Watch and Engage

Several months ago, when I found myself stuck in more than a little bit of heart ache over the state of the world, the country, and our city, a friend offered up an antidote to the despair. They were words she, too, had received from a friend. “Fill your life with life,” they said. And this is what I have been doing. In ways big and small, I am filling my life with life. Welcoming in and creating joy and connection. Fostering experiences of Beloved Community in the here and now. Today, grounded in the wisdom of our ancestors, we will fill our worship time with life, with joy, with connection, liberation, and hope. Let’s fill our life with life, together.

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Music is a profound spiritual and liberatory practice. Gathering together in our bodies, making beautiful and primal sounds, and hearing those sounds weave together into something grander and more exquisite reminds us of our inherent worth and of the extraordinary possibilities available to us when we live and co-create with love and care. Join us this as we make joyful noise together and explore liberation through music, led by Director of Music Paolo Debuque.

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This Sunday we celebrate our oldest youth in Bridging, the Unitarian Universalist ritual that marks our youth’s transition into adulthood. Join us to honor them as they take their place among us as adults in our faith tradition, and to consider the places we are all always taking in the circle of things.

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What a year this has been. As we make our way through yet more transition and transformation, let’s take a moment to reflect with Cummins Ministerial Intern Nico about who we are and who we are called to be.

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Mother’s Day is a warm and wonderful day for some and brings up grief and trauma for others. With tenderness, we will crack open the idea of mothering, share the history of Mother’s Day, and reflect on the cultural perspective on the role of mothers.

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Not far from the beginning of the world at Bdote and the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota, I found my first clear view of the river and its banks.

With the emergence of leaves on previously barren trees and the new blanket of groundcover full of tiny white and purple flowers, I could no longer see the river from the path, I had to find the bridge. From the bridge I could see the water flowing toward and away from me, swirling and changing itself and its surroundings as it moved.

As we explore our May worship theme of legacy, letting go, and bridging in our individual and collective lives, we start by stopping to take in the view, noticing what is moving in and what is moving out, and choosing then what to carry and what to create, and what to let go.

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Change is a good thing. Let go of the old and let in the new. It is not always easy or pretty or perfect, but it is necessary. Remember: you don’t have to do it alone. Join us for our annual Youth Sunday worship service led by our High School Youth Group.

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