Time of Your Life Rev. Cynthia Cain “Time is everything. So what does it mean if you have none?” More than anything, the bane of UU institutional existence is the lack of time people seem to have for both the tasks and the community building parts of shared ministry. I worry about that. Do you?

Taking a Different Road Guest speaker Mike Holliday Mike Holliday is a Singer-Songwriter from Pottstown PA. He has taken his music and message from Pennsylvania to Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts and points in between. He will share how “Taking a Different Road” has given him a voice.

Justice and Income Inequality Lay speaker Kit Marlowe Our second principle calls for “justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.” Inequality in both wealth and income moves the USA further from this goal every year. Between 1979 and 2012, the richest 0.01% saw their incomes increase 467%. The poorest fifth saw a decrease in real … Continued

YOUR SHARED MINISTRY, PART II: Cultural Creatives Rev. Cynthia Cain Are you a “cultural creative?” Learn how this new way of looking at life and the world can help you redesign the way you interact with your own destiny, and most important, the way you as a congregation have a great deal more freedom about … Continued

Transformative Poetry Lay speaker Jack Miller Poet Adrienne Rich called poetry “the moment of change.” Jack Miller will reflect on how poetry can capture an insight, and how that insight can lead to change.

YOUR SHARED MINISTRY, PART I: Freedom of the Pulpit/Freedom of the Pew Rev. Cynthia Cain As you move toward what we all hope will be a called minister, I will be talking with you about your part in the ministry of the congregation. Today we explore these two doctrines, foundational to our faith, but often … Continued

A Spiritual “OPEN MIC” What piece of music, literary quote, or poetry has moved, inspired, or sustained you? What keeps you focused, centered, keeps you coming back to the world as a liberal person, ready to take on another day? All are invited to share, your own or another’s creation, but you must sign up, … Continued

Easter Sunday: A Celebration of Renewal Lay speaker Jim Gentile We celebrate renewal in words, in music, and in community.

Palm Sunday & Choosing Life: A Look at Plath & Sarton Rev. Cynthia Cain May Sarton and Sylvia Plath, two poets who were also UUs, had very different lives. Through their poetry and the theology of sacrifice that often accompanies the Easter story, we will consider life & death.

Spirals Rev. Cynthia Cain This archetypal symbol can tell us a great deal about our own inner landscapes, our desires, and even our fears. “We live in a spiral-shaped galaxy,” writes Margaret Wheatley, in reference to Chaos Theory. Spirals: they apply to congregations as well as to individuals.