Below is a list of past sermons given at The Fellowship. Once you find the sermon you’d like to listen to, just click on the sermon title listed, and it will open that sermon in a page with the options to listen to it via the web, to download the MP3 for listening offline, or to open the transcript of the sermon to read.
by Marie Luna, director of congregational life 2020 has brought challenges that few of us were prepared for as we entered this year. Let’s consider what we want to lift up, as well as what we want to let go of, on this last Sunday of this year.
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Angels make many appearances in the Christmas story– what might they mean for us today, and what might they be telling us?
Story Part I – The Angel Gabriel Comes to Mary Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 Reflection: Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy Song: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (verse 1)
Story Part II – The Angels Appear to Shepherds Gospel: Luke 2:8-20 Reflection: Ali Peters Poem: You Have to Know Your Body as the Home of God by Rebecca Parker Song: #237 The First Nowell (verses 1 & 2)
Story Part III – The Flight to Safety Gospel: Matthew 2:13-14, 2:19-21 Reflection: Rev. Jim Coakley Poem: The Work of Christmas by Howard Thurman Song: #231 Angels We Have Heard on High (verses 1 & 3)
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Reflections by Ali Peters, intern minister, and Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy The celebration of the winter solstice– the darkness and return of the light– is a time-honored tradition here at the Fellowship and it will continue this year. We’ll hear the sweet story of Frederick the mouse and celebrate the winter together.
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by Ali Peters, intern minister We have not always been Unitarian Universalists. Many of us come from family histories of different faith traditions. Others of us may have been born into Unitarian Universalist families, but understand that Unitarianism and Universalism used to look very different from the faith we know it to be today. What do we do with the religious practices, traditions, and beliefs of our ancestors, even if we may no longer claim these as our own? Join us this Sunday as we explore our religious inheritances and ways we might be able to use them for strength and healing in our lives and in our communities.
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by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy “Each night a child is born is a holy night,” wrote UU Sophia Lyon Fahs. Join us as we enter the holiday season honoring the children among us with a special ceremony of dedication. We will also hear stories of holiness– in all the ways that word means ordinary hardship and frustration and beauty– in the families of our community.
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by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy Thanksgiving has passed and we have hopefully each given thanks for whatever is good in our lives. Now, as we turn to the winter holidays with all the expectations of shopping, giving, and receiving, we wonder how we might find joy in presence (not presents). We are in our worship season of Cultivating Sufficiency; join us for this interactive service featuring the adorable story, “The Gift of Nothing.
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by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy How is it that we come to know what we need? How does the world make this task harder for each of us– by convincing us we don’t need anything, or we need what we want, or by denying us the basic needs that make survival and thriving possible. Being clear about our needs, especially in times of hardship and as we enter times of excess (holidays, anyone?), can be life-giving and help us grow our resilience.
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by Ali Peters, intern minister “Too much,” and “not enough” are feelings many of us are familiar with. We notice excess and scarcity all the time. This Sunday we will take time to, instead, explore what “enough” feels like. What does it feel like to give enough, to take enough, and to be enough? Join us as we draw upon the wisdom and balance of the natural world to wrestle with these questions together.
by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy This Sunday follows a big national election where voters will have decided who their leaders will be, locally and on the state and federal level. We anticipate big feelings, no matter the outcome and whether or not we know the results by Sunday. The spirit of resilience, especially in anxious times, calls us to greater presence. On this Sunday we will focus on what it means to embrace each other by listening deeply.
by Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy Each week when we met in the sanctuary, our closing words ended with the phrase, “knowing that we wait to embrace you upon your return.” We’ve tweaked those words just a bit during this pandemic (“we embrace each other, even now, from a distance”), but we are still waiting for the moment when we’ll be able to embrace again. What does it mean to embrace from a distance? How can we hold each other, and hold space for each other, in a time of such heightened anxiety in our nation?
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