What is your vision for this community? And, what might you bring this year, to help make that vision come true? As we begin our congregational year with our traditional “ingathering” service, please bring not only a sampling of special water with you, but also a thought about what you might like to contribute, personally, … Continue reading What will you bring to the feast?

Rev. Anne Mason writes that “we grow up thinking that we are not good enough or wise enough or athletic enough or rich enough…” But the question is: “Enough to do what?” What does a perspective of abundance have to teach us about our worth? What if we knew we were enough? What would we … Continue reading You Are Enough

On this last service of the regular congregational year, let’s take time to recognize fathers and fatherhood. Being a dad (or having a dad) is a fundamental part of being human, and the fathering we receive can have a big impact in our lives. In this service we welcome a few members of this congregation … Continue reading Speaking of Fatherhood

(Flower Communion) As we enter the month of June, trees, plants and flowers are growing everywhere. And as we approach the end of our congregational year, we celebrate all the ways this community has supported the growth of its children. This Sunday we honor our OWL participants, our bridging seniors and appreciate all those who have invested … Continue reading Wanda’s Roses

Find Your Blessings, Be a Blessing By Rev. Ellen Quaadgras Westminster Unitarian Church June 3, 2018 Reading Beatitudes by Peace Pilgrim Blessed are they who give without expecting even thanks in return, for they shall be abundantly rewarded. Blessed are they who translate every good thing that they know into action, for even higher truths … Continue reading Find your blessings, become a blessing

We forget all the ways in which everyday living requires creativity. Mothering is one of those areas. From the imagination required to entertain young children, to the resourcefulness required to get everyone to art, soccer and band practices, to the ingenuity it can take to be helpfully present to children of any age, mothering requires … Continue reading The Creative Craft of Motherhood

Saved by Love By Rev. Ellen Quaadgras Westminster Unitarian Church April 22, 2018 First Reading Our first reading is a set of quotes: The first is from a 2015 sermon by UU Minister Rev Catie Scudera. She writes: The World Wildlife Federation warns that we are in our fifth decade of annually exceeding the planet’s … Continue reading Saved by Love

Reaching for Freedom By Rev. Ellen Quaadgras Westminster Unitarian Church March 26, 2018 First Reading: By Rev. Kathleen McTigue Each of us knows a little about what it means to be lost in the wilderness. We know the awful disappointment, akin to despair, of being suddenly pathless and alone when we’d expected to stride confidently … Continue reading Reaching for Freedom

Becoming Who You Are By Rev. Ellen Quaadgras Westminster Unitarian Church January 21, 2018   First Reading With goals, the future is always the focus: Are you going to reach the goal? Will you be happy when you do? What’s next? Setting intention, at least according to Buddhist teachings, is quite different than goal making. … Continue reading Becoming Who You Are

An Invitation to Brave Space by Rev. Ellen Quaadgras Westminster Unitarian Church October 15, 2017   Reading  Courage  by Sri Chinmoy http://www.poetseers.org/poem-of-the-day-archive/poems-about-courage/index.html   Reading  Empower me  by Ted Loder http://www.how-matters.org/2011/08/26/ted-loder-poem/     Sermon (Listen to the sermon here.) There are some issues that, simply when mentioned, raise tension.  There are some words that have the … Continue reading An Invitation to Brave Space