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: .
The Rev. Anne Bancroft joins us from York. She served most recently as the settled minister at Theodore Parker Unitarian Universalist Church in West Roxbury (Boston), Massachusetts.
When is it we start living the life we’re meant to lead? And how is it we discover what that is to begin with? Remember that this Sunday, July 23rd, we’ll gather at the Friends Meetinghouse for our worship service at 4:00 p.m., followed by a Community Potluck at 5:00 p.m. Please bring something yummy … Continue reading I Choose This Day
Rev. Anne Bancroft will be encouraging us to consider a theological simplicity on the path to delight. We hope you’ll join us on Sunday, the 11th, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Norbet Capek’s Flower Service. Bring a flower, if you can, to fill our shared vase – and take one with you as … Continue reading The Place Just Right
African American poet, social activist, novelist and playwright, Langston Hughes, writes of life and wonder in his poem, In Time of Silver Rain. The MUUF choir will share his words, set to music by Sarah Quartel, as we imagine together what new visions of life might be on the horizon for ourselves, and for this … Continue reading When Spring and Life Are New
This week we’ll engage with three stories that leave us wondering about the endings. On a beautiful, spring Easter morning (regardless the weather!) we’ll take time to remember that certainty is not always what it’s cracked up to be, and that faith calls us to appreciate what we do not always understand.
As we consider our March theme, the Path of Vulnerability, we are reminded by storyteller-researcher, Brené Brown, that we humans cannot “selectively numb” our emotional lives. We cannot turn off pain or anger without turning off everything, including surprise or creativity, for example. But maybe, in those times when we feel especially vulnerable or at … Continue reading Enough for Now
Our January theme offers us the challenges and paths of Finding Our Center. We welcome history as a starting place to consider what our future might hold, as a congregation and as a movement. The Rev. Anne Bancroft will be joined by retired Unitarian Universalist minister and historian, the Rev. Mark Harris. And, we hope … Continue reading Pilgrims in Search: Have We Been Here Before?
In the Christian calendar, this is the season of Advent, the time of waiting for something amazing and not entirely understood to happen. What is it like to live in anticipation of something good, as opposed to worrying about which shoe will drop next? How is it we might live always on the threshold of … Continue reading On the Threshold of Wonder
It’s an annual reminder – this particular holiday of Thanksgiving – that we should take the time to count our blessings. But maybe we would be better served by making it a more regular practice. What would it take, and how would it feel, to make gratitude a regular habit of the heart?
The MUUF Annual Stewardship Campaign begins this week! What does it mean to give to an idea, to a path not yet entirely charted? We’ll consider the act of giving, how we determine to whom or to what we will give, and what we expect in return.
We’ll visit thoughts from economist and author, David Korten, Buddhist scholar, Joanna Macy, and the amazing harmonies of Ma Muse to consider this era of turning, as we also remember the events of 9/11, 2001.
