January 22, 2023

• David Gaynor
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• compassion
• psychology
• Time for All Ages

Why do we sometimes feel compassion, but other times not so much?

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January 15, 2023

• Caroline Marvin
• Cindy Heiland
• Larry Kaylor
• Lori Grant
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• Martin Luther King
• racism
• Time for All Ages
• white supremacy culture

The Racial Justice Action Committee (RJAC) and I lead the annual MLK service.

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January 8, 2023

• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• Karen Tucker-Barisano
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• afterlife
• death
• new life
• remembrance
• Time for All Ages
• Tree of Life

An annual tradition… we remember those we’ve lost in the past year and celebrate new life too.

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December 24, 2022

• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• David Grober
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• Christmas
• Time for All Ages

For the first time since December 24, 2019, we were able to have a candlelight service for Christmas Eve! Lots of beautiful music.

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December 18, 2022

• Cindy Malley
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Susan Tordella
• Thea Shapiro
• Christmas
• Time for All Ages

For the second year in a row, DRE Thea Shapiro and the congregation had great fun with a “no rehearsal” and alternative pageant, adapted from Norman Allen’s work.

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December 11, 2022

• Bill Duston
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• 1970s
• spirituality
• Time for All Ages

The third in a series, discovering the hidden spirituality of a decade!

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December 4, 2022

• Martha Childs
• Molly Lozeau
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• hero's journey
• magic
• Time for All Ages

An experiment! What would it be like to worship without an Order of Service printed out? We give it a try…

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November 27, 2022

• Debbie Eston
• Larry Kaylor
• Martha Childs
• Monica Pilman
• democracy
• Time for All Ages
• Unitarian Universalism

FCU Deacon Monica Pilman delivers a thoughtful talk on democracy.

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November 20, 2022

• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• David Gaynor
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• Cornbread Communion
• gratitude
• thanksgiving
• Time for All Ages

An annual tradition! The FCU Deacons serve communion, and we give thanks. Wonderful guest musicians, including Carolyn McCreary, Emma Bruns Riffelmacher, Eric Semple, Sara Weeks, and Charlie Weeks.

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November 13, 2022

• Janet Adachi
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• 1960s
• spirituality
• Time for All Ages

We carry on with the second of our “Spirituality of the Decades” series with a look at the 1960s. Great music, of course!

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