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
A congregation has many ministries, and we each play a part in them. We minister to our friends, to our congregation, and to the world. We’ll look at the different ministerial roles we each might take on at times, and how these roles have been perceived throughout our UU history. Are our ideas about what’s important in … Continue reading Pastor, prophet, teacher, scholar…and you
In 1832 Ralph Waldo Emerson left his position as a Unitarian minister and went on to become an influential writer and speaker whose ideas had a deep impact on the Unitarian Universalist movement and American spirituality in general. By blending his interest in Hindu spirituality, progressive Christian mysticism, and the urgency of the anti-slavery movement, … Continue reading Humanism and Spirituality
Our annual lay-led service will introduce the Board of Directors for 2021-2022, and acknowledge and celebrate their work and contributions. It will also be a service to introduce us to assorted Committee chairs and allow them to illuminate our Fellowship on their roles and responsibilities… and needs. Where can you be of help to Summit? … Continue reading All Hands on Deck
We will consider the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of this stage of the pandemic. and look at the opportunities for spiritual growth. Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube has been a parish minister for 35 years. He has served congregations in Washington State, North Carolina and, most recently, was Lead Minister of the First Unitarian Universalist … Continue reading Surviving the New Normal
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.
Since retiring in 2010, Rev. Grant has been active as an affiliate minister at First Church in San Diego. One of the gifts, maybe the most important gift of Christmas, is the gift of community.
Rev. Straube was a UU parish minister for 35 years. At present he is pursuing a ministry of spiritual direction and is on the faculty of Meadville Lombard Theological School. He is an Affiliate Community Minister for the Fellowship, and he and his wife, Sonya Prestridge, are members of Summit.
This talk illustrates anthropological ideas about the evolution of belief systems with the speaker’s field work experiences in India as well as his knowledge of Christian religion and discusses the present-day advantages of Unitarian-Universalist principles. … read more.
The idea of the natural plays a large role in religion and society. For Unitarian Universalists, we have Emerson and Thoreau, earth-based spiritual traditions, the interconnected web of all existence… We’ll look at good and bad ways that an appeal to nature might inform our spiritual development.
