Indigenous author Robin Wall Kimmerer tells us that hoarding will never save us; all flourishing is mutual. On this Sunday, we will explore what flourishing looks like in our personal lives and societal structures. Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs on their journeys to … Continue reading Flourishing Together, Belonging to One Another
As we try to make sense of what is happening in our country, it is useful to look back at past recoveries and, importantly, at the strategies being employed today. We must not lose faith. We must not give in. And true to our Unitarian Universalist values, we must think and act in love – … Continue reading Now What?
At this time year Lent, Ramadan, and Passover fill the spring days with opportunites for contemplation, meditation, and even prayer. What can we learn from the great religions about paying attention and how to bring forth our emotional and spiritual growth into action for our communities and common humanity. Featuring music by pianist Nicholas Colletto … Continue reading Paying Attention: Finding Wisdom Through Springtime Interfaith Practices
Join us in co-creating worship that skills us up and roots us sustainably in place for faithful living within the context of the Holocene extinction and the violence of empire. Rev. Deanna Vandiver is affiliated with the Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist, as a Community Minister of Love and Liberation. She is the founder of Ever … Continue reading Transformed By Our Care
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.
Rev. Margo has been serving Cedars for several months now. We will take this Sunday to eat together, answer a couple of questions that will help Margo get to know us better and make official Rev. Margo’s status as our half time minister. Please bring a brunch item to share. The Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars … Continue reading A Celebration of Our Cedars Community
In our global society of multiple faith traditions and diverse spiritual practices, what does the word “faith” really mean? Does one have to accept a particular belief system in order to belong to a community of faith? Or could we revision faith as a vibrant way of life that keeps us morally grounded, yet also … Continue reading A Question of Faith
We are living in the pause between stories. The familiar expectations no longer hold. The new ones are not yet formed. This is the threshold: not a place of clarity, but of courage. Kate Lore is a recently retired UU minister who currently lives is Battle Ground, WA. Prior to that, she served as the … Continue reading The Threshold
This service explores the religious and spiritual beliefs of Albert Einstein and his beliefs about the relationship between science and religion. In Einstein’s own words, “I am not an atheist…I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and … Continue reading The Spirituality of Albert Einstein
