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3/1/2015 Due to the wintry weather, today’s services have been canceled. Stay safe and warm! Next Sunday, March 8th: Daylight Saving Time Begins – Remember to “spring” your clocks forward! Adult Forum – 9:15 amTBA – Leader Needed! Service and Religious Education – 10:30 amMessage: “Empowerment of Women,” Dr. Smith-HaxtonDr. Smith-Haxton is an OB-GYN with Capital Region…

2/22/2015 Today, Doctor-in-training Taisei Suzuki visited our Fellowship to talk about his years of humanitarian work in Africa.  Suzuki opened and closed by inviting us to ask ourselves: “What is ‘Aid’?”  He made the crucial point that, in our desire to help others, we must not simply impose our ideas of what’s good on them;…

2/15/2015 I missed services today.  I always hate to miss Rev. Nancy, but I was spooked by the weather forecast.  Everyone, stay safe and warm! Next Sunday, February 22nd: Adult Forum – 9:15 am“Understanding Nonviolence,” Betty CooperNonviolent understandings are needed to displace misunderstandings.  We will examine the work of two pioneers of nonviolence, Badshah Khan…

2/8/2015 Today, friend of the Fellowship Dr. Cliff Cain returned to deliver the message for our annual Evolution Sunday, exploring the impact Darwin’s theory has had on many worldviews shaped by Christianity.  For someone who believed the story in Genesis, Chapter 1, that humans were created special and apart “in the image of God” and…

2/1/2015 This morning, Rev. Mike brought us a message about the progress of science and how it affects our worldviews.  We UUs join spiritual progressives of all stripes in our respect for science and embrace of the truths revealed by its rigorous methods.  However, incorporating it into our worldviews is an ongoing challenge as new…

1/25/2015 Today, author and researcher Gary Kremer of the Missouri State Historical Society visited our Fellowship to give an excellent and challenging talk on the historical background of the racial issues we see today, in Ferguson and elsewhere.  He traces the problem to different experiences of history.  Many white people look to the past and…

1/18/2015 This morning, in both our Adult Forum and Rev. Nancy’s message, we explored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and reflected that when a “prophet” like him confronts us with profound and challenging truths, it’s easier to praise the prophet as a hero than to absorb their challenging truths into our lives. …

1/11/2015 I hope everyone is keeping warm and safe in this weather!  I myself stayed off the roads today and missed our own Jim Davis’s talk about the Origins of Universalism in America.  According to Katherine Connor, it was very good.  She writes: “Jim started with Origen of Alexandria, went on to John Murray who brought…

1/4/2015 This morning, we began the new year with a look back at the history of Unitarianism.  As Rev. Mike argued, Unitarians have always aspired to universality of religion, ethics, and inclusion, but as we forge our identity, it necessarily creates a boundary, a wall between who we are and who we aren’t.  Through our…

12/28/2014 This morning was our last Sunday service of 2014 — I can hardly believe it!  We marked the occasion with an open mic on the topic,”Thoughts for the New Year.”  Among the diverse thoughts shared, several of us were especially concerned about the needs for justice that were revealed in this past year, and…