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2019
2/10
Rev. Charlie Carrick
2/3
Rev. Laurie Stuart: Exercising our Trust Muscle
1/27
Rabbi Kaplan
1/20 Cancelled due to inclement weather
1/13
Melanie Davis
1/6
Rev. Laurie Stuart
2018
12/30
Fire Communion
12/23
Becca Boerger
12/16
Hanging of the Green
12/9
Rev. Libby Smith "Advent: A time of Waiting"
12/2
Rev. Laurie Stuart
11/25
Gratitude: A Food for Thought Service
11/18
New Horizons Sunday
11/11
Becca Boerger The Promise and the Practice of Our Faith for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism
11/4
Rev. Laurie Stuart
10/28
Rick Williams: "What Now, What's Next?”
10/21
New Horizons Sunday
10/14
Shannon Saylor: "The Spark within Samhain"
10/7
Rev. Laurie Stuart: This I Give You
9/30
Dave Chapman: A Look at the Theology of Unitarian Universalism
9/23
Michael Czarnecki: Autumn: Season of Awareness, Season of Change
9/16
New Horizons Sunday (At Frances Slocum State Park Pavilion 2)
9/9
Ingathering and Water Ceremony
9/2
Rev. Laurie Stuart: "When Enough is Simply Not Good Enough
"
8/26
Food for Thought
8/19
New Horizons
8/12
Rev. Laurie Stuart: "Lessons from my Garden"
8/5
Alex Szatmary: "Clubs, teams, and UU evangelism"
7/29
Jill Wetzel: Today IS your life
7/22
Rabbi Larry Kaplan A Jewish view on how to handle memories--the good ones and the bad ones
7/15
New Horizons
7/8
Helene Elko: The Journey to a Spiritual Identity
7/1
Rev. Laurie Stuart
6/24
Live Stream of General Assembly Worship Service
6/17
Rev. Libby Smith: Reclaiming Sabbath
6/10 New Horizons
6/3
Rev. Laurie Stuart
5/27
Family Sundae
5/20
New Horizons
5/13
Ellyn Ramich
5/6
Rev. Laurie Stuart
4/29
Flower Communion
, led by Valerie Koelling and Ellyn Ramich
4/22
Michael Czarnecki: Nature
4/15
New Horizons
4/8
Rabbi Kaplan: "The Downside to Giving Up God"
4/1
Rev. Laurie Stuart
3/25
"Why I Believe the Mistreatment of Women is the Number One Human Rights Abuse,"
TED talk by Jimmy Carter
3/18
New Horizons
3/11
Rev. Libby Smith: "After the Fall"
3/4
Rev. Laurie Stuart: "It's a Balancing Act."
2/25
Becca Boerger: Growing the Beloved Community
2/18
New Horizons Sunday
2/11
Rev. Kim Wilson: "The Quest for Abundance"
2/4
Rev. Laurie Stuart: Getting Up Over and Over Again
1/28
Melaine Scott: "Fur, Feather, Hoof, and Shell"
1/21
New Horizons Sunday
1/14
Helen Elko: "Atachment and Spirituality"
1/7
Rabbi Kaplan
2017
12/31
Jess Simon: Fire Communion
12/24
Multigenerational Christmas Eve Service
12/17
New Horizons Sunday
12/10
Hanging of the Green
12/3
Chuck Collins: "Coming Home: A Pathway to Reducing Inequalities"
11/26
Steve Ris: The UU Faith in Uncertainty
11/19
New Horizons Sunday
11/12
Rev. Darcey Laine: "The Gift of Not Knowing "
11/5
Rev. Laurie Stuart: "Abundance!"
10/29
Rabbi Larry Kaplan: "Halloween- Our fascination with death from a Jewish perspective"
10/22
New Horizons Sunday
10/15
Michael Czarnecki: Autumn: Time of Change and Reflection. A Poetry Reading.
10/8
Rev. Libby Smith: "On Being Religious"
10/1
Rev. Laurie Stuart: "Finding Courage"
9/24
Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM: "Spirituality after the Holocaust"
9/17
New Horizons Sunday at Frances Slocum
9/10
Ingathering
9/3
Ellyn Ramich--Dorothea Dix: A Champion for the Broken Mind
8/27
Michael Scott: "A Buddhist View of Time and Eternity"
8/20
New Horizons Sunday
8/13
Rev. Jo VonRue: "One of Us"
8/6
Ted Talk: Bryan Stevenson - We Need to Talk About an Injustice
7/30
Helene Elko: THE SOUND OF SILENCE
7/23
Ellyn Ramich: Keeping the Sabbath Holy UU style
7/16
New Horizons Sunday
7/9 Cantor Ahron Abraham:
" From Tragedy to Triumph: How Modern Judaism and Christianity Were Born Out of Catastrophe"
7/2
Rev. Mary Tiebout: "Our Liberations"
6/25
Rabbi Larry Kaplan: "The Israel Test"
6/18
Rev. Laurie Stuart: "Let Go; Let Come"
6/11
Emily Ehrensperger: Bridging Service
6/4
Service Honoring Jill Wetzel
5/28
Rev. Laurie Stuart
: "What Does White Supremacy Mean?"
