It Takes a Village and a Minister
Ministerial Search Committee will present results from the cottage meetings and how together with our new minister we will grow into the future
Topic: Community
Belonging
Please join us as four of our Summit members share with us what belonging means to them. Question for you: How has your sense of belonging changed over these past 2+ years? About the Speakers: These are four members of our Fellowship who feel strongly about Summit and what belonging to Summit means to them.
Still Far From the Edge
There are times when a few hours of watching the tides here along the Maine coast provide wordless nourishment. From there I can return to the stories that hold my past and encourage my future. About the Speaker: Grace Lewis-McLaren is a graduate of Eastman School of Music and of Pacifica Graduate Institute. She has … Continue reading Still Far From the Edge
Guest Speaker Rev. Lone Broussard
Please join us to listen to Rev. Lone Broussard who will be speaking to our fellowship this Sunday. About the Speaker: Reverend Lone Jensen Broussard grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark; lived in Baghdad Iraq for seven years; and has served churches in Chicago, Illinois, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Wilmington, North Carolina, Chandler, Arizona, and Birmingham, Alabama … Continue reading Guest Speaker Rev. Lone Broussard
Fearful Symmetry
“Memorial Day Auction sermon, SJIA” Is perfection attainable? What is the infinite? Is there an underlying order behind the things we observe? These questions touch upon our spiritual lives. They are also questions that are familiar to mathematicians. This year’s “auction sermon” winner asked to hear Rev. Everett’s thoughts on how religion and mathematics are … Continue reading Fearful Symmetry
Our Core UU Doctrine
We hold a wide variety of central convictions as UUs such as universal love, radical diversity, and resolute hopefulness but no doctrine, perhaps, is more crucial, especially in today’s turbulent world, than …. I’ll surprise you with my answer when we gather “live” in Sunday worship. About the Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle has … Continue reading Our Core UU Doctrine
Why You Need to Hear This Sermon About Evil
The word “evil” is being heard more and more due to recent events. Does evil exist? Is it an intelligent and organized force? About the Speaker: Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube has been a parish minister for 35 years in Washington State, North Carolina and, most recently, as the Lead Minister of the First UU Church … Continue reading Why You Need to Hear This Sermon About Evil
Flower Communion
Join us in person or on Zoom for our annual Flower Communion service. We will celebrate the beauty of community, and what each one of us brings to help create it. If you plan to be there in person, be sure to reserve your space. See the sidebar for details. About the Speaker: If you … Continue reading Flower Communion
Coming Home
As the Omicron surge dies down, we hope to finally “come home” to our congregation’s campus and have multi-platform services, with some people participating on Sunday in person and others joining in by Zoom or YouTube. In what other ways can we make our homecoming meaningful? Let’s come home, welcome others, and recommit to our … Continue reading Coming Home
Why Religion Never Appealed to Me
From cave time to this day, humans have organized themselves into small or large clusters of communities, came up with therapies to help with their survival, devised and ran social and legal systems to manage their communities, told stories and danced to educate and to entertain themselves, and ensured continuity of their history. And to … Continue reading Why Religion Never Appealed to Me