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UU Amherst will be closed for most activities until further notice.  Sunday services will be streamed on Sundays on our UU Amherst YouTube channel.   Amherst Little Free Pantry is open and food donations can be made in the back of the church building.  Monetary Donations can be done at Giving and clicking on the Donate Button.  The Main Street Academy day care center continues to operate (at their discretion).  All other events, meetings, etc., are cancelled, postponed, or will meet on line.  For AA members, this link provides a list of on-line meetings and supports AA Resources.   We wish you all the best and know that our thoughts are with you during this time.                

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REV. MICHELLE WISHES TO SHARE THIS MOVEMENT MEDITATION THAT YOU MAY FIND TRANSFORMATIVE AS YOU SEEK WHOLENESS DURING CHAOTIC TIMES.

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Sermons/Reflections

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Throughout the year, many think of the physical and spiritual changes they may wish to make. Often their efforts are short lived. One of the things I have learned  is that a small change in a daily practice or activity can set a foundation for a major change or transformation.  A daily practice in my life that has been important to me is a movement meditation  that is  one of my regular spiritual practices and is a synthesis of teachings and practices that it has been my great privilege to experience and learn from an assortment of practitioners. The meditation includes a portion of the Seven Directions Movement Meditation, inspired by Seneca elder, Grandmother Twylah Nitsch and her Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, where she taught earth-ways to non-natives. These movements create harmony and balance, and are expressions of gratitude. They honor the ways of knowing of the original people of North America, and are associated with the path of gratitude and introspection of the West.

The second portion of the meditation includes movement prayers in the Buddhist tradition, taught by Prema Desara and Anahata Iradah,

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