January 23, 2022

• Cindy Malley
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• competition
• losing
• Time for All Ages
• winning

We considered whether losing can be beautiful…

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January 16, 2022

• Kris Ersland
• Larry Kaylor
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• civil rights
• Martin Luther King
• Time for All Ages

Our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday service, thinking about voting rights then and now.

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January 9, 2022

• Bill Duston
• Molly Lozeau
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• fear
• online worship
• spiritual practice
• Time for All Ages

We had an online-only worship service on Zoom, thinking about fear.

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January 2, 2022

• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• Martha Childs
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Thea Shapiro
• afterlife
• new life
• remembrance
• Time for All Ages

An annual tradition: on the first Sunday of the new year, we remember those we lost in the past year, and celebrate those born in the past year. Co-led by me (Rev. Lara) and the Deacons.

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December 24, 2021

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

Our (hybrid) Christmas Eve Service was a little different this year! We started out inside, then ended outside by the fire pit so that we could have some singing. It was lovely!

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December 19, 2021

• Bob Williams
• Debbie Eston
• Emily Welch
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Sara Cope
• Susan Tordella
• Thea Shapiro
• Christmas
• nativity
• Time for All Ages

Director of Religious Education Thea Shapiro led the whole congregation through a jolly no-rehearsal pageant! We had lots of fun.

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December 12, 2021

• Martha Childs
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• consciousness

I continued with my “Consciousness Series”, considering “cosmic consciousness” and whether the Universe might be conscious.

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December 5, 2021

• Carolyn McCreary
• Cindy Malley
• Monica Pilman
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Roger Price
• Thea Shapiro
• agnosticism
• Christmas
• nativity
• online worship

During “red light” conditions, we worshiped online-only. Guest preacher and FCU deacon Cindy Malley discusses what Christmas means to her as an agnostic.

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November 28, 2021

• Andrea Price
• Bob Williams
• Cindy Malley
• Jen Jaksa
• Martha Childs
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• Roger Price
• Hanukkah
• Judaism
• online worship

During our “red light” conditions, we worshiped online-only. We discussed who we might be in the Hanukkah story.

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November 21, 2021

• Bill Duston
• Cindy Malley
• Larry Kaylor
• Rev. Lara Hoke
• gratitude
• thanksgiving

We did something a little different this year. Because of “yellow light” Covid-19 conditions, we could not do our traditional Cornbread Communion. Instead, the Deacons and I used menti.com to have folks share something that made them feel grateful.

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