November 30, 2014
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Katherine Campbell-Gaston
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Barbara G. Howell |
If we dangerously believe everything happens for a reason,
what IS that reason? The way we answer this question
largely determines how we live our lives. Can the Christian
or atheist or Buddhist reason be the same? Katherine
Campbell-Gaston and Barbara G. Howell will explore how
we can take personal responsibility for what life " throws at
us" and transform it into a life lived with meaning, purpose
and compassion.
November 23, 2014
by Reverend Kathleen Rolenz and
Reverend Reverend Wayne Arnason
with Layne Richard-Hammock
Director of Lifespan Faith Development
Everyone will be together for a full multi-generational service
in the Sanctuary celebrating the Thanksgiving season.
We’ll share our bread communion, a story for all ages, and
reflections from the ministers. The Choir will offer choral
music, and the Junior Choir will be performing in the Rotunda
between the two services this week. The Outreach
offering will be taken this Sunday for Urban Hope, a Unitarian
Universalist Community on the near West Side of Cleveland.
November 16, 2014
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Wayne Arnason |
The title of this poem by David Whyte makes a much better title for this service than the one sent out in Shorelines! This service is based in the premise that often the important reasons for the joy, wonder, and insight in our lives are best expressed in poetry, and not in theology. Every so often, we like to build a service on the work of a single poet, so this week, you'll meet David Whyte, the contemporary British/American poet, naturalist, and writer. You've heard Whyte's poems in worship before. Some of you will know him quite well. For others he will be a new discovery.
The Choir will sing Walt Whitman as a companion to Whyte's poetry and prose.
November 2, 2014
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Reverend Kathleen Rolenz and |
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Reverend Wayne Arnason |
The co-ministers will begin the conversation
with “The Faith of an Atheist.”
The Free Spirit Band will offer Bob
Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate.”
New members of West Shore
will be welcomed into the
church.