Worship Services - Coming Soon
WHERE: Chesapeake Public Charter School cafeteria, 20945 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park 20653
WHEN: Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
(Truth Seekers are Gr. 7-12, Story Tellers are Gr. K-6, Chalice Children are ages 0-4)
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3 Jun 2012 Barbara Clark |
PentecostToday is the Eastern Orthodox Pentecost. For believers, Pentecost is more than a commemoration of the Holy Spirit descending upon the apostles of Jesus two millennia ago and a milestone marking the formal beginning of a church. It is something that continues in the present for individuals. We reflect on the meaning and presence of the Holy Spirit in the world today and the sense of self and the world view suggested by Pentecost. |
RE Class: Truth Seekers |
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10 Jun 2012 James Gibbons Walker |
Al-Ghazali - Timeless InsightsNine hundred years ago, in response to a crisis of faith at mid-life, Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali “the greatest Muslim after Muhammad” combined orthodoxy and mysticism in a manner that resonates with current principles of spiritual direction. His writings, Deliverance from Error, The Beginning of Guidance, and The Alchemy of Happiness, provide a description of his crisis as well as the insights gained from his spiritual struggle, both of which are relevant today. |
RE Class: Truth Seekers |
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17 Jun 2012 New Moon Rising |
Wheel of the Year: Flower CommunionIn this UU tradition started by Nobert Capek in 1923, everyone is invited to bring a flower to our annual Flower Communion. We honor the diversity of each individual and the beauty created by our common "bouquet." |
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24 Jun 2012 Joyce Judd |
What Moves Us: Theology of HappinessTheology of Happiness: Ballou was the most influential and singularly important Universalist preacher, public theologian, editor, author, and pastor in 19th-century America. He believed human happiness is a mandate of liberal faith. We have a God-given right to be happy, Ballou insisted. Do you agree? |
RE Class: Truth Seekers |
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1 Jul 2012 Judy Osborn |
What Moves Us: Emotional StruggleNEW LOCATION: HOLLYWOOD REC CENTER! William Ellery Channing, an influential Unitarian minister, believed that our ongoing personal, internal struggle to gain control over our tumultuous emotions, immoral feelings, wanton desires, and inappropriate physical passions strengthened our moral character. Emotional struggle, Channing insisted, was a major way to develop the moral perfection of our character. What can we learn from Channing's theology of emotional struggle that is positive and productive for our faith today? |
RE Class: Truth Seekers |
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8 Jul 2012 Megan Triplett |
What Moves Us: The Human HeartMargaret Fuller, once called "America's first famous European revolutionist since Thomas Paine," taught America how to think, feel, and act with non-dogmatic, life-affirming spiritual integrity. She showed Americans how the human heart transforms liberal faith into action. Can she help us today to find our religion of the human heart? |
RE Class: Truth Seekers |
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15 Jul 2012 Chris Schmitthenner |
What Moves Us: Universal LoveGeorge De Benneville was a medical doctor, preacher, teacher, writer, translator, friend of the refugee, advocate for Native American rights and the welfare of indentured servants, host to European nobility through his own aristocratic background, and friend to such men as Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush through his liberal foreground. "Let us search ourselves well," he said, "and test thoroughly what is within us, whether it degrades or elevates us." The pathway to Universal Love begins here, he said. Can his life, words and his deeds help us discover and practice a Unitarian Universalist liberal theology of Universal Love relevant to our own lives today? |
RE Class: Truth Seekers |
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22 Jul 2012 Katy Boyd |
What Moves Us: Spiritual RenewalCharles Chauncy refused to accept emotional conviction as the sole criterion and foundation for religious faith. The human mind, he insisted, must also give assent to the written word of God, and human behavior toward self and others must also be transformed. His rigorous use of reasoning to find, analyze, and explain the fundamental human elements entailed in spiritual experience is his legacy to us. Can Chauncy's legacy help us construct a Unitarian Universalist Theology of Spiritual Renewal relevant to our lives today? |
RE Class: Truth Seekers |
