Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Greater Cumberland

November 2, 10:45 – Lora Powell-Haney: “Evergrowing Circles of Thanks”

Robin Wall Kimmerer reminds us “If our first response is gratitude, then our second is reciprocity: to give a gift in return.”  Our Unitarian Universalist faith reminds us that we are interconnected in a mutual web of liberation and love. How might we learn from the natural world to receive and give in an ever growing circle of inclusion and hope?

November 9, 10:45 – Rev. Terry Ellen (via Zoom): “The Hidden Silence”

A mystic put it thus: “…there is a constant longing in the human heart to have something of its original state – the state of peace and joy that has been disturbed and yet is sought after throughout one’s whole life and never can cease to be sought after until the real source has at length been realized. What was it in the wilderness that gave peace and joy?  What was it that came to you in the forest, the solitude?  In either case it is nothing but the depth of your own life, which is silent like the depths of the great sea, so silent and still.”  Let’s consider this silence at our depth –  do we even have it and, if so, what can be found there?

November 16, 10:45 – Rev. Paul Britner: “Primal Religions” 

Native traditions around the world share some common attributes that many UUs embrace, such as a reverence for nature, a cyclical world view, and what Huston Smith calls “the eternal now.”  This message suggests how these traditions continue to enrich our spiritual lives. 

November 23, 10:45 – “Breaking Bread Together”

This Sunday will be a lay-led Thanksgiving service, and after the service we will gather to nourish our bodies and our spirits by sharing fellowship and breads made by members. Several members will be bringing breads they have made, and others are invited to bring bread as well, especially some type of bread that has a particular significance to you. 

November 30, 10:45 – Rev. Dr. Scott Rieker: “The Holiness of Confusion”

In a world that is increasingly polarized by each person’s own views of “certainty” we understand that seeking truth is a process of embracing uncertainty. Within the inevitable confusion lies the abiding holiness of humanity.