … Continue reading Undiminished: Faith, Choice, and the Wisdom of Fire
Our living tradition has long played partner in a most wonderful but often misunderstood ministry. OWL, or Our Whole Lives explores human relationships and intimacy through developmentally appropriate curriculum ranging the full breadth of a life, from very young children to elders. This Sunday, let’s learn more about this amazing curriculum developed between Unitarian Universalists … Continue reading Our Whole Lives
One could quite easily tell a complete story about the Civil Rights movement without mentioning the term “Unitarian Universalist”, but you would be unable to tell a complete story of our faith without mentioning the movement for Black Empowerment both within and outside of our Living Tradition. This Sunday, let us hear the story of … Continue reading Deep River
As the month of February comes round those first stirrings of Spring begin to turn. Often unseen and untended, a wise mind knows that much of what happens in the world of nature begins underground, deep within the body, readying a path to blooming. Join us in person February 1st at 6 p.m. for an … Continue reading Wheel of the Year: Imbolc