5/21
Terry McCurdy
: "
Walking the dog early and discovering your intrinsic nature"
5/14
Coming of Age Service
5/7
Allyson Freyre: "
Life as an Art Form: Celebrating the Finished Work"
4/30
CUUPS Group: Celebration of Spring
4/23
Joseph Crowe
:
A Slice of UU History: Joseph Priestley founder of Unitarianism
4/16
Becca Boerger
: Easter
4/9
New Member Welcoming
4/2
Ted Talk by Devdutt Pattanaik: "
East versus West - The Myths that Mystify
"
3/26
Ellyn Ramich
3/19
Rev. Laurie Stuart
"Theology of Risk"
3/12
Multi-generational Flower Festival
3/5
Craig Czury
:
“Here, But Not Really Here: Transcendence and the Everydaydream”
2/26
Stewardship Kick-off
2/19
Pat Infante
:
"Forward into a Faithful Future"
2/12
Rev. Darcey Laine
"What's a Universalist to Think about Evil?"
2/5
Jo VonRue
"
Sacred Water, Sacred Land"
1/29
Mary Baker
"
Taking Turns"
1/22
Rabbi Kaplan
1/15
Rev. Laurie Stuart
: "
Rebirthing Yourself in the New Year
"
1/8
Rev. Charlie Carrick
1/1
New Year’s Requiem Service
presented by Becca Boerger, Carol Clegg and Jill Wetzel, the Soul Matters Team
2016
12/18 Rabbi Kaplan "
Keeping the 'Chan' in Chanukah
"
12/11
Hanging of the Green (Multigenerational Service)
12/4 Mardys Leeper:
"
The Importance of Taking Our UU Faith Into The Public Arena"
11/27 Joseph Peterson:
"
What Drives You Forward?"
11/20 Rev. Mary Tiebout: "
Becoming Human on Turtle Island
"
11/13
25th Anniversary Celebration
11/6
Jo VonRue: "
Would You Stand In the Fire With Me?
"
10/30 Rabbi Larry Kaplan:
"In the Beginning- An ancient joke about baseball or a true story?"
10/23
Rev. Laurie Stuart: "
Immersing Ourselves in the Minor
"
10/16
Lauren Dize:
"Sacred Space Within: a journey of sound and meditation"
10/9
Joseph Peterson: Progressive Faith and Why it Makes a Difference
10/2
Becca Boerger: "
Reining in the Reptile II Fighting prejudice in ourselves and society"
9/25
Rabbi Kaplan: "
Happy New Year
"
9/18 Laurie Stuart:
"
Where do we go from here?"
9/11
Ingathering and Water Service
9/4 Allyson Freyre:
"UU Evangelism: What is it, and why does it matter"
8/28 Bindu Vyas:
"
Krishna: His Life and His Message (Geeta)
"
8/21
Jill Wetzel:
Camp Lackawanna
8/14
Rev. Don Garrett: "
Mindful Politics
"
8/7 Rev. Kim Wilson:
"
Peaceful Parlance: Taking Violence Out of Our Language
"
7/31
Rev. Mary Tiebout:
"STARS"
7/24 Rabbi Kaplan:
"
Would racism exist if we were all blind? What the Torah teaches about our eyes and racism."
7/17
Jo VonRue:
"
A Crisis of Atheism"
7/10
Sisters Constance Kozel and Barbara Craig:
"
Poetry as Prayer
"
7/3
Lauren McCurdy:
"
the accidental defender of a faith
"
6/26
Michael Czarnecki:
David Grayson: Forgotten Adventurer
6/19 Anita Mentzer: "
Advocacy As Spiritual Practice
"
6/12 Joseph Peterson:
"
Purifying Karma: We Can Make A Difference"
6/5 Family Sundae: "
Love Will Guide Us
"
5/29
Rev. Dave Hunter: "
Ask Dr. Hooker-- the Perennial Problems of Congregations
"
5/22 Rev. Charlie Carrick "
F
ocusing on a Community as an Agent of Healing
"
5/15
Laurie Stuart "
Blessing for a hurting world
"
5/8
Rev. Darcey Laine: "
Altruism and Evolution
"
5/1
Rev. Dr. Sharon Brittingham:
"
Healing: A Spiritual Perspective
"
4/24
Emily Shiffer, James Haberkern, Karen Fisher, and Ellyn Ramich:
CUUPS Service
4/17
Laurie Stuart:
"I Am Awake"
4/10
Becca Boerger:
"The Force is With You: Meditations on Creativity and Spirituality"
4/3
Rabbi Kaplan: "
Learning how to pray
"
3/27
Tim Maloney:
"Race To Do Good"
3/20
Multigenerational Service
3/13 Agnes Brennan:
"
What’s It All About?
