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We are living in unprecedented times. This was the case even before the coronavirus hit, but it’s even more true now. Big change is happening all around us, it’s been happening for a while now, and it’s calling us to ask big questions. Not just practical ones like, how do I keep myself and my … Continue reading Visitor Information
Our November Share the Plate is: The Sharing Locker The Sharing Locker is one of Westminster’s outreach projects and has been in operation since February 2010. We reach out to anyone in Washington or Kent County as well as Cranston residents who are experiencing a need for assistance with non-food products and/or pet food. The … Continue reading Summer Share the Plate – November 2025
Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others, living and dead, and that I must exert my self in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.” Indeed it … Continue reading Nurturing Gratitude
Order of Service 9:00 AM Because This Place Matters Led by Deborah Bennett Centering Thoughts: Thank you to this morning’s Worship Team Pianist: Nonetta ShatakhtsianLay Pastoral Care Associate: Judy AdourianUsher: Tech Host: Lance Collins Order of Service 10:30 AM Because This Place Matters Led by rev. Deborah Bennett Centering Thoughts: Worship Partner: Tracey WysorPianist: … Continue reading Order of Service
A long time ago, there was a woman named Kisa Gotami who lived in a small village. She had a baby boy who she loved more than anything in the world. She held him close every day, sang him songs, and dreamed of watching him grow up. But one day, her baby got very sick, … Continue reading The Mustard Seed: A Story About Compassion
Buddhist author and teacher, Pema Chödrön wrote, “Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” Her words are at the heart … Continue reading Cultivating Compassion
Author Toko-Pa Turner wrote: “Our longing for community is so powerful that it can drive us to join groups, relationships, or systems of belief that give a false impression of belonging. These places of false belonging grant us conditional membership, requiring us to cut parts of ourselves off in order to fit in.” How true! … Continue reading Fitting In or Belonging?
A long time ago, in the 1970s, there was a kind and curious woman named Lucile Shuck Longview. She was a Unitarian Universalist and loved her UU church in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1975, Lucile got to travel to Mexico City as a UU delegate to be part of the United Nations “Women’s Year” assembly. This … Continue reading TouchPoints September Wisdom Tale: The First UU Water Communion
Our September / October Share the Plate Recipient is; The Womxn Project Education Fund The Womxn Project Education Fund works through 3 pillars of activism to protect those whose reproductive rights are in danger. LGBTQIA+ discrimination, and who may not be able to receive the care they desire due to governmental constraints. We are building … Continue reading September – October Share the Plate 2025
Imagine if you were to take each of the minutes you lived in any given day and put them in one of two columns – one for those minutes where you were present in the reality of the moment and the others in a column for those moments where you were lost in your imagination … Continue reading Imagine…..
Taking ourselves too seriously is one of the great sorrows of our lives. Yes, intense, sad, unjust things are happening all the time, but the spirit loves to be lightened and humor is one of the greatest ways to do it. Studies show that humor heals and can sooth our stress – ask Dr. Patch … Continue reading Minister’s Musings on Joy
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