North American Unitarian Association

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Category: Worship Service

  • June 15, 2024 – Renewing Our Free and Responsible . Search for Truth & Meaning

    Odell Havsdotter examines what it means to renew and regenerate our commitment to our fourth principle. What does it mean to be free in our search, and what does it mean to be responsible in our search? There will be opportunities for attendees to share their perspectives on this topic with others.   Recent Posts Archives

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  • June 18, 2024 – A Life Well Lived

    Bob Simoni lead May’s NAUA Community Worship service which is entitled “A Life Well Lived”, a phrase which you might hear used at a Memorial Service for someone who led an exemplary life. The sermon will discuss what are some of the significant events of a person’s life that would lead one to say it…

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  • 4/20/2024 – Immigration/living in another culture – Being Welcoming

    This month’s service features a sermon by Joyce Kinnear  and her topic is  “Immigration/living in another culture – Being welcoming” Joyce and her husband Scott are long time Unitarians who have lived in Panama for the past few years and have recently moved to Mexico; they used to live in Castro Valley, California. Recent Posts Archives

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  • 3/16/2024 – You Can’t Preach Here! You Can’t Marry Here! by Eric Schuman

    Featuring a sermon by Eric Schuman A condensed history of the the evolution from homophobia to acceptance in Unitarian Universalism and thus, the story of how the fight for gay marriage was won. Recent Posts Archives

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  • Feb. 17, 2024. Education, Women’s Rights, and the Abolition of Slavery.

    The Reverend Rick Davis talks about American Unitarian Rev. Samuel Joseph May who during the nineteenth century championed education, women’s rights, and abolition of slavery. Aligning the efforts and successes of past Unitarian leaders with our efforts today, provides inspiration and lessons for each of us. Recent Posts Archives

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  • Jan. 20, 2024-Finding Our Way: Where Our Liberal Religion Must Go From Here

    In this evocative service Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof helps us find our way. Somehow, over the past few decades, Unitarians and Universalists have lost our way, often demonstrating the very opposite of our purposes and principles. Now, whatever we are about must include regaining our place as am influential liberal religious voice in the world.…

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  • Dec. 16, 2023. Blue Christmas

    December’s NAUA worship service theme was: “Blue Christmas.” The holiday season, while filled with light, can create palpable darkness. This service offers a space to hold your grief sacred and to honor any loss or pain you are feeling. Join us for heartfelt music, sacred solace and reflection. This service includes Christmas, Solstice and Hanukah…

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  • Nov. 18, 2023 – The “United” States

    NAUA Treasurer Bob Simoni shares his insights into the often united, United States Recent Posts Archives

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  • October 23, 2023. Not Fallen Angels – Reconsidering fashionably cynical attitudes about humanity and civilization

    Our speaker this month is the  Rev. Mark Gallagher who was a UU parish minister for about 25 years, mostly in Vancouver, Washington, where he now carries on a private practice ministry of preaching, teaching, and spiritual growth work. In this sermon, he overviews the destructive result of cynical attitues and actions. Recent Posts Archives

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  • Sept. 16, 2023. Thoughts are Free

    Topic: “Thoughts Are Free,” from a 500 year old German Folk Song. Bob will talk about how free thought and free expression can be instruments of positive change, whether for major political reasons or religious thought. Topic:  “Thoughts Are Free,” from a 500 year old German Folk Song. Bob talks about how free thought and free…

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