Please join us for our annual Flower Communion service! We can’t all meet together in person to exchange flowers, so instead we will have a virtual exchange… but it will be in real time on Sunday. Before the service, please find some flowers you would like to share — flowers from nature or from the … Continue reading Flower Communion
It is hard to believe that it has been a year since Summit has had in-person services… But in that year, we’ve managed to hold worship services each week by Zoom, we’ve continued covenant groups and other meetings, and we’ve even had new members join the Fellowship! In this service, we’ll kick off the annual … Continue reading Together We Thrive
Description: What does it mean to be committed to a relationship, to a project, to a group of people, to a cause? We’ll hear stories of commitment and explore the reasons that lead people to stay engaged and involved, even when it might be easier to leave.
Description: Dear Summit sibling, we Americans are truly inspired by the words of the Inaugural poet, Amanda Gorman, as we aspire to grow more hopeful lives and world in 2021. The Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle was ordained in 1967 and is still preaching, hither and yon, throughout our PSWD. When the pandemic is over, Tom will … Continue reading We are Not Broken, Simply Unfinished
Description: When we think of how to create the Beloved Community — Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of a society devoted to justice — it is easy to think of all the ways that other people should act differently. It is much harder to reflect deeply on the ways that we might change our own thoughts and behaviors, as individuals … Continue reading Creating Beloved Community
What can the practices of knitting and crafting teach us about building just, loving relationships and communities? Rev. Ian W. Riddell is the Assistant Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Desert in Rancho Mirage, California. After serving as music director in several UU congregations, Rev. Ian attended Meadville Lombard Theological School and was … Continue reading Knit Together in Community
In our last service during a month in which we focused on Imagination, we turn to imagine the Beloved Community, as envisioned by Martin Luther King, Jr. What would a world founded on justice, equity, and love look like? How can Summit take part? And as we enter Black History Month, what can we commit … Continue reading Imagining Beloved Community
Summit Members and Friends will share poetry and music that sparks their imaginations, lifts their spirits, and provides a sense of calm as we venture into 2021. There is no recording available for this service.
To create new realities with intention, we must first imagine them. Imagination lets us envision the problems we will face and the solutions we’ll enact on our way to a better world. Even when a goal is politically infeasible at the moment, imagination helps us keep the goal in mind and grasp opportunities when the … Continue reading Imagining New Futures
A recognition and brief introduction of members of the board, and an explanation of what the board does. Also including an overview of the different main committees, what they do, and how to explore how members can be of service as well. There is no recording for this service.
