Rev. Juniper Meadows has served as our minister since May 2022.
The presence of positive masculine role models and healthy fathers in our lives can leave an indelible mark upon the forming heart; one providing security, courage, and support that we may carry with us all our days. This Sunday, let us celebrate such fathers. We will hear from several of our congregation’s fathers about what … Continue reading Father’s Day
When Gilbert Baker and a few friends hand-stitched the first rainbow flags in 1978, they were reaching for something a symbol could do that words could not: gather a scattered people under one sky to unite them in a sense of belonging. In the decades since, that single flag has multiplied into many. Stripes have … Continue reading Pride Flag Day
Join your friends at 2nd Unitarian for a very special service commemorating our 50th anniversary! We will be hearing from speakers young and old as we lift up our legacy, celebrate our present, and envision the future of our faith community.
May 25th marks the birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson, public speaker, Unitarian minister, and often considered the father of Transcendentalism; that quintessentially American philosophical movement that saw divinity reflected in nature, believing that direct personal insight into truth was more reliable than institutional authority or received doctrine. This Sunday, let us reconnect with these roots; … Continue reading Intuition, Authority, & the Pursuit of Truth
We gather this Sunday on the anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, a critical ruling in this country’s history which secured the right to an education for African American children and the full integration of schools. An auspicious anniversary given the Supreme Court’s viscous, ideological gutting of the Voting Rights Act in the recent … Continue reading With Their Backs Against The Wall: From Brown to Callais
“We declare that every person is inherently worthy and has the right to flourish with dignity, love, and compassion.” So we affirm in our sacred value of Equity. Such a star calls for more than mere acceptance and inclusion, but declares that all people have the right to flourish; to thrive with the fullness of … Continue reading A Star in Everyone: Flourishing Love
Easter Sunday means different things to different groups of people. To Protestants and Catholics it is the holiest of days, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus and the birth of the new covenant. For Unitarian Universalists it can take on entirely different dimensions. While we as a tradition are not exclusively Christian, many of our theological … Continue reading Easter Sunday: Death & Glory
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