"
3/6 Jo VonRue:
"
A Pocket, Full of Liberation
"
2/28
Bindu Vyas:
"
Vasant Panchami: The Festival of Spring, Celebration of Gnana Shakti
"
2/21
Laurie Stuart:
"
Vulnerability: a pathway to desire
"
2/14 Jill Wetzel:
"
What does it mean to be a people of Desire?"
2/7
Mark Lichty:
"Fracking our Democracy"
1/31
Resistance:
Kaylee Scruggs--My Life as an Act of Resistance and Terry McCurdy--The Dragons of Health Care
1/24 Personal Pagan Practices:
Karen Fisher--
The Druid Path;
Emily Shiffer--
Finding My Wiccan Path;
and James Haberkern--
Nine Virtues, A Single Life
1/17
Justin Naylor: "
Parenting as a spiritual discipline
"
1/10
Rev. Kim Wilson:
"In Praise of Naps."
1/3
Rev. Mary Tiebout
2015
12/27 C
antor Ahron Abraham:
"The Holidays-Stories, Customs, and Celebrations-Where Do they Come From and Why Have They Endured?"
1
2/20
Becca Boerger: Chalica Service
1
2/13
Michael Czarnecki:
This Moment, Nothing Else
12/6
Jill Wetzel:
Hanging of the Green-Multi-generational Service
11/29
Rabbi Larry Kaplan
11/22 Kaylee Scruggs:
2015 Trans Day of Remembrance
11/15 Suzanne Miller:
"
Head, Hands, Heart and Hope--UUSC at Work
"
11/8 Laurie Stuart:
"
Renewing our promise
"
11/1 Rev. Heidi Swarts:
"
Our Intellectual Ancestry: Spirituality for the Skeptic
"
10/25 Jo VonRue:
"Why is Everyone So Busy"
10/18
Rev. Mary Tiebout: "
More than Sound
"
10/11
Becca Boerger: "Celebrating UUCWV"
10/4
Ellyn Ramich: "Service of the Living Tradition"
9/27
James Calderone:
"Everyday Challenges as I walk the Path."
9/20 Rev. Bob Throne:
"
Dig Deep and Fly High: Daring to take our 'roots and wings' seriously"
9/13
Becca Boerger: Ingathering Service
9/6
Agnes Brennan:
"
Sacred Matters"
8/30 Jill Wetzel: Camp Lackawanna
8/23 Emily Shiffer:
"
Intentional and Unintentional Magic"
8/16 Melanie Scott:
"
The Old, and The Ancient: Exploring the spirit world with the help of herbs"
8/9 Rev. Darcey Laine:
"It is what it is"
8/2
Rev. Dr. Sharon Brittingham:
"
Examining Spirituality"
7/26
Rev. Don Garrett:
"Training the Puppy"
7/19 Laurie Stuart:
"
Building a New Way: Reflections from General Assembly."
7/12
Eric Dietrich:
"Excellent Beauty: the naturalness of religion and the unnaturalness of the world."
7/5
Melanie Scott:
"Dancing The Medicine Wheel; An Ojibwe Healing Tradition"
6/28 Rev. Mary Tiebout:
"Seeds of Reverence"
6/21 Jo VonRue
"You Alone Are My Heart's Desire..."
6/14 Mark Stavish:
"The Power of Prayer and Belief in Spiritual Practice"
6/7 Cantor Ahron Abraham:
"
How Exclusive is the God of the Bible?
"
5/31
Family Sundae
5/24 Clancy Cash Harrison: "
Making the World a Better Place One Apple at a Time
"
5/17
Jo VonRue: "
Love Tends All Wounds
"
5/10
Nikole Harrington and Grace Wetzel:
Senior Bridging Program
5/3
Rabbi Kaplan
4/26
Rev. Kim Wilison:
"
Got Faith
?"
4/19
Becca Boerger:
Traveling Together in Love: Covenantal Community at UUCWV
4/12
Brandon Koelling:
The Similarities Between Astronaut Theory and Unitarian Universalism
4/5 Beth Doherty and Jo VonRue:
Flower Communion--"The Old Turtle and the Broken Truth"
3/29
Helen Elko and Bindu Vyas:
Holi Festival
3/22
Rev Douglas Taylor:
"Taking Flight"
3/15 Jill Wetzel:
"
A Time to Grow: One Seed and the Winds of Change
"
3/8 Andita Parker Lloyd
"
Selma-the march and the "bridges" we must still cross."
