Speaker: Melissa O'Brien

Flower Communion

The Flower Communion is a beloved Unitarian Universalist ritual celebrating beauty, human uniqueness, and community. website oos 6-7-26 Music sheet 6-7-26

What Carries Forward

Continuing the series as we transition from our Interim Pastor, Melissa O’Brien, to our Contract Minister, Rev. Viola Abbitt.

Crossing the Threshold

Beginning this week our services will have an arc of continuity through the eight weeks that Melissa will be with us until the end of July.  She will guide us through this time of transition, helping us to reflect on change, identity, resilience, and community, and inviting us to see ourselves as not simply enduring … Continue reading Crossing the Threshold

What Does It Mean to Love Something into Freedom?

What does it mean to love something into freedom? Melissa offers a Mother’s Day reflection exploring the central tension of mothering: that genuine love and good parenting requires nurturing another human toward the very independence that takes them away from you. OOS 5-10-26

Earth Day Service: What Does It Mean to Be in Covenant with Our Living World?

We gather inside a living system. The Earth moves through our lives as breath, water, and ground. Earth Day invites attention. What we take. What we return. Our lives participate in something larger and continuous. And so we are not merely guests here. We are in relationship, bound by more than gratitude, called to more … Continue reading Earth Day Service: What Does It Mean to Be in Covenant with Our Living World?

Easter Service

Easter is a holiday of miracles. It is life from death,
 joy from sorrow, 
celebration from mourning. 
Easter reminds us that all is never lost; 
that the story continues as long as we are here to tell it. So gather up your worries—we are going to bury them beneath the ground 
and watch them transform … Continue reading Easter Service