August 17: To Serve is a Blessing, An Invitation to Love

Life would have no meaning at all if we didn’t see Love as the meaning of life. Without love at the center, Life is a meaningless chaos, and the chaos produces fear. There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.

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August 24: Returning to the Invitation to Learn

As school opens up to receive our students and our teacher, we work together to confirm our commitment to living our values in all places, including schools. We will have a backpack blessing – not only can students get their backpacks blessed, but all ages are welcome to join – purses, phones, laptop bags, you name it. Whatever you need to be productive in the coming year – bring it and we will bless it!

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August 31: Labors of Love

Our principles, purposes, sources and values all lead us to form clear lines of support to immigrants, workers, the underemployed and the employed. We begin with the quote from Kathleen McTigue: Fear’s pronoun is singular: I’ve got to watch out for me and mine. Love’s pronoun is plural: we’re in this together, and together we can grow things that will blossom even in a time of drought.

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September 7: A Dance with the Spirit of Pluralism

Affirming the inherent worth and dignity of every human being, for me, means working to create places of worship where all who subscribe to a liberal ap-proach to religion can not only feel welcome, but enter into worship settings that reflect the diverse cultural realities of “we the people.”
We are also going to have a special ceremony for the opening of the new RE classroom!

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September 14: Water Communion

Our annual water communion provides us time to work with the power of Water. We will contemplate waters of transformation, waters of grief, waters of renewal, and waters of joy.

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