Over the last few years in the United Kingdom, there’s been a growing trend of major corporations to produce very short films, just a couple minutes long, to air around Christmas. They aren’t really advertisements for their products or services, and they aren’t necessarily music videos, though some of them are. There was one little film a couple years ago that went…
Love. Revere. Discover. Connect.
Love. Revere. Discover. Connect.
Sermons by Rev. Denis Paul (Page 10)
We gather to celebrate, once again, in the light of this beacon, in this place of warmth and safety, where we call on one another to be brave together.We come with all of our frailty and our tenderness, as well as our strength and generosity. I’d like to share with you the words of Erika Hewitt Let us remember and celebrate, this…
Chalice Lighting Rev. Denis Letourneau PaulWe light this chalice in honor of the memories that hold and heal us.For stories we tell of those whose heroism inspires our own.For the pictures of loved ones who have passedin whose images we see our better selves.For the work of remembering that we stand on the shoulders of otherswho paved the path on which we…
Chalice Lighting Rev. Denis Letourneau PaulWe light this chalice in honor of the memories that hold and heal us.For stories we tell of those whose heroism inspires our own.For the pictures of loved ones who have passedin whose images we see our better selves.For the work of remembering that we stand on the shoulders of otherswho paved the path on which we…
Call to Worship and Chalice Lighting Rev. Denis Letourneau PaulWelcome into this space.This SanctuaryThis sacred and holy placeThis place of refuge in times of troubleThis place of celebration in times of abundance. It’s been a hard couple of weeks for so many women, whose memories of past trauma have been triggered by not just the recent Supreme Court confirmation process but by…
(With guest musician Laura Silverman) Call to Worship and Chalice Lighting Rev. Denis Letourneau PaulWelcome into this circle, as we metaphorically dance in Sarah’s Circle, Siblings of all genders, from a variety of social locations to worship….to give shape to and name some of the myriad things that are important to us, individually and collectively. We gather to nurture this community and…
(With guest musician Karin Tooley) Call to Worship (Rev Denis)As you settle into this spaceThis nurturing, embracing semicircleBeneath this beacon that shines down upon usAs we shine our light out into the world through it,I’d like to welcome you here with an invitation to transformationAn invitation to move toward a vision of a new world: The words, Frederick Buehner: Listen to your…
(With guest musician Pamela Schenk) Introduction to Our New Joys and Cares Ritual One of the things I’ve always found kind of sad about the candles we light on Sundays to make manifest our joys and cares is that at the end of the service, we just kind of blow them out. When I do it, I try to do it reverentially,…
(With guest musician Sherry Niederkorn) Call to Worship Rev Denis Letourneau Paul This morning’s service won’t look or feel the way it does most Sunday mornings. You can tell that already by the arrangement of the seating. This morning we worship – we give shape to that which has meaning in our lives – by sharing our thoughts with one another. Because…
Call to Worship Rev. Denis Letourneau PaulGood morning, and welcome. Welcome into this space that is a bit more intimate than it usually is. Yesterday, there was a wedding here, under this chuppah, constructed by the McGoverns as their daughter Francesca entered into covenant of marriage. Like all covenants it includes not only the bride and the groom, but their families, friends,…