Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson » Announcements http://www.ucmh.org A Unitarian Universalist Welcoming Congregation Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:58:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Worship Sunday February 5, 2012 http://www.ucmh.org/2012/02/worship-sunday-february-5-2012/ http://www.ucmh.org/2012/02/worship-sunday-february-5-2012/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:58:45 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1834 Sunday’s worship service will be about imagination and peace.   Patricia Hatch, ministerial intern, will be leading worship.  Her sermon is entitled, “Peace and Possibilities.”  Imagination is one of the vehicles by which peace enters our hearts and our world.  What are the possibilities of imagination for our lives and our world?  What is the connection  [ … ]

]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2012/02/worship-sunday-february-5-2012/feed/ 0 Meditation for Worship on January 29, 2012 http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/meditation-for-worship-on-january-29-2012/ http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/meditation-for-worship-on-january-29-2012/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:04:40 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1828 God of our long-suffering night, you have walked with us on
our trails of tears and our long forced marches. You were there, when forced on
tired feet, we stumbled and lay trembling as our tormentors cheered. You were
there, when, dwelling in safety, we lived in unfounded fears. We heard you
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]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/meditation-for-worship-on-january-29-2012/feed/ 0 Worship-Sunday January 29 2012 http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-sunday-january-29-2012/ http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-sunday-january-29-2012/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:59:25 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1825 Suffering: A gateway to more compassionate living.

We live in a culture that avoids suffering at all costs and denies the ever presence of death. Yet, suffering and experiencing the death of a loved one can be a gateway to personal freedom and greater joy. How would your life change if you were to accept, truly accept,  [ … ]

]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-sunday-january-29-2012/feed/ 0 Being Religious Liberally http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/being-religious-liberally/ http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/being-religious-liberally/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:15:14 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1822 Some have asked, both critics and supporters, whether Unitarian Universalism is a religion.  To that question I respond in the affirmative. What do you think?  Come and share your thoughts during this dialogue sermon. Unitarian transcendentalist Rev. Theodore Parker outlined my position when he said:  Be ours a religion which, like sunshine goes everywhere; its temple,  [ … ]

]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/being-religious-liberally/feed/ 0 Worship Sunday January 15, 2012 http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-sunday-january-15-2012/ http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-sunday-january-15-2012/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:02:01 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1811 Racism, Materialism and Militarism: revisiting Dr. King’s 1967 Riverside Church Speech

In 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out clearly and
forcefully against the War in Vietnam and what he called the  “giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism.”

It was in this speech that he said it was not enough that we
help  [ … ]

]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-sunday-january-15-2012/feed/ 0 Worship January 8, 2012 http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-january-8-2012/ http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-january-8-2012/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:04:08 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1803 On this second Sunday of the New Year we will ceremonially burn the chaff of our life.  Chaff is the seed covering or other debris that is separated from the grain at the time of threshing.  Those worshipping will be asked to collect from the altar of their hearts those habits of thought and action that  [ … ]

]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/worship-january-8-2012/feed/ 0 Meditation for January 8 Worship http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/meditation-for-january-8-worship/ http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/meditation-for-january-8-worship/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:42:41 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1798 Be with what comes.
Spirit of Life, God of Love, there is something unsettling about the New Year.
Worlds have changed, my world has changed.  Nothing is the way it was and
new feelings about each change arrive daily.
Blessed guide to my understanding,  let me pause here at the turning of the year
and

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]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2012/01/meditation-for-january-8-worship/feed/ 0 Worship Sunday January 1, 2012 http://www.ucmh.org/2011/12/worship-sunday-january-1-2012/ http://www.ucmh.org/2011/12/worship-sunday-january-1-2012/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:56:42 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1791 Start the New Year out right and attend the UCMH Sunday Service on January 1st in the Knight Room.  The theme for the service is “Declarations on Fabric and Paper.”  You are invited to wear your favorite tee shirt or cap and bring your favorite poem.  There will be opportunity to share poetry and also to  [ … ]

]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2011/12/worship-sunday-january-1-2012/feed/ 0 When Lighting Candles http://www.ucmh.org/2011/12/when-lighting-candles/ http://www.ucmh.org/2011/12/when-lighting-candles/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:48:16 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1786 As the world begins to turn again toward the light and the days grow longer it is good to sit quietly and light a candle.  Begin with these words and wait.

To Flame

All that we need is here now.
From the ages of the earth
we have gathered energies
in wood, coal,  [ … ]

]]> http://www.ucmh.org/2011/12/when-lighting-candles/feed/ 0 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7 PM http://www.ucmh.org/2011/12/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-7-pm-2/ http://www.ucmh.org/2011/12/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-7-pm-2/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:47:38 +0000 Stephen Shick http://www.ucmh.org/?p=1777 Celebrate the spirit of Christmas in a family worship service that honors the life and teachings of Jesus. Sing your favorite Christmas carols and experience the beauty and peace of our annual candle-lighting ceremony which concludes the service.

Leader: Rev. Stephen Shick and Rev. Alice Anacheka-Nasemann Date & Time: Dec. 24,
7:00 p.m.



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