Following a familiar feature of Soul Matters Circles, a few individuals in our UUCM community offer their responses to the questions that call to them from this month’s Nurturing Beauty-themed packet.
Rev. Mary Katherine Morn writes, “We are here together to borrow courage for the task of coming alive.” On this day of UUCM’s annual meeting, anchored in the metaphor of stone soup, we look for truth, beauty, goodness, and courage in community.
For many, creating art is a spiritual practice. Some consider the creative force the spirit of life. Come celebrate art and creativity in its many forms and find inspiration in the creative endeavors of members of all ages of the UUCM community.
This Mother’s Day, we look to the “ordinary” beauty around and within us and invite ourselves to release our grip on the pursuit of perfection in order to arrive at the moment that is waiting for us. Music with Kate Canan and Tom Wernigg.
One of our unique UU rituals is the Flower Ceremony, created almost 100 years ago in Czechoslovakia. This week, as we enter our new theme of Nurturing Beauty, we celebrate Beltane and May Day with a special flower ceremony. Come, let’s help each other find beauty.
On this Sunday after Earth Day, we celebrate creation in song and story, including the work of sustaining it.
In this day and age we don’t have to look far for bad news. Stress and anxiety are the constant companions of so many of us. Many know this Sunday as Easter, a season celebrated in so many faiths and religious traditions as a time of resurrection and hope. Join us in a special morning as we too awaken out of what feels like an ending into new life, new hope.
There’s no better way to awaken than to the aroma of freshly baked bread – warm and delicious with lots of the very best ingredients combined to bring out the best in each. UUCM is like that too. Join us this Sunday to consider how each of us brings our unique selves as a critical ingredient to everything we create together.
With Daylight Savings Time, morning comes earlier these days, almost to alert us to this month’s theme: Awakening. Join us this morning as we Awaken to the Fabric We Weave Together and introduce and welcome new members who have joined UUCM since the beginning of the pandemic.
“All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time,” wrote Longfellow. The religious tradition we inherited and call home is always a work in progress. Perhaps especially now. We continue to renovate this spiritual abode in our time, drawing on our skills and gifts, and using the materials at hand. Are you a brick layer? A roofer? A painter? A carpenter? A plumber? Someone who sews the seat cushions and curtains, or someone who landscapes the entry?
