Book of Questions Led by Theresa McReynolds and Mariann Maene

This year, in order to give our staff a well-deserved break during the holidays, the UUCSJS offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day. There will be no service on Christmas eve, and no service on Dec. 30, Worship will resume its regular Sunday morning schedule on January 6.

Winter Solstice Singing Ritual Rev. Dawn Fortune INTERGENERATIONAL SERVICE Usually held in the evening, this year we will hold this special service of music and ritual on the morning of December 23rd. This will be an intergenerational service, so children will remain with the adults upstairs for the whole worship service.

Seeking Shelter in Midwinter Rev. Dawn Fortune The caravan of migrants seeking shelter in the United States has been arriving in bits and pieces for weeks. What are our obligations when refugees present themselves at our door? What if things about them make us uncomfortable? And who determines whether a person is a refugee or … Continued

Waiting for the Light to Return Rev. Dawn Fortune The darkest nights of the year approach, and people all across the northern hemisphere enter into a time of waiting for the light to return. Jews, Christians, and pagan and earth-centered faiths all mark in their own way the annual return of the sun. Join us … Continued

A Brighter Coming Day Lay speaker Stephanie Garrett Reflections on Hanukkah, the Tree of Life, and words and thoughts of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.