Sunday Services
Upcoming Services:
March 17, 2024 “Covenant in my Pocket”
Rev. Amy McCormick, Worship Leader
Marsha Donahue, Worship Associate
Everyone! This is going to be such a fun service. The choir will sing AND there will be a special performance from our new UU Rhythm and Blues group: “Marsha and the Covenants”! (I just made that name up, who knows if it’ll stick) :) Seriously, though as we launch our Annual Budget Drive we focus intensely on what it means to be in community together. Who are we? What do we care about? Where do we want to show up for one another and in the world? Does your heart and spirit need nurturing, support, inspiration? Let’s be together, ask hard questions, celebrate this beautiful place and the people that make it so.
March 24, 2024 'Already "Woke"'
Service Leader: Vanessa Titang
Worship Associate: Ivy Lobato
I thought I was already "woke"-- already open-minded. But as is the case for anyone, life and experience can challenge us each to go beyond what we already know or believe to be true; even of our wokeness. Expanding our awareness and striving to understand and appreciate the experience of another, like or unlike oneself, is recipe for transformative change that plants and grows love into the world.
*BIO
Vanessa Titang (she/her/they) is a biracial, first generation African American, pansexual, and disabled minister in Preliminary Fellowship. She attended Smith College for a BA in Philosophy and Sociology, and Wheelock College for a MS in Organizational Leadership, before finding Unitarian Universalism and her call to ministry. She graduated with her M.Div. from Meadville Lombard Theological School in 2022. She served as intern minister for the 3 church collaborative of UU Church of Belfast, UU Church of Ellsworth, and UU Congregation of Castine, 2021-2022. Vanessa is the proud mother of her child, Amelie. She is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth.
March 31, 2024 Easter Sunday: The Phoenix Philosophy
Rev. Amy McCormick, Worship Leader
Jacquie Robb, Worship Associate
This Easter we will look at the traditional Christian Story of the resurrection through the lens of the myth and fire. Evelyn Underhill wrote: “There is no transmutation without fire…the self must lose to find and die to live.” And Giles Fraser said, “The resurrection is the name we give to the multiple ways we push back against the darkness.” How does the tale of Jesus’s death and rebirth take on new meaning through the metaphor of the Phoenix and the cleansing power of fire?
April 7, 2024 - "Lessons Everywhere We Look"
Cayla Miller, Worship Leader
In a previous life (before taking this job) Cayla was a librarian for many years. For this service, she'll be reaching back to those roots to speak about banned books, censorship, and the essential value of the freedom to read.