Cup of Joe, September 6, 2024 This Sunday, I hope to see you at our annual water communion celebration!  It is a wonderful ritual that celebrates how we come together from different places with different interests and needs and gifts, and yet we choose to be together as one community, celebrating how we are connected and ...

A Cup of Joe, June 30, 2023 WHY A SUMMER OF SONG? This past Memorial Day weekend was the tenth anniversary of my ordination into the Unitarian Universalist ministry. Reaching this milestone, I’ve been reflecting on what drew me to UU ministry. You might know that before I was a minister, I was very involved in folk music. ...

Cup of Joe, March 31, 2023 After such a snowy March, what I’m looking for is snowdrops. We’ve passed the vernal equinox, but I still feel like I’m waiting for spring. Spring is a time of renewal and rebirth and resurrection. It’s the time of Passover and Easter and this year its also the time of ...

March 17, 2023 Ramadan Mubarak! Practitioners of Islam will be observing the month of Ramadan beginning with the new present moon this Thursday. Ramadan is a month of fasting and prayer, reading the Quran, and breaking the daytime fast with family and friends. I am excited to share that we will be opening our doors for Friday midday ...

Holiday Services Cup of Joe, December 2, 2022 I always look forward to our December holiday services. As the nights get longer, I think we need connection even more — connection to other people and connection to the sacred. We’re planning special services for both Winter Solstice and Christmas Eve. Our Celebration of Winter Solstice will be Wednesday, December ...

Principle(d) Revision Cup of Joe, November 11, 2022 The UU principles are changing, and not a moment too soon. Unitarian Universalism is a living faith, a faith tradition that prides itself on being always relevant to the times we are living in now. That means we UU’s make a commitment to change and to growth, even though change ...

October 28, 2022 Remember this Sunday to bring to the service a photo or memento of one who has died but who you still carry in your heart. All Saints’ Day and the Day of All Souls. Diá de los Muertos. Halloween. Samhain. We arrive again at that time of year when there is a confluence of holidays ...

Sep 18 is Water Communion! & Celebrating 25-Year Members! & Sundae Sunday! & More! This congregation is something to celebrate! And celebrate we will on Sunday, September 18! On Sept. 18, we’ll celebrate water communion — this will be the first water communion service celebrated in our building in three years! Please bring a small vial of water ...

Oh, the Places We’ll Go! Cup of Joe, July 22, 2022 The Worship Team and I want to hear from you! Usually, every year the team and I participate with other teams from UU congregations across the country to choose the themes that the Soul Matters Themed Ministry Sharing Circle will focus on for that year. Budgets ...

Assembling with Rev Joe June 17, 2022 How’s this for a theme? Meet the Moment: Reimagining Radical Faith Community! That’s the theme of this year’s UUA General Assembly. I’ll be focusing on attending sessions that explore restorative practice and restorative justice. Using restorative practice as a frame for understanding what it means to be in community with others ...