Although this Sunday’s date might fittingly celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving Day on the 11th, it’s always a good season to honor what Cicero called “our primary virtue”: the parent of joy, love, and wisdom. The full life launches with a heart brimming with gratitude. The Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle was ordained in 1967 and is honored … Continue reading Lucky to be Here in the First Place
After many months of multiple challenges, what have we learned from this long and bumpy journey? How do reconnect after a year of involuntary separation because of the pandemic and dare we trust good news? Rev. Lone’s message will emphasize healing and opening our hearts to life. Rev. Lone Jensen Broussard has graced our Summit pulpit … Continue reading Are We There Yet?
A Worship Service Streamed from the UUA Description: Culminating the UUA’s Thirty Days of Love, which extends from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through Valentine’s Day, the Side with Love Sunday service will be viewed by UU congregations around the world. It will feature stirring music, deep hearted reflection, and moving testimonies from a range of UU … Continue reading Side with Love
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
The first Century rabbi Hillel taught, “When no one around you is behaving as a human being, you must behave as a human being.” What would that look like under our current circumstances. Rev. Straube was a UU parish minister for 35 years. At present he is pursuing a ministry of spiritual direction and is … Continue reading Being Human in the Time of Corona Virus
The definition of what constitutes family has changed significantly over the past decade or two. On Sunday the 19th we will hear from three Summitarians who have families that are a variation on the old theme of married couple, man and woman and their biological offspring. According to a 2015 study from the Pew Research … Continue reading We Are Family
Our Summit Mission represents a message of hope and loving faithfulness in a world that can feel as if it is falling apart. Rev. Frank will reflect with us about how a spiritual community like ours is being confronted with a greater need for community vigilance and readiness for action that is grounded in a … Continue reading When The Chrysalis Ruptures
“Ain’t gonna study war no more…” is the aspiration voiced in the African American spiritual that pre-dated the Civil War. What would need to happen for us as a species to actually accomplish the vision of peace? What are the certain consequences if we fail in doing so?
Summit’s incoming Minister, Everett Howe, will challenge us to reflect on questions like: Who is our family? Who is our neighbor? To whom are we responsible? These questions, long of importance to religious communities, acquire new relevance in this time of pandemic. On Mothers’ Day, we’ll look again at the meaning of family and community. … Continue reading To Whom Do We Belong?
