Sunday Worship at 10:30 a.m. -- In Person or Livestream on UUAmherst YouTube. Order of Service.
Sunday AM Ministries: 9:30 Church of the Wild -- Debbie Waterhouse Ecology Center; 9:30 Sacred Singing Circle--Emerson Rm.
Rainbow Cafe -- NO JUNE GATHERING! Second Saturday of the Month 1-3 pm Safe gathering place for LGBTQ+ community & allies. Details.
What if gardens grow us more than we grow them? How does the gift economy already infuse our lives? How can we cultivate gift culture more joyfully as well as courageously? Join life-long UU, gardener and seed grower, Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds (Naples, NY), exploring how adaptive genetics as well as economics can nourish … Continue reading Seeding the Future
The adoption of a dog ushers in a new beginning, but the human-canine relationship has been going on for as long as either of us remember. john (lower case intentional) Snodgrass is a frequent and popular speaker at UU Amherst. An instructor in Religion at Canisius University, john is also a playwright and author of … Continue reading A Whiff of Change
This interactive service will offer opportunities to enlarge our hearts and learn how the many aspects of love color our expectations of ourselves and others.
Our ‘love language’ is not just about how we express love – it is how we expect love to be expressed to us — and that’s where it all gets a little complicated.
“The path of love is not a tedious path. It’s a path of joy. It’s a path of singing and dancing. It’s not a desert. It is a valley of flowers.” (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar)
Did you know that Groundhogs Day has its roots in the Pagan celebration of Imbolc? From time immemorial, people have needed signposts that the bitter cold of winter is on its way out, and the growing light signifies the coming of spring. What light is growing in you?
This book by Brian McLaren bears the subtitle, “Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart.” In the introduction, McLaren writes: When you dance with doom, doom changes you…It can scare you and exhaust you and leave you paralyzed in despondency, cynicism, and bitterness. Doom can win and life can lose. But the dance can … Continue reading Life After Doom
Dr. Ken Culton, Chair of the Department of Sociology at Niagara University, will discuss how sociologists have understood religion in the past and how that understanding has changed over time. He will present research on religion and the value of seeing religion from a sociological perspective. Findings from his 2022 paper, “Shifting Identifications Among Religious … Continue reading The Sociology of Religion: New Identities, New Meanings, New Values
