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Sunday service, April 12 – The Highest Calling of Your Heart

This service will use a re-broadcast of a March sermon by the Rev. Taryn Strauss, at the UU Congregation of Atlanta. Rev Strauss says, “This is no time to settle for anything less than full justice, full accountability, and full-throated vision for the world we have been dreaming of creating together. Do not let others … Continued

Sunday service, April 19 – We Are Grateful to Our Sponsors

Guest speaker SarahRuth Wekoye Hodgkinson Davis asks us to consider this idea: “Who are our Sponsors, those who nourished us into existence? Gratitude, at its foundation, is to be thankful for life, for our part and place in this life, and to honor our Sources of Life, in each moment of our existence. Using old … Continued

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Stewardship Sunday, March 29 – Generous Attention

This Sunday, Gena Wade will lead our service with a sermon for Stewardship Sunday. We can take the idea of “paying attention” (our March service theme) and turn it many directions, to see what light gets reflected back from a different facet.  Each of these ways of paying attention poses a specific question for us … Continued

Sunday service, March 22 – Presence as a Portal to Possibility

This Sunday, we will hear the sermon “Presence as a Portal to Possibility,” by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman.  Scott-Huffman writes, “When we treat presence as a task to be completed, another box to check on the endless list of vocational duties or family obligations, it feels impossible. It feels like trying to meditate in the middle … Continued

Sunday service, March 15 – Purim Celebration  

For our Purim observance this Sunday, families and friends are invited to gather in the Church of the Ascension kitchen at 9 AM to make hamantaschen, the traditional three‑cornered Purim cookies. Then Rabbi Gail Fisher will lead us in a lively, family‑friendly Purim service featuring singing, children’s crafts and a puppet show telling the story of Purim.  We’ll share … Continued

Sunday service, March 8 – Sacred Imagination

When dehumanizing rhetoric and shouting in the public sphere threaten to drown out all else, what can we do to protect our inner spirit and our capacity to keep our senses and our souls open to life’s beauty and the better world we imagine and long for? Jackie Triplett will present “Sacred Imagination,” a sermon … Continued

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Sunday service, March 1 – Attention: Our Finite, Holy Resource

This week kicks off our new monthly theme: Paying Attention.  Gena Wade will lead our service and share a sermon about two aspects of attention: its definite limits for every individual, and its nature as a precious and powerful resource.  At its heart, attention is finite—and holy in its capacity to transform each of us. Remote attendees, join … Continued