Sermon Archive

After what feels like a time in exile, the country is beginning to open up.  However, we find we are still dealing with the same struggles for justice as before.  What can we learn from Islamic spirituality to bring us comfort, and help us continue on the path toward collective liberation?  Please, join us as we welcome the Reverend Summer Albayati, our primary contact for the Pacific Western Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Reverend Summer Albayati is a UU Muslim of Iraqi descent, who has been playing the Arabic drum professionally since the age of 12.  In serving congregations, her focus was on transformation by emphasizing that a mission-focused congregation increases vitality, membership, commitment to justice and love.  Rev. Summer hosts a podcast, “The Bayat Beat,” a commentary on society and culture with an emphasis on social justice, which has a global audience. She also has a chapter in the anthology Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity and Power in Ministry, published by Skinner House.  Rev. Summer serves as our primary contact in the Pacific Western Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

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Our annual event at Creston Park (Area D) will happen on Sunday, July 4th from 10:30 - 1:00. As is our tradition, this will be in lieu of our usual Sunday virtual gathering. Bring your own picnic and supplies such as chairs, blankets, etc. Please bring a mask and be respectful of the needs of others and be ready to put on your mask and social distance as needed.  Please RSVP to membership chair Ron Thurston at port1boi@yahoo.com.

There will be no regular worship this Sunday.

Join us this Sunday to connect deeply but briefly with one another before we join the Sunday Worship of the annual Unitarian Universalist General Assembly to connect virtually with UU’s from across the country.

The Sunday worship at the annual Unitarian Universalist Association’s General Assembly is the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. This powerful, communal worship experience is open to the public and after

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Did you know that the Buddha is said to have been a husband and a father before he was a religious teacher?  This morning I’ll share a story of his that seems perfect for Father’s Day.  I’ll also share his ultimate secret teaching—but only for our A-team players! (Hint: that last bit was a Dad joke.)

By Reverend Moro

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Being queer can mean a lot of things. Of course there’s who you’re attracted to and how, but it can also be a political identity, a culture, a lens for challenging society. This Pride Sunday, I’d like to invite you into that curiosity and the joy we can create there. For me it's building a community without punishment or scarcity, where people can do weird art projects, have big chosen-family brunches, and play with gender if they want to. A community that gardens a lot and doesn't have to worry about food or rent or healthcare.

We all deserve lives like this, lives that will look different for each of us! So come with me, get curious, get angry, get joyful. We need a new world, and it has to come at the expense of the old one.

This service will be led by Jack Kostylo, a queer, trans member of Wy'east.

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Our UU Sources statement tells us that "The living tradition we share draws from many sources," then goes on to say that the very first of these Sources is "Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life." That's quite a mouthful! Over a thousand years ago, one poet in India seems to have had his own mouthful of such "direct experience." Let's share its flavor, and address the role of mystical experience in our religious lives.

By Reverend Moro

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The rhythm of our church calendar is based on regular events on the first, second, third or fourth Sunday of the month.  However, four times each year the calendar throws in a fifth Sunday.  Let’s begin a new community-building tradition for these 5th Sundays with a fun and engaging virtual social.  Gather your brunch and favorite beverage and get ready to engage!  One day, soon perhaps, we can renew this tradition in person, but for now it will be online.

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On this Mother’s Day we want to respect our Mothers, our Grandmothers and Mother Earth. We will hear about the work of bringing renewable energy, sustainable living, and educational training to Native Americans, from the beginning until now. We will see how this work ties into the people’s way of life. Lakota elder Henry Red Cloud is the founder of Red Cloud Renewable.

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The best children’s stories are some of the very best stories we have.  They are made to be told, retold, voiced, performed.  They become part of us, much like “religious” stories do.  Here is my idea for a children’s story that I would write and illustrate, if I could, a work in progress with something for the child in every one of us—and for the adult in every child.  

By Rev. Moro

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The beloved Unitarian Universalist ritual of Flower Communion welcomes Spring. You are invited to bring a flower (physical, photographs, or art) or a memory of spring. What kind of beautiful virtual bouquet can we make? Service led by Wy’east members.

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Meeting ID: 275 194 110

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