Christmas Pageant – 2019 Rebroadcast
Rebroadcast of the 2019 Christmas Pageant, a wonderful and joyous tradition at First Unitarian Portland.
Topic: Mystery
Family Christmas Eve Service
Join us for a Family Christmas Eve full of carols and stories. Sing along at home, light a candle with us, and lift your spirits with joy and possibility. Hear a traditional telling of the Biblical Christmas, then celebrate parenthood, friendship, and the power of … read more.
Candlelight Christmas Eve Service
And the time came “for [Mary] to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes [literally in “bands of cloth” that’s the original language]…wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a manger…”
The story … read more.
Annual Solstice Service
We will have our annual Winter Solstice service this year, albeit over the internet. The winter solstice, a holiday centered on the experience darkness, yet the moment in our calendar of increasing light. Winter solstice, the longest night of the year, is a time to … read more.
Turning Toward Hope
It is the season of turning. The Winter Solstice is tomorrow when the gradual lengthening of the night’s darkness reaches its peak…the longest night of the year. And the cycle of increasing daylight begins. It is a gradual turning of the seasons to which humans … read more.
Awakening and Awe: Bodhi Day
Bodhi Day is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, experienced enlightenment. It is observed in many mainstream Mahayana traditions including the traditional Zen and Pureland Buddhist schools of China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Bodhi Day serves as a … read more.
Waiting for a Miracle
Just wait, till you see what’s next…just wait. We are connected in mystery and miracle. Just wait. You’ll see.
Coming soon. Coming now. Just wait.
Author Casey Gerald writes of a village…, somewhere in France, sometime in the seventeenth century. This village, he writes, became the site of frequent … read more.