Worship Services & Videos

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos As we kick off our annual pledge drive this Sunday, we will focus our attention on the ways that a spiritual practice of generosity can transform us. Giving can be a tricky topic in a world that is always asking us for more (especially if we don’t feel like […]

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos On so many levels, we are aware that all is not quite right with the world. We see news reports multiple times daily that remind us of what is broken in our global communities. It’s difficult to avoid the realization that there is still work to do to repair

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos and Maryli Tiemann Join us and members of our larger Brunswick Community for our annual Longfellow Days worship service. On this 20th anniversary of Longfellow Days, we will focus on our monthly theme of Justice & Equity. Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos and Maryli Tiemann will lead this service focused

Led by Rev Dr. Kharma Amos As we work for justice and equity, it is important that the ways in which we work towards that goal are consistent with the goal itself. In other words, how we treat one another as we work for peace/justice/love – ought to embody the principles of peace/justice/love. We cannot,

Led by guest minister, Rev Jodi Cohen Hayashida How do we hold onto and create hopeful, hope-filled communities when so much of what surrounds us seems oriented towards encouraging despair? We ground ourselves in an ever-expanding understanding of “us” and take hold of the power that we build together. After serving the First Universalist Church

Led by Rev Dr. Kharma Amos For the month of February, our theme is Justice & Equity (two of the values in the new UUA Article 2 proposal which will face final vote this summer). Today, we’ll begin our reflections by jumping directly into questions of Class. What should we be thinking about and doing

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos No exploration of Love, especially the liberating kind, is complete without an explicit focus on the form of love we call compassion.  This weekend is International Holocaust Memorial Day, when people around the world will be remembering one of the most tragic times in modern human history.  Our reflections

Led by guest speaker, Dr. Carla Sherrell In this service, we’ll reflect on the challenge of liberating love — i.e. setting Love free!  We’ll focus on the ways that love needs liberating inside ourselves and in the world. This requires that we resist minimizing the realities of oppression internally and externally, and that we be

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos  As we prepare to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, let’s revisit the Beloved Community that was central to his dream for a new global reality. You’ll hear UUs using this phrase “Beloved Community” quite a lot, and it is rooted in King’s use of the term.  What is

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos About many things, we are ignorant (i.e., we simply don’t know). Consequently, we spend a lot of time making up stories or projecting assumptions. How we do this can either be helpful or harmful to us and our relationships, and it definitely impacts our quality of life. Let’s talk