Where is Cedars headed? What kind of community should we become? What would make us excited to invest in that future? The Board of Trustees will be hosting a short and lively visioning session at our Sunday service on February 8th to gather ideas about how Cedars can better serve families, young adults, and the wider community … Continue reading Brunch & Banter: Let’s Dream!
Through the work of grief guide Frances Weller, and the practices of Buddhist Pema Chodron, we will explore how to prevail in a life that is for more than ourselves. Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs on their journeys to learn from one another, search … Continue reading Embodying Resilience
An exploration together of some of the Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky’s thoughts about how spiritual and emotional truths are communicated through shapes and colors in painting. We will reflect together about how these spiritual and emotional truths might manifest in our own experience. Reverend Bill Comfort is a sort of retired UCC … Continue reading Kandinsky, Seeing What Cannot Be Seen
Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King, Jr. came from different cultures and religions and from countries at war with one another. Let us experience how they influenced one another through deep friendship and a shared commitment to justice and peace. Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and … Continue reading Martin Luther King and Thich Nhat Hanh: Brothers in Beloved Community
How do we hold the bittersweetness of life in all its beauty and pain? “Days of honey, days of onion,” as an Arabic proverb puts it. Come join us as we explore the spiritual practice of ritual and renewal as a healing balm in troubled times. Rev Jennifer Alviar is a Unitarian Universalist minister who … Continue reading The Gifts of Ritual & Renewal
As we embark upon 2026, we will explore how to step into the new year through Robert Frost’s familiar poem “The Road Not Taken,” which – hint, hint! – is not titled “The Road Less Traveled By.” Bruce A. Bode is Minister Emeritus at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (QUUF) in Port Townsend, Washington, from which … Continue reading The Road Not Taken
Join us for an early Christmas Eve service full of music, singing, and a reminder that the kindness we bestow assuages fear and creates hope. Childcare will be offered for this Service.
This evening we will be celebrating the winter solstice, the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It is a time of both mystery and expectancy, as the longest dark leads to the return of the sun. Join us in this ancient celebration that still brings restoration and hope into our lives today.Childcare … Continue reading Winter Solstice Service
In the book “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, Max lets his primal nature loose upon the jungle of his imagination. We will explore the wild nature within each of us. How does your wild nature work for the benefit or detriment of your life? Rev. Bill Comfort is a sort of retired UCC … Continue reading Balancing Your Wild Nature
Let us gather together for the annual Cedars hymn sing service. We will raise our voices in joyful song and celebrate the gift of music. Start your December holiday season with this time of community, celebration, and praise. The Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars through welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs … Continue reading Singing the Journey
