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September 5, 2021
Ven. Shih Ying-Fa, Worship Leader
Elizabeth Gerencser & Grace Durfee, Worship Associates
David Blazer, Music Director
In these uncertain times we may experience fear about a number of things such as the pandemic, the environment, or partisan politics just to name a few. Skillfully utilizing Wisdom and Compassion is an effective way to deal with these realities while helping to heal our world. Ven. Shih Ying-Fa, Abbot of CloudWater Zendo, the Zen Center of Cleveland, will examine the Buddhist view of fear and how we may deal with it in a reasonable fashion.
VEN. SHIH YING-FA, ABBOT: Venerable Shih Ying-Fa is the Abbot and founder of CloudWater Zendo, the Zen Center of Cleveland. He has been a practicing Buddhist for the last 35 years. Venerable Ying-Fa has been a fully ordained Buddhist monk since 1998 and is the founder of the Nien-Fo Ch'an Order of Buddhist Monks. He founded CloudWater Zendo in 1994 and subsequently founded Zen meditation groups in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington state. He is active in interfaith activities in the greater Cleveland area and spent 20 years teaching Buddhism and meditation in Ohio prisons. He also teaches a weekly class on the Chinese internal art of Qigong,
(“Nien-Fo Ch’an” is pronounced “Nee-enn-foe Chawn”) (“Qigong” is pronounced “Chee-gong”)
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June 13, 2021
by Reverend Anthony Makar, Worship Leader
Melinda McGucken, Worship Associate
David Blazer, Director of Music
Our year-long sermon series exploring some of the world religion sources of our Unitarian Universalist spiritual way concludes with Unitarian Universalism.
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October 14, 2018
by Reverend Peter Newport and
Marty Blachly-Cross
Worship Associate
Loss of identity, not knowing who you are, is part of white supremacy culture—for white people, anyway. A personal look, this morning, from where one white person came from; some of the confusions that arose along the way; and the story of John Wampus.
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September 30, 2018
by ReverendKeith Kron
UUA Transitions Director
Living our Unitarian Universalist values isn't always as easy as we would like it to be. Often what we strive for is not what actually happens. How can we improve the odds that we will lead with our best values inside and outside our congregation? This sermon will explore these issues as they pertain to your next minister.
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August 19, 2018
by Reverend Peter Newport and
Dana Morgan
Worship Associate
Kids don't struggle the same way adults do with fantasy and reality. The idea that things might be "all too real" is an adult one. We have learned to be afraid of our nightmares. What do we do with that knowledge is the everyday work of our everyday lives.
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June 24, 2018
by Reverend Susan Frederick Gray
UUA President
We will be bringing the heart of General Assembly to Rocky River this year, through live-streaming the largest Unitarian Universalist worship service of the year as it is happening in Kansas City. You won’t want to miss this experience of worshipping and singing “with” 5,000 other Unitarian Universalists from around the country and the world.
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April 9, 2017
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by Reverend Peter Newport
The story of Palm Sunday and Holy Week provides the capstone to the Christian narrative. Palm Sunday in particular shows up in both the Christian Gospels and has its roots in Hebrew scripture. But the story is not quite the same in both places. Why does that matter?
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January 1, 2017
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by Reverend Christopher Long
Join us as we celebrate the end of both Kwanzaa and Hanukkah, honor the prophetic legacy of two extraordinary Unitarian Universalist Women, and work towards building our own “personal prophecy” as we step with courage and Unitarian Universalist Faith into 2017, together! Racial and social justice demand that we continue to stay awake!
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December 4, 2016
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by Reverend Patricia Hart and
Chaplain Kevin Lowry
Director of Covenant Student Ministries
During the holiday season, we may find ourselves at many different tables. How do we as Unitarian Universalists create an inclusive worldview that widens the Beloved Community and welcomes all to the table? The Free Spirit Band will play, and a special Youth Choir will sing. Kevin Lowry is the Chaplain and Director of Covenant Student Ministries, an ecumenical Campus Ministry in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, and a seminarian with the UU House of Study at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Kevin lives in Wooster with his wife Alex, Daughter Estella and the soon to arrive Baby Boy.
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March 29, 2015
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by Reverend Patricia Sheldon
Ministry requires openness and reflection of the minister, lest we stop growing or become caught in our limitations. Unitarian Universalists, even ministers, wrestle with their own prejudices and tendency to judge. Rev. Patricia Sheldon shares the surprises she learned about herself while offering ministry in an Interfaith setting. You may just find yourself in some of these examples. Come, and open yourself to become the UU you think you are.
In addition to her own Community Ministry, Rev. Sheldon is the Community Affiliated Minister with the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland in Shaker Hts.
Apologizes for the shortened recording. Measures are being taken to repair the service ending.
August 17, 2014
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Reverend Abhi Janamanchi |
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Reverend Mark Belletini |
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Reverend Kathleen Rolenz |
This service will be offered by members of the “Beyond the Call” program; a two year intensive training in preaching and worship. These three ministers will reflect on how rituals can help us engage with our past, present and future.
