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  • Hard Won Gentle Hope - Rev. David Schwartz

    Hard Won Gentle Hope - Rev. David Schwartz
    2021/04/04

    We arrive in a season of new growth and new possibility burdened by a year of loss and isolation. If we are to be alive and awake in this world, we can’t make a choice between grief or hope: we can only befriend them both and go on together.
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    15 分
  • Deep Listening - Rev. David Schwartz

    Deep Listening - Rev. David Schwartz
    2021/03/21

    "Seek to understand before seeking to be understood,” say teachers and mentors from secular and religious traditions alike. What does it mean to “hear each other into speech” about the hopes, fears, and experiences closest to our hearts?
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    16 分
  • All Will Be Well - Ali Bell

    All Will Be Well - Ali Bell
    2021/03/14

    In a time where things feel decidedly not well how do we live into the hope that things will improve? This service will explore how we move toward healing from a place of uncertainty and lamentation. Ali Bell is a seminarian at Meadville Lombard Theological School in the Master of Divinity program. Xe is the Ministerial Intern at Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair in Montclair, NJ and the Senior Learning Fellow at the Church of the Larger Fellowship.
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    14 分
  • Resilience, a Year of Quarantine - Rev. Teri Schwartz and members of the congregation

    Resilience, a Year of Quarantine - Rev. Teri Schwartz and members of the congregation
    2021/03/07
    One year after our first remote services, members of the church community share their experiences with Sr. Co-Minister, the Rev. Teri Schwartz.
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    12 分
  • The Body is Not an Apology - Rev. Teri Schwartz

    The Body is Not an Apology - Rev. Teri Schwartz
    2021/02/21
    The oppressive standards of beauty in our culture aren't arbitrary; they are rooted in white supremacy dating back to the transatlantic slave trade. Drawing upon the work of sociologist Dr. Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: the Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, we'll explore how the magazine covers at the check-out stand aren't by chance, but have deep racial origins and consequences. Is it possible to change that? Sonya Renee Taylor offers a radical activist type of self-love. In her book, The Body Is Not An Apology, she says we can understand how we were indoctrinated with body shame. Once we do, we can start to shed our own body shame. But it doesn't stop there: once we do, we can use our bodies as tools to dismantle the oppressive structures of our society that put that shame there in the first place.
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    15 分
  • The Game of Life - Monica Kling-Garcia

    The Game of Life - Monica Kling-Garcia
    2021/02/07

    Schug ministerial intern Monica Kling-Garcia preaching for the February 7, 2021 service. Since ancient human history, board games have been a way of entertaining ourselves and bringing people together. From chess to "Monopoly," these games are not only rich with strategy and memories - but also lessons for how to be in community during difficult times.
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    16 分
  • The Boundless Power in Fearless Faith - Rev. Leslie Pennington & Rev. David Schwartz

    The Boundless Power in Fearless Faith - Rev. Leslie Pennington & Rev. David Schwartz
    2021/01/31

    As the new year starts, we look back to go forward! 74 years ago, our then-minister the Rev. Leslie Pennington preached a bold message encouraging us into intentional spiritual practice that leads to action for good in the world. This Sunday, Rev. David preaches that same sermon, inviting present-day engagement with a timeless message.
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    26 分
  • Your First 100 Days - Rev. David Schwartz

    Your First 100 Days - Rev. David Schwartz
    2021/01/24

    Presidents at least since FDR prioritized their "first 100 days" -- the list of things they planned to do first. What's on your list? Rev. David Schwartz preaching.
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    12 分