“Long Live Spiritual Community” Rev. Frank Placone-Willey Today traditional religious organizations are weakening and dying. Why is this the case? In the face of such changing demographics and their accompanying social perspectives, what are the particular challenges facing our Summit Community and Unitarian Universalism in general? Will we join the ranks of failing religious institutions? … Continue reading Long Live Spiritual Community
Today is Father’s Day. What does it mean to be a father? What does it mean to be a good father? How might we make up for not having a father, or for having a bad father? How can a father’s experiences inform our spiritual and moral commitments in life? Bring your dad and come … Continue reading Reflections on Fatherhood
This Sunday we will honor “Religious Exploration” in our Living Tradition. Each group of children and youth will share some of what they have been discovering together this year through story, skit and song. We will recognize our amazing Faith Formation/Teaching Volunteers with deepest gratitude. We will also celebrate the Bridging of our High School … Continue reading Religious Exploration Sunday
Please join us as our youth group will explore the theme, “Curiosity Killed Filled the Youth Group” during their annual Youth Service. Though it does sound a bit macabre, it is their language, as they invite us to be curious about Generation Z Youth. Do you wonder about “youth today”? Are you interested in learning … Continue reading Curiosity Killed FILLED the Youth
To exist is to be in relationship, but, really, how deep and trusting can those relationships be? As a community formed by covenants of mission and membership we are interested in building trust and trustworthiness. In this full fellowship Service (including members and friends of all ages) we will act and reflect on what it … Continue reading Deepening TrUUst
As Unitarian Universalists we have no central narrative, no creed to call our own. Given this, how can the work of understanding our place in the family of things ground us, and grant us direction? What is a theology of belonging, and how might we develop our own, so that we may live from that … Continue reading As Close As Breathing
In today’s world, the prime directive “love yourself and love one another” is on the endangered list of spiritual practices and virtues. Without love at the center of our lives, without love as our core intention, the foundations of a society crumble and our moral compasses go haywire. In this first service of 2019, the … Continue reading Love’s Possibilities
