Presenter Rev. Edie Love, Service Leader Rev. Gail Tapscott and our musicians Reynaldo and Quinoa will be bringing you a service to honor the challenging year that was 2020 and celebrate the new opportunity that is 2021.
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Our gathering will be a solstice celebration as we mark the shortest day and the longest night of the year! We will discuss the purpose and meaning of ritual in our personal spirituality. If you have time, please think of a small ritual you would like to do privately--light a candle, say a prayer, sing a song, do a dance--to mark the occasion.
We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us for services this Sunday. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the service. Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you. Our UUCO Holiday Lovefeast is our traditional “Tis the Season” worship service! It will be online this year, of course, but the spirit of this service and many of the traditional elements will still be present! So, we invite all -- youngest to oldest, longtime members as well as newcomers, intergenerational families and households of one or two-- to join in! We will hear seasonal stories for all ages as well as the familiar songs of the season, read words from historic texts, enjoy traditional Lovefeast buns and warm cider, and hold aloft our candles at the conclusion of the service. This is our own adaptation of the traditional Moravian Lovefeast. We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us this Sunday. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the service. Please contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you. REGISTER NOW FOR THE UUCO LOVEFEAST! Enjoy fresh-baked lovefeast buns and more for the whole family! UCO’s Lovefeast, set for Sunday, December 13th, is a cherished seasonal tradition, with shared food, song, and candlelight – and the pandemic just prompted our creativity!! We may be virtual this year, but we’ll still have a communal celebration! All you have to do is pre-register by Wednesday, Dec 9th, and we’ll prepare a packet with fresh-baked Moravian Lovefeast buns (specify traditional – which contains dairy – or vegan) for you and each family member, a candle and holder, and recipe card and cinnamon stick for UUCO Lovefeast hot apple cider. We’ll arrange curbside pick-up on Saturday, December 12th at UUCO’s building; if the times announced (TBD) don’t work for you, we’ll look for alternate arrangements to try and accommodate everyone. To RSVP for your UUCO Lovefeast packet, send an email to Michelle Harvey at mmautheharvey@gmail.com and provide the following: Last name(s) of participants: Number of buns requested: Specify “Traditional” or “Vegan” or number of each: Preferred pick-up time – specify “Late AM (10:00-noon)” or “Early PM (noon-2:00) LOVEFEAST HOT CIDER . . . (At home... in 2020) The ‘recipe’ for the hot cider that is part of UUCO’s Lovefeast service each year is pretty simple!! In this year when a pandemic prevents us from an in-person Lovefeast, here’s the ‘homemade recipe’ for having some ready for 2020’s Zoom Lovefeast! (Boy is this easy... and adaptable to taste and quantity!) Ingredients: Apple cider or juice Cranberry juice Cinnamon stick/s Whole cloves Process: The ratio of apple to cranberry has been about 1/4 cranberry to 3/4 apple for “UUCO Lovefeast Hot Cider”. (“About’ is the operative word here!! That’s about how much of each has gone into stock pots on the UUCO stove to get warmed up!! Mix to suit your taste!!). You’ll have to do your own calculation of how much you want to make for your household. To a pot for several people add a cinnamon stick and several whole cloves to add to the flavor and aroma. (Powdered versions of the spices are a little messier...) Just heat it all up — and enjoy the aroma that fills your house! Do it the night before and then cut off the stove and let it all sit overnight to enhance both the flavor and the aroma in your house!! Warm it again when ready you’re ready to pour in the cups... Especially delicious with Lovefeast buns...!! Enjoy — with the Lovefeast Service or at another hour of the day when the options for additional spices and flavorings could expand even further!! The recipes for traditional and vegan lovefeast buns: 
During this holiday season marked by division and isolation, it's comforting to curl up with a good book, and connect with people from distant times and places, people with different backgrounds and perspectives. The airports may be closed, but in a novel we can take a vacation from politics and quarantine, re-charge our batteries of compassion, and return with new ways to connect with old friends and relatives.
John Snodgrass is a freelance Unitarian supply preacher who has appeared at numerous fellowships in Western New York. He earned a Master's degree from Union Theological Seminary in NYC, and teaches religion courses at Canisius College, in Buffalo, New York. His books include Genesis and the Rise of Civilization, Chaos, and Natives Discover America (all available at amazon.com). He lives in Buffalo with his wife and their four children. https://misterjsnodgrass.wordpress.com/about/ We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us this Sunday. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the servi We will be hearing from Rev. Naomi King who is a UU minister and Yoga teacher. She will share her wealth of personal and professional knowledge of how spiritual practices from many sources can influence healing of body, mind and spirit.
We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us online this Sunday. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to the service. Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you. Mari Kuhnle and Rev. Gail Tapscott will be bringing some new takes on our traditional Stone Soup Sunday. We will honor the story but talk about new ways to think about sharing our gifts when a common soup pot is not an option.
We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us this Sunday online. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the zoom link. Please contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you. Healing from various forms of addictions is a major personal and public issue that may have been exacerbated by recent events. Today we will welcome Dr. Drew Backstock the new doctor heading addiction medicine at the North MS Hospital System. He will give us a different take on this always perplexing problem that affects every part of society.
We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us this Sunday. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the zoom link. Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you. This post election day Sunday will be held as a space for various members of our community to share strategies for surviving, thriving and healing the civic body regardless of the outcome we either have or are still awaiting. We will have uplifting readings and music to help us move in a healing direction.
We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us this Sunday. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the link to join the service. Please contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you. To kick off our November theme of Healing, Rev. Gail Tapscott will offer a service looking at the historical role of healing rituals in World Religious and modern examples in our own UU tradition.
We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us this Sunday. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the zoom link to the service. Please contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmail.com to have the link sent to you. Shaundi Wall and Greg Johnson will lead this annual observance - expect a little Halloween fun and time to remember and honor loved ones no longer with us.
We are a welcoming congregation and invite you to join us this Sunday. However, due to security concerns we are unable to publish the zoom link. Contact Sandra Moss at uucostaffer@gmaill.com to have the link sent to you. |
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