Monthly Theme: Humility
Sermon Topic: “Mama’s Last Hug”
We’re the Water in the Waves
Music: Angela Salvaggione
Text: Leslie Takahashi
We’re the water in the waves
We’ve been travelling as one,
Riding first the crest and then the drop
In the moon, we’ve been the shine.
Through the sun, we’ve made the … read more.
Monthly Theme: Humility
Sermon Topic: “Masters of the Universe”
This Day
Music: Antonín Dvořák
Text: Antonín Dvořák
This day was made for great rejoicing,
this day is truly God’s creation!
The universe delight is voicing,
all Nature joins the celebration.
To watch the midges gaily dancing,
wee insects are perched on leaf and blossom,
while through … read more.
Monthly Theme: Ancestry
Sermon Topic: “ The View From the Mountaintop ”
On Wings of Hope
Music: Richard A. Nichols
Text: Jennifer Klein
On wings of hope you carry me,
To distant lands, to destiny,
Where music breathes its ebb and flow
And sets the flame of love aglow,
Where the spirit soars … read more.
Monthly Theme: Ancestry
Sermon Topic: “Feet of Clay”
O Vos Omnes
Music: Pablo Casals
Text: Traditional
O vos ómnes qui transítis per víam, atténdite et vidéte:
Si est dólor símilis sícut dólor méus.
TRANSLATION:
O all you who walk by on the road, pay attention and see:
if there be any sorrow like my … read more.
Monthly Theme: Ancestry
Sermon Topic: “Wells We Did Not Dig”
Reflections
Music: Jake Runestad
Text: Henry David Thoreau
We live but a fraction of our life.
We do not fill all our pores with our blood;
We do not inspire and expire fully and entirely enough,
So that the wave of each inspiration
Shall … read more.
Monthly Theme: Perseverance
Sermon Topic: “Practice, Practice”
La Golondrina
Music: Narciso Serradell arr. Alberto Grau
Text: Narciso Serradell
A donde irá
La golondrina
Buscando abrigo
Veloz y fatigada
La golondrina
Que de ahí se va
¡Oh! si en el cielo
Se hallara extraviada
Buscando abrigo
Y no lo encontrara.
Junto a mi pecho
Le pondré … read more.
Monthly Theme: Perseverance
Sermon Topic: “Keep Moving Forward”
Done Made My Vow
Music: Traditional Spiritual arr. DeReau K. Farrar
Text: Traditional Spiritual
Done made my vow to the Lord
And I never will turn back
I will go, I shall go
To see what the end will be.
Done opened my mouth to … read more.
Monthly Theme: Perseverance
Sermon Topic: “Abandoned by Grace”
I’ve Been in the Storm So Long
Music: Traditional Spiritual arr. Jeffrey L. Ames
Text: Traditional Spiritual
I’ve been in the storm so long,
I’ve been in the storm so long, children,
I’ve been in the storm so long,
Oh, give … read more.
Tis the
season when the
world insists that gift giving
take center stage in our lives.
Though many of us resist the commercialism, generosity
of spirit is certainly a spiritual value. The giving of gifts can be an expression of our love.
In this season, at
First Unitarian, we collect gifts and hang gift cards … read more.
Monthly Theme: Perseverance
Sermon Topic: “Long Haul People”
A Brighter Day
Words and Music by: Kenyatta Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, Hector Diaz, George Huff, and Delisha Thomas
Believe that there will be a brighter day.
Situations tend to weigh us down
and it’s easy to let ’em … read more.
