View the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube. What might the Easter story teach us today? Whether we believe the original accounts or not, this is a power message that has remained central to many peoples’ lives. How our ideals and the memories of those who inspire us … Continue reading Easter: The Ultimate Transformation
In-person, outdoors in our Celebration Garden. A BuxMont tradition, we gather at sunrise for an outdoor service. We will burn pine boughs to release our burdens and send our Flower Barge down the creek bearing our hopes for the coming year. Join us in welcoming the sun and honoring the earth. To read more about … Continue reading Easter Sunrise Service – 7:00 a.m.
View the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube. Note that the audio doesn’t start until after the first 25 seconds. Eggs, bunnies, and tipping the balance toward longer days. As we mark the Spring Equinox, and the many intertwining holidays of this season, we also recognize the figure … Continue reading Ostara, New Life, & Stories of Spring
View the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube. So much in the natural world is about things becoming more complex against all odds. Snowflakes become avalanches. Life moves from single-celled organisms to the incredible diversity we see globally. Lois McMaster Bujold writes, “All great human deeds both consume and transform … Continue reading Emergence: Natural Miracles
View the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube. What does it mean to live a generous life? The practice of generosity is partially about financial resources and includes many ways of giving that together form practices of generosity. We will explore multiple ways to be generous in our … Continue reading The Generous Spirit
View the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube Join us for virtual coffee hour here. As we begin our annual stewardship campaign, A New Wave of Giving, we reflect together on what it means to support this place financially. How do we make all we do possible? … Continue reading The Generous Community
View the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube. g even as we experience the very real weather of winter. The first shoots of new growth appear and sheep begin lambing. Hope appears in the natural world that winter will soon pass and warmer months are ahead. There … Continue reading Imbolc & the Gifts of Winter’s End
You can view the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube. Our choices matter. We are finite creatures in a world that is often confusing and complex. How we decide to commit our resources, our lives and to what we choose to commit are important choices. Also what we … Continue reading Tomatoes in January
You can view the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube. Much of what we are taught about the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is about peace and told through a lens that minimizes the disruptive nature of his messages. King was far more … Continue reading Remembering the Radical King
You can view the Order of Service here. Missed the service? You can view its recording on YouTube. T.S. Eliot wrote in “Little Gidding”: For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.” As a new year begins, we will start by letting go of that which no … Continue reading Fire Ceremony: Embers of Intention
