Final Session: Archetypes of the Nativity
Thursday evening, December 29, 2011, from 7 to 9 pm, in two sections. From 7 to 8 pm will be a distillation of the first two sessions for those who missed them (exploring angels, Mary, Joseph, the Child, and the animal energies). The second hour, from 8 to 9pm, will focus on the Magi, the star, the journey, and the experience of “epiphany.” If you would like to attend, RSVP (lillinye (at) aol.com). If the number of participants is small, the meeting will take place in a member’s home. If larger, it will be held in the church...
Read MoreWinter Solstice Service – December 18, 2011
The entire congregation engages in this beautiful service to honor the changing of seasons as well as the symbols and stories of the holidays we celebrate this time of year. Recordings of complete worship services are available to registered users via the Members’...
Read MorePregnant with Possibility: A Consideration of Mary – December 11, 2011
As part of her Christian Archetypes series on the Nativity, Rev. Lilli Nye explores the character of Mary and a few other characters connected with her, as aspects of and processes within our own selves and souls. Mary is one of the most rich and multilayered characters and symbols in religious tradition. This service explores a few aspects of her (and every person’s) story–most centrally, what might it mean to be pregnant with divinity? Listen Recordings of complete worship services are available to registered users via the Members’...
Read MoreA Covenanted Community – December 4, 2011
In anticipation of the congregation revisiting its current covenant for a potential revision, Rev. Lilli Nye offers a service on the subject of covenant. The great Universalist preacher, Hosea Ballou (1771-1852), wrote, “If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not [agree in love], no other agreement can do us any good.” This gets at the essence of being a “covenanted community.” A covenant, like a loose embrace, holds a community together around core spiritual and relational commitments, while allowing space for freedom,...
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