Processing grief is what Rev. Jennie is most frequently asked for help with. Often the loss was more than a year ago. Sometimes a loved-one has lost someone and the person requesting help wants to help them. This service will include some helpful things you can do for yourself, or suggest to others, to get … Continue reading How to help Someone who is Grieving (including yourself)
We sustain and expand our Fellowship’s programs and building, not just for ourselves, but for everyone who will need Unitarian Universalism in Wayne County in the years to come. This worship service will lift up the legacy we will leave for the generations that will follow us. And we will hear exciting news from the … Continue reading Building Today for Tomorrow
September 6th [Rev. Jennie and Jenni Papp, DRE]We will bless animals via the pictures you have sent in advance, and the animals you hold up to your screens, or who leap between you and your cameras. What fun! We will say our annual blessing, “May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be … Continue reading Blessing of the Animals!
Please watch your emails, and the “Friday Announcements,” for details about how we will do our Water Communion ceremony virtually. And please begin to think about how you will share brief words about some water that is special to you. Send your photos to interim@uufwc.org before August 23rd to be shared during the service. This … Continue reading Water Communion Sunday
In happy anticipation of our upcoming Blessing of the Animals service (which we will hold, virtually, on Sunday, September 6th) this service will lift up the inspiring life and work of Henry Bergh. He was the Unitarian who founded the A.S.P.C.A. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86195968315 Meeting ID: 861 9596 8315 One tap mobile +16465588656,,86195968315# US (New York) +13017158592,,86195968315# US (Germantown) … Continue reading To Plant Kindness in People’s Hearts
This service will be inspired by the life and work of the late great Civil Rights icon, Rep. John Lewis, who died on July 17, 2020.
Seventy-one years ago this week, a fire fighter named Wag Dodge had a moment of insight. It saved his life, and has sparked countless other insights since that time. This service is inspired by Noman Maclean’s book, “Young Men and Fire.” This morning, during announcement, the Search Committee will also introduce themselves to you!
June 21st “” [Rev. Jennie preaching] UU minister the Rev. Carl Scovel writes that, in order for a person to make sense of life within “the madness of civilization,” they need three things: Solitude, Simplicity, and Community. This service will explore things an individual can do to get through a time of hardship, reflecting on … Continue reading Solitude, Simplicity, and Community
On August 5, 2010, 33 miners were trapped when their Chilean mine collapsed. They survived, and were all rescued over two months later. This service will lift up the insights and inspiration from the miners’ extraordinary story of a team’s endurance through extreme hardship. Join the Zoom Meeting between 9:45 am and 10 am. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/902830370 … Continue reading We Are All Well in the Refuge, The 33
This service will explore ways a congregation can get through a time of hardship, when it is not able to avail itself of buildings and institutions around it, due to a natural disaster. Rev. Jennie will reflect on the hardy and resourceful congregation in Dorothy L. Sayers’ novel, “The Nine Tailors.” Join us online at … Continue reading Keep Calm and Carry On
