This week for our Beltane ritual, we encourage you to bring a seed if you have one, or a scrap of paper and writing implement. We also encourage you to bring flowers- set a flower where you can see it, or send a photo to [email protected] by Saturday at noon and Rev. Laine will include … Continue reading Beltaine

These are difficult times for many of Americans. We are called to be prudent and to use our resources carefully. Still we long to be generous and to live lives of abundance. Together we will look for the abundance that is an innate part of the web of life and our lives together. The service … Continue reading “Finding Abundance in Difficult times”

As we all know, Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 is the50th Anniversary of Earth Day !!! So in celebration of Earth Day, this Sunday, we will enjoythe voices of nature- the birds and the critters, the waterand the wing, the sounds of the interconnected web.The service will include a story for all ages, anda breakout room … Continue reading Earth Day-” Each Voice”

March 29, 10:00 am- Rev. Laine leads a multi-congregation Zoom worship with our sibling church in Athens, PA. You can join it by clicking here on your computer or smartphone https://uuma.zoom.us/j/293194025 or by calling this phone number  +1 646 876 9923 and when it asks punch in the Meeting ID: 293 194 025

Since the industrial revolution, our productivity has been clocked and tracked. We have been encouraged to work faster and do more. What would happen if we moved at our own natural rhythm? The pace of our own body, mind and spirit?  How would we even know what our own natural rhythm might be? 

An annual tradition, our Candle light service weaves together stories and carols, and the sharing of candlelight. This year’s service will feature special guest musicians, and stories we suspect you haven’t heard before. People of all ages are welcome to this inter-generational celebration.

Rev. Darcey Laine with music by Brin Taylor. 

As we enter our congregation’s season of giving, we wonder together about money.  Has the role of money in your life changed in this changing economy?  How do we apply to the values of our faith as resources become scarce?  How can we support one another in these tough times?

Sometimes it’s hard to believe in what the poet calls “life that maketh all things new.” When we are feeling dry and weary, is there any hope that even we could be made new again?  Music will be by Blake Schmutz. Coffee, tea and cupcakes will be shared at the Fellowship Hour after the service.Children’s religious … Continue reading All things New? – Rev. Darcey Laine