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We are living in unprecedented times. This was the case even before the coronavirus hit, but it’s even more true now. Big change is happening all around us, it’s been happening for a while now, and it’s calling us to ask big questions. Not just practical ones like, how do I keep myself and my … Continue reading Visitor Information
Order of Service March 15 2026 9:00 & 10:30 AM Paying Attention to Awaken the Heart Led by Rev. Deborah Bennett, Shelley Dungan, and Amy Crawford Thank you to this morning’s Worship Team Pianist: Nonetta ShatakhtsianUsher: Ushers: Bob Walker, Sandy Norris and Al JeffriesTech Host: Lance Collins Centering Thought: “Come out of the Circle of … Continue reading Order of Service
I’ve been around this planet for a while. Sometimes it’s hard to believe just how long. And in my life I have seen my fair share of challenges. Given I am still here, I guess you could call me resilient – or is it more honestly, lucky? To be truthful I sometimes wonder what the … Continue reading Embodying Resilience
In 1961 the Unitarians and Universalist merged to create Unitarian Universalism, a non-creedal, covenant based religion. Although this merger took place before my birth I lived most of my life knowing nothing about this new religion. I had always been drawn to spirituality and the idea of community that I saw in my friends churches … Continue reading Discovering UU
I have a tumultuous relationship with hope. I remember vividly the time when a friend had left the spiritual community (the ashram) that we had lived in together. For all its amazing and joyful components, the ashram was also a hard place to live at times. We worked 6 1/2 days a week for a … Continue reading Choosing Hope?
Our March 2026 Share the Plate Recipient is Our Share the Plate Partner for March is Climate Action Rhode Island 350 RI (CARI-350 RI) CARI’s Goals To work toward: A rapid transition to 100% renewable energy An end to new fossil-fuel infrastructure that locks us into an unsustainable future. Support for climate research, innovation, land … Continue reading Share the Plate – March 2026
Buddhist author and teacher, Pema Chödrön wrote, “Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” Her words are at the heart … Continue reading Cultivating Compassion
Author Toko-Pa Turner wrote: “Our longing for community is so powerful that it can drive us to join groups, relationships, or systems of belief that give a false impression of belonging. These places of false belonging grant us conditional membership, requiring us to cut parts of ourselves off in order to fit in.” How true! … Continue reading Fitting In or Belonging?
A long time ago, in the 1970s, there was a kind and curious woman named Lucile Shuck Longview. She was a Unitarian Universalist and loved her UU church in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1975, Lucile got to travel to Mexico City as a UU delegate to be part of the United Nations “Women’s Year” assembly. This … Continue reading TouchPoints September Wisdom Tale: The First UU Water Communion
Our September / October Share the Plate Recipient is; The Womxn Project Education Fund The Womxn Project Education Fund works through 3 pillars of activism to protect those whose reproductive rights are in danger. LGBTQIA+ discrimination, and who may not be able to receive the care they desire due to governmental constraints. We are building … Continue reading September – October Share the Plate 2025
Imagine if you were to take each of the minutes you lived in any given day and put them in one of two columns – one for those minutes where you were present in the reality of the moment and the others in a column for those moments where you were lost in your imagination … Continue reading Imagine…..
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