
Past Sermons
Rooted & Growing, Part II: The Spirit of Our Spirit
The second in a sermon series entitled, "Rooted & Growing." Having named the Unitarian Unviersalist vision of Human Nature the previous Sunday, this worship seeks our tradition's vision of human spirit. Where does our spirit arise? How are we as a community of faith growing in spirit?
Rooted & Growing, Part I: The Nature of Our Nature
First of a two part worship focused on our Unitarian Universalist vision of Human Nature and Human Spirit. What is the Human Nature? How do we, as a people of faith envision our own deeply rooted nature?
H2O (Water) Communion
This Sunday ends our month of Ingathering, a time of regrouping and renewal of our community of faith. Our H20 (Water) Communion is brings together waters collected by our congregation in the symbolic act of filling up who we are and what we believe. This is the last chance for you to bring water and share in our community building.
Rooted & Growing: Service Sunday
Dress in your Sunday WORST and come at 9:30 ready to work. Observed every Septemeber, Service Sunday is our day of renewing and refreshing our buildings and grounds by our elbow grease. We'll work for an hour, have a short worship outside at 10:30 and then return to the maintenance and clean-up of our beloved sandstone church and our historical Learning Annex.
Rooted & Growing: Book Communion
Don't forget to bring a copy of your favorite book, to this our annual Book Communion. Once again we celebrate all that we give to one another in the life of our congreagation through a ritual of exchanging books.
Embodying Prayer
A third in a series by The Rev. Crary called "Nurture Your Spirit."
Transformed by Contemplation
The second third in a series by The Rev. Crary called "Nurture Your Spirit."
Meditation
The Rev. Crary provides the first of a three-part series of sermons about how to "Nurture Your Spirit," starting the subject of meditation.
Inland blues
Rev. Crary describes his recent trip with other Inland clergy to Washington D.C. to demand better health care, action on the economic crisis and more humane immigration policies.
Joy
Rev. Crary explores the difference between happiness and joy.
