Jan. 4: Andrew McKnight. The Inward Winter Dares to Bloom. Weaving his expertly crafted songs together with anecdotes, prose and humor to create a powerful message and uplifting experience, this renowned UU  musician will address managing our dark times.

Children in the sanctuary for the first part of the service.

Jan. 11: Mark Bernstein. On Being Munificent. Besides being difficult to say ten times fast, munificence is an ideal in our congregations that is often hard to achieve. Giving of ourselves generously is or should be a quality that defines us as Unitarian Universalists, but it requires humility, unselfishness and even sacrifice.

Jan. 18: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. MLK and the Duty to Disobey. Dr. King’s non-violent approach to social justice was inspired in part by his reading of Thoreau’s essay,“Civil Disobedience” and later articulated in his own “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. How might King approach some of today’s social justice challenges?

Jan. 25: Rabbi/Cantor Mark Perman. Cantorial Music for Inspirational Worship. Rabbi Mark will share his personal story of becoming a cantor and a rabbi, and speak to how cantorial music can deepen a worship experience, touch the heart and truly inspire us. Questions during congregational response time about the Jewish worship experience will be welcome.

Feb. 1: Rev. Dr. Susan Rak. Whose Are We? Our Unitarian Universalist faith is bound not by creed or dogma but by covenant, what we promise to one another. This morning we reflect on the core of that covenant—the values or principles that guide us today.

Children in the sanctuary for the first part of the service.

Feb. 8: Mark Bernstein. Two Wings of the Human Spirit. Many UUs among us would have us believe that Reason and Faith are mutually exclusive. But others will argue that they are compatible, even nurturing one another. Where does Faith begin and Reason end, and vice versa? Let’s consider how we marry these two ways of looking at the world in order to forge greater relationships and lessen conflict in our congregations

Feb. 15: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Our Transcendentalist Heritage. Our faith movement goes back at least 500 years, but the transition from a Christian sect to an open, diverse tradition occurred

Feb. 22: Marlin Barnes. Musical Connections. If the spiritual realm lies outside our conscious perceptions, how can we acknowledge and make use of spirituality? Marlin will use music activities and his marimba to explore possibilities for bridging the gap between the temporal realm and the spiritual realm.