What do Unitarian Universalist communities share, given that we do not share a set of common beliefs or “creed”? In this service, we’ll return to Saltwater’s statements of who we are — our mission, our purpose, and perhaps most importantly, our covenant, which offer us a common vision of how we will be together. You … Continue reading Renewing Our Commitment to Covenant & Community
“True goodness is like water. Water’s good for everything. It doesn’t compete. It goes right to the low, loathesome places, and so finds the way.” –Lao Tsu, translated by Urusula K. LeGuin Thousands of years ago in China, during a time of political and social upheaval, a small volume was written to help people find … Continue reading Flowing Along the Way: Lessons from the Tao te Ching
Amidst the Radical Reformation of the 1500’s, the only Unitarian kingdom in history declared freedom of conscience and religious toleration. 400 years later, the Unitarian Universalist faith moved beyond Christianity to draw inspiration from many sources. This means that the person sitting next to you at church probably has beliefs that differ from yours. Rev. … Continue reading Agreeing to Disagree: Pluralism in Our Past, Present & Future
The Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. This year we celebrate on Mother’s Day, honoring the beauty, uniqueness and diversity or all the people in our lives who have mothered us as well as our Mother Earth. There will be two alters set up for this multigenerational … Continue reading Flower Communion & Honoring the Mothers in Our Lives
Description: Rev. Alison and special guest former union organizer Dorothy Gibson will share the connections between faith values and the rights of working people. Music Director Tom Burt and the Saltwater Choir with Betty Beck on banjo will weave workers’ anthems from Dolly Parton, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger through this celebration of the power … Continue reading Solidarity Forever: Celebrating International Worker’s Day
LIZ JAMES from the UU hysterical society returns! In a world that is vying to sidetrack us using everything from injustice to smartphone games, how do we carve out space for joy and purpose? This service will be a celebration of joyful dedication to what matters most. Join us for music, poetry, and several entertaining … Continue reading Living Your Purpose: A Potato-Based Guide
Rev. Alison and participants in Saltwater Climate Action Now! (SCAN!) share a mutligenerational service to inspire people of all ages to care for the lands, waters, and fellow creatures of our Earthly home.
As our pledge drive comes to a close we celebrate the many ways we weave the web of community, and take time to imagine a future that we can only create together, where our mission to Practice Love, Foster Connection, Nurture Spiritual Growth, and Act for Justice has come to pass.
The 6th Unitarian Universalist Principle calls on us to affirm and promote, “the goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all,” and the proposed UU values statement “declare[s] that every person has the right to flourish with inherent dignity and worthiness.” Rev. Alison will share how her commitment to peace and non-violence … Continue reading Peace Like a River
Description: This Easter Sunday, we will honor the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will hear about Easter and about Passover from members of the Haitians Christian United Church and the Bet Chavarim Synagogue, with whom we share our sanctuary. We will also hear a story about Ramadan from the Islamic tradition. … Continue reading Ramadan, Easter and Passover – Honoring Traditions as One Joyful Community
