Union Life crosses all Denominations and has many different variations Rev. Jerry Johnson will discuss the last seven years of his ministry at the Greenwood Baptist Church and why Union Life is still the foundation of his spiritual life. View the Order of Service here. Watch the entire service on Facebook. Homily: Homily: Time for … Continue reading Union Life
We may not yet know the outcome of the election, but there will be work yet to be done no matter the result. It is our commitments to community, to relationship, and to change in the world that are going to be needed as we move forward. View the Order of Service here. Watch the … Continue reading For Such a Time as This
As we gather and anticipate the coming election, we are holding uncertain hopes about what comes next. Politically, personally, and in terms of justice in the larger world. In truth, all hope is uncertain and it is the uncertainty about the future that makes room for hope in the first place. We will spend time … Continue reading An Uncertain Hope
What are the qualities of emotional intelligence and how can cultivating these help us to become our best selves? View the Order of Service here. Watch the entire service on Facebook. Homily: Homily: Anthem: Time For All Ages:
Our community is created by those who have come before and those who are here right now. Our congregation is also a promise to those who have yet to arrive. What we build together today honors the commitments of previous generations, and helps us leave a legacy for people we will meet in the future. … Continue reading Building the Home of Our Future
As we reflect on the meaning of Yom Kippur, we also reflect on the practice of atonement, of apology at the level of community. To apologize is to begin a transformation that involves not only the person who made a mistake but to also transform the relationships between people and through those threads, entire communities. … Continue reading Apt Apologies
What does it mean to honor the inherent worth and dignity of everyone in a world that is imperfect? How do we honor that worth in ourselves knowing that we too are imperfect? We will explore how to balance the ways we can appear broken and whole at once, and the ways the world can … Continue reading Worthy and Whole
We begin our year together in ways we could not have predicted. We recognize the interconnectedness of each of us to one another, and we recognize that we are not as close physically as we would like to be. We remember what it means to be a community and we reclaim that connection through a … Continue reading The Water Remembers
What does it mean to be part of a community and how do we know when we are in fact part of such a thing? Our Great Pause as a society has called into question many of our prior assumptions about religious congregations and all sorts of other ways we are, or are not, part … Continue reading Making Real Community