3/1
Rick Williams, Dave Falchek and Carol Hussa
"Cut to the Chase"
2/22
Ellyn Ramich: General Assembly
"Love reaches Out." How do we reach our faith out into our community, the nation, and even the world?
2/15
Valerie Koelling: "
The Love Languages
"
2/8
Lama Laia:
"Living from the Heart"
2/1
Rev. Dr. Sharon Brittingham
: "One River, Many Wells, Exploring the Concept of Deep Ecumenism"
1/25 Becca Boerger:
V
isualizing our Future--Step by Step
1/18 Tiffany Griffiths:
Gender Dysphoria
from a
Psychological
Perspective
1/11
Rev. Charlie Carrick
1/4 Justin Naylor:
"What Farming has taught me"
2014
12/28 Brian Dugas:
"Learning from Ugandan Models of Education"
12/21
Rabbi Kaplan
12/14 Christmas
Pageant
: Would You like to Hold the Baby
12/7 Hanging of the Greens
11/30 Kenny Harr:
Morris Dees
11/23 Terry McCurdy:
"Other Tools"
11/16 Beth Connor:
"Starving the Hunger for Negativity"
11/9
Rev. Dave Hunter: "
Grace, Amazing Grace
"
11/2
Rabbi Larry Kaplan: "
In Defense of God- the pros and the cons.
"
10/26
Covenant
of Unitarian Universalist Pagans
10/19
Michael Czarnecki:
"
It Hangs Over Our Left Shoulder"
10/12 Rev. Darcey Laine:
"The Danger of a Single Story"
10/5
Laurie McMillan:
"
Sermon, Interrupted"
9/28 Becca Boerger: Social Justice
9/21 Sharing service on Climate Change
9/7
Ingathering
and Water Service
8/31 Sharing Service on the theme of Labor Day
8/24
Andrew McKnight
"What Moves Us to Move?"
8/17
Camp Service and Potluck Picnic - Celebrate the inter-connected web of all existence with a worship service and potluck picnic at Camp Lackawanna in Tunkhannock.
8/10 Rabbi Steven Nathan
"
Moving Beyond Leviticus: Hebrew scripture and Jewish Tradition in Support of LGBT Equality."
8/3 Darwin Gregory:
"
A Bicycle Built for All"
7/27 J
o VonRue and Beth Doherty:
Flower Communion Service
7/20
Agnes Brennan:
“Know Thyself”
7/13
Sharon Brittingham:
"
A Strong Rope."
7/6 Becca Boerger:
"
Reflections on Freedom"
6/29 Alicia Lindgren, Kennie Harr, Jim Spak, Mike Scott,
Tim Malone
y, Melanie Scott, and Terry McCurdy
:
Poetry Sunday
6/22 Beth Connor: "
The Power of Spiritual Practice.
"
6/15
Debbie Gross: "
As Lions, As Lambs: Forgiving the Unrepentant Wrongdoer.
"
6/8 Rev. Drew Cottle
6/1
Family Sundae
:
A multi-generational service led by the 7th & 8th graders from the Coming of Age program.
5/25 Charlotte Lehmann: "
Saints By Calling.
"
5/18 Bridging Service: Nandi Harrington:
“
Glee
”
5/11
Cantor Ahron Abraham: "
Motherhood and the Bible
"
5/4
Mike Scott: "
The Use of the Useless
"
4/27
Andrea Nerozzi: "
Images of Enlightenment: Art and the Spiritual Journey
"
4/20
Bernie McGurl: "
Thoughts on our Place and Our Time
"
4/13
Rev. Dave Hunter
: "Why is there something rather than no
thing?
Ultimate question or pointless diversion?
"
4/6
Himil Desai and Birjukumer Patel:
Holi
Bringing Family and Friends together
3/30
Mindi Ramsey:
Volunteer Recognition Service
3/23
Rabbi Larry Kaplan: "
Reflections on the Holy Land
"
3/16
Rev. Darcy Laine:
"
Language of Reverence
"
3/9 Rev. Lowell Patton:
“
Is there right and wrong and if so who gets to decide?
”
3/2
Stewardship Sunday
--Ranwa Hammamy: "
Not
Forgotten
"
2/23 Sr. John Michele Southwick
"
Can you be a Surprise?
"
2/16
Kennie Harr
"
Growing our Ethics
"
2/9
Arthur Breese
“
A message of hope- Today is better and your tomorrow will be brighter!
”
2/2
Kaylee Scruggs
“
The Self Narrating Zoo Exhibit
”
1/26
Rev. Craig Schwalenberg
“
Moments of Bliss
”
1/19
Rabbi Kaplan
"
Can we ever be beyond racism? The Torah's view
"
1/12
Rabbi Daniel Swartz
"
Does the Earth Have a Prayer
"
1/5
Jo VonRue
"
One day you will not be able to do this, today is NOT that day
"
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