UUCM Christmas Eve 2020 Candlelight Service: music, candlelight, poetry and singing to touch the spirit of this night. Greeting – Rev. Kevin Tarsa Song for Gathering The First Noel – The Rivers-Samson Family: Olivia, Allison and David Opening Song Once in Royal David’s City #228 – Jordan Thomas-Rose, with Michael Bankston, trumpet; Kate Canan, flute […]
A Teddy Bear/Stuffed Animal Christmas pageant for pandemic times, with some soft and beloved friends. Special thanks to casting director and scene designer, Delaney Sherr, who was assisted by Greg Sherr and Rev. Kevin René Wiley for the idea and invitation, as well as for prop wrangling Jordan Thomas-Rose for the music, with an assist […]
A Solstice Celebration to celebrate the dark and the light as we pause to mark the turn around this edge of the year. Chanting, poetry, story, silence and ritual. Have your candle and your noisemaker ready! Share the link with your friends who might appreciate the service, and take time to settle in yourself. Beth […]
Find a Stillness in the Wholeness and Holiness of the Season Rev. Kevin Tarsa Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains December 13, 2020 via Zoom Video of Full Service A STORY A story I read about ten years ago has stayed with me. Shortly after her father dies, a woman’s 8-year-old son begins having severe […]
Sermon only: E Pluribus UUnum Rev. Kevin Tarsa Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains October 25, 2020 via Zoom How are you doing? Have you voted? Next Sunday is the Sunday immediately before the presidential election, but that is so close to E-Day that we’ve chosen to take time this Sunday to check in, to […]
Dreaming of Rain when the Fire Comes First Rev. Kevin Tarsa Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains September 6, 2020 via Zoom RENEWAL? Here at UUCM we use monthly themes facilitated by the Soul Matters organization. This summer, as I was looking ahead to these September services, I struggled to connect with the planned theme […]
Mobilizing our Collective Compassion Rev. Kevin Tarsa Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains July 5, 2020 via Zoom Our Journey with Compassion How has your journey been, on the path of compassion? We’ve been exploring compassion over the last 5 weeks – what compassion is and ways to cultivate our compassion – as if, like […]
Reflection I The Language of Compassion Allison Rivers Samson Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains A reflection delivered June 21, 2020 via Zoom AllisonRiversSamson.com When most folx consider compassion, the first thought is extending it to other people. However, there are often limits to whom we offer that compassion. For example, it can be […]
Offering our loving kindness is easy when we like the person on the receiving end. And we can stretch, without too much effort, to encompass the stranger about whom we feel neutral. Now, the person whose behavior irks or angers us? Hmmm…. From the self-compassion we cultivated the previous week, we continue our journey along […]
Note: This service came the week after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, the week the protests and riots began, and the week the number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States passed the 100,000 mark. Rev Kevin’s opening at the beginning of the service included the following: “This past week has stacked heartbreak upon […]