We gather for worship on Sundays at 11 am. Our worship follows the seasons of the church year and is tied to the seasons of the natural year too.
We often observe significant holy days from other traditions. In our Unitarian Universalist tradition, we welcome babies and children into our community with a service in which we commit ourselves to caring for the child. Several times a year we recognize new members and welcome them into our community with a New Member Welcome ceremony during the Sunday service.
Some unique features of our worship year include:. In late summer a multigenerational Ingathering service reaffirms our community ties and celebrates the coming year. The new church year begins on this day with our Water Ceremony.
We bring water from places we experience as sacred - including the land upon which we reside and for which are stewards - and pour it into a common bowl. This water is purified and used for our child blessing rituals. The Blessing of the Animals often occurs in either September or October. This is a multigenerational, interspecies service when people bring their well-behaved companion animals, or pictures of them, and we acknowledge the importance of animals in our interdependent lives.
The end of October brings our annual service of remembering, when we remember those who have died. This is observed on the Sunday closest to Nov. In November we observe our national feast day of Thanksgiving. On Christmas Eve, we offer a candlelight service of lessons and carols. This popular late-night contemplative service features special music, carols, and candle lighting.
