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Bill Faw June 14, 2020 On March 8, I was the last in-person speaker at this church. Sorry: I did not mean to shut you down! In the ‘lemonade out of lemons’ category: the shutdown has given me a chance to watch most of the HUU services on Zoom with Martha, and then watch my Bridgewater Church of the Brethren services later via YouTube. This has allowed me to see some excellent sermons from both inspiring churches! I ended my March 8 talk with the possibility that humans

May 31. 2020 Paula Bennet Good morning. I wonder if there is a school of unlearning. You see, we all bring into adulthood---- identities, childhood lessons, and personal philosophies that we have acquired along the way. Some of these identities and lessons are good for us. A strong work ethic, compassion, empathy, and more. They help us feel happy and peaceful. Other lessons, unfortunately, contribute to our anxieties, make us skeptical, or perhaps just make life more difficu

By Chris Edwards, with facilitator Robin McNallie December 29, 2019 Music: “Auld lang Syne” Hymn #95: “There is More Love Somewhere” Chalice reading: The Second Coming BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while th

by Sasha Rosser October 13, 2019 This service is available to watch on YouTube in two parts.

September 29, 2019 By Linda Dove Let’s now continue meditating on the season this lovely autumn morning. As the late Mary Oliver wrote: Another year nearly gone, leaving everywhere its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves, the uneaten fruits crumbling damply in the shadows, … My hope is that today we savor the moods that the season evokes in us. We’ll use the power of poetry to put us in touch with autumn’s beauty, its significance in the cycle of the seasons, and what I call