

Church of the Larger Fellowship UU Worship
Church of the Larger Fellowship
Worship services from the Church of the Larger Fellowship, a Unitarian Universalist congregation without geographical boundaries or walls.
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Oct 27, 2025 • 0sec
Let Grief Open the Way - Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
 Description: Job's wife is vilified for her anguished, irreverent response to tragedy in her household. But what if we listened more closely to her challenge? What if, instead of avoiding or ignoring the pain of loss, we allowed it to open a path to a fuller, more courageous faith?
Reflection question: It has been said that a broken heart is an open heart tenderized to love even more deeply. What's breaking your heart in these times? What losses have you avoided grieving? What haven't you said to God for fear of rebuke? What support do you need to tell God the truth? 

Oct 20, 2025 • 0sec
When I'm The Source of Grief or A Meditation on Heartbreak - Rev. Donté Hilliard
 Often when we discuss grief, we are being encouraged to identify, acknowledge and/or accept the layers and cycles of grief that we are experiencing. But how do we engage this subject when we are the cause of another person’s grief?  This week. I will share a story about a time when I was a source of grief. 

Oct 13, 2025 • 0sec
Affirming Every Person, Not Every Idea - Aisha Hauser
 The Rev. Meg Barnhouse once said, "I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, not every idea." In what ways can we lean into affirming each other and maintaining the humanity of all as we work to dismantle systems of harm. 

Oct 6, 2025 • 0sec
Sewing Up the Holes - Rev. Dr. Michael Tino
 Arundhati Roy, in her novel The God of Small Things, describes trauma, grief, and loss as leaving holes in the universe--shaped like the things we have lost. When we sew up those holes, we leave a mark behind even as we restore our fabric to wholeness. How do we honor those marks and help each other sew up our holes of grief? 

Sep 29, 2025 • 0sec
The Things Left Behind - Rev. Donté Hilliard
 Lamentation is a ritualized approach to grief. It creates opportunities for us to acknowledge, reflect upon and say goodbye to the piles of rubble we leave behind; our many unmet expectations, dreams and desires. 

Sep 22, 2025 • 0sec
Why Do We Sing? - Rev. Dr. María Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa

Sep 15, 2025 • 0sec
Faith in the Time of Monsters - Aisha Hauser
 How do progressive religious folks maintain their faith in a time of monsters? This was the question posed during a symposium in Seattle recently. I will share my own reflections and learning on how we keep the faith in a time of monsters. 

Sep 8, 2025 • 0sec
Welcoming Lament - Rev. Dr. Michael Tino
 Can lament over the suffering all around us be our hope? Can we express lament without getting stuck there? We seek to build a religious community where that lament is welcome as part of a cycle of healing, growth, and action. 

Sep 1, 2025 • 0sec
Are You Planted in the Right Soil? - Rev Donté Hilliard
 So much talk about accountability focuses on our accountability to others but how are we accountable to ourselves. . .our values. . . our flaws. . . our visions. . .our desires?  How do we honor the “sound of the  genuine” in us,  our embodied knowing that is beyond words?
Rev. Donté's questions to think about:
Why are you on this path of life ?
What are your patterns of dissatisfaction with the path ?
What is Missing on this path?
What are you going to do about it ? 

Aug 25, 2025 • 0sec
Save the Baby, Save the World - Aisha Hauser
 When we center the needs and care of the most vulnerable among us, we help all of us. When we reject the idea that anyone is unworthy, we refuse to let systems of oppression flourish. We are faced with a moment in time right now. Humanity can center each other, the planet, life and love or we can ignore the reality that our destinies are intertwined at our peril. 


