Rev Pamela Barz began her ministry serving the UU Church of Saco-Biddeford and now has returned to Maine where she offers coaching to help clergy and others get "unstuck" and live from deep gladness. Contact her at: .
Bettina Lehovec is a candidate for the UU ministry with experience in several Maine congregations. She hopes to be accepted into preliminary fellowship in March 2022. A lifelong seeker, Bettina is passionate about accompanying others on their meaning-making journeys. She is honored to serve the Midcoast UU Fellowship as half-time contract minister, focusing on worship and pastoral care. Contact her at: .
A series of legal challenges to Roe vs Wade means that abortion laws may soon be determined by individual states. How will liberal churches organize to ensure people continued access to safe and legal care? This service is part of a statewide Sabbath for Reproductive Justice organized by the Maine Council of Churches.
We’re still far from the vision of the Beloved Community Martin Luther King Jr. preached more than a half-century ago. What gets in the way? Might we need to confront some resistance within our own liberal circles? I suggest that it is our corporate responsibility, as people of faith, not only to ask for forgiveness … Continue reading Making Amends
This is the time we set intentions, seeking to chart a course for the year to come. Let’s add a hefty dose of self-compassion to the process. Let’s forgive ourselves in advance for the resolutions made and broken… for all the things we strive to be and are not. How about this resolution for 2022? … Continue reading We Begin Again In Love
Worship Associate • Penelope Ziarnik “The care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope.” These words by Wendell Berry call us to action. How are we taking care of … Continue reading Responsibility to the Earth
Each week, we come together to share our joys and our sorrows. We hold a necessary tension between the two. It is our responsibility to hold this tension, acknowledging both the suffering of the world and the great gladness of being alive. How do we find hope amid the turmoil? How do we put that … Continue reading A Necessary Tension
Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are indistinguishable. Listening to others opens our hearts in the same way. But how do we listen across our differences? How do we listen so that we really hear?
As human beings, we need both stability and growth — the sense of ourselves held in a community of loving care and the encouragement to expand that circle in ever-widening ways. Let’s explore these twin drives in our UU faith tradition and in our own lives today. Bettina Lehovec is a candidate for the UU … Continue reading Belonging and Becoming
