Preacher: Reverend Jolie Olivetti

  • The Humanist and the Evangelist

    Today’s sermon will offer snapshots of our Unitarian and Universalist histories with stories from the lives of two very different ministers. One is Quillen Shinn, the 19th-century Universalist circuit rider […]

  • Perfectly Imperfect

    Today Yom Kippur begins, the holiest days in the Jewish calendar, a time for atonement and reconciliation. Atonement and forgiveness are related but not the same thing, and one does […]

  • The Beginning Is Near!

    If reading or watching the news these days makes you feel overwhelmed, you are not alone. Today’s service will be a meditation on the relationship between human agency and hope, […]

  • Reflection

    The ceremony of the flowers was first developed and led in 1923, by Rev. Norbert Čapek at the Unitarian congregation he founded in Prague. It has since become a meaningful […]

  • Rainbow Sunday 2023

    In honor of Pride, our worship today will focus on LGBTQ struggles and power. With trans rights under attack across the country, we explore how our Unitarian Universalist faith calls […]

  • Incremental Renewal

    Today is Easter, the day that Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, a message of hope out of the depths of suffering. Anne Lamott writes, “Every time we choose the good action […]

  • The Stories that Shape Us

    Passover begins on April 5. In honor of this important Jewish holiday, whose traditions include retelling the Exodus story, we will reflect on the power of stories. What does storytelling […]

  • Beginner’s Mind

    Our worship today is inspired by shoshin, a concept from Zen Buddhism, made popular outside of Japan by Shunryu Suzuki (1904-1971), the Zen monk and teacher who founded the first […]