Church of the Larger Fellowship UU Worship

Do the shadow sides of ourselves need to be bad? Exploring winter, mental health, and political theology, we will find powerful magik in the shadows.

We carry the flame for one another, and pass that flame to others in creating Beloved Community. CLF member Rev. Sarah Pirtle explores the magic that we create when we pass the flames of community, love, and justice.

Celebrate the darkness on this, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Rev. Michael leads this brief and meditative journey into the healing dark to reclaim its power.

Illusion is ruined when one learns the secret behind it, but magic is not. Journey with us from charm quarks to the Island of Misfit Toys to the love at the center of our faith as we explore the science of magic.

Magic happens in the moments when we are present to life. We are always invited to make our own magic. We will explore the ways magic happens when we are present to life.

When I was a child I wondered at the magic of the seasons. And not being sure I sought the counsel of my grandmother. And she helped me believe in....

Does our definition of or orientation to "family" serve our healing & thriving? This week we interrogate and complicate understandings of "Family" through the lens of queer theologies.

This week's sermon will take a deep dive into the book, The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates, using the ancient Christian method of lectio divina, in which we examine passages of the book with our hearts. The book is written for writers and talks about how learning the stories of who we are shape how we view the world and what we value.

June Jordan's "Poem for South African Women" commemorates a 1956 protest against apartheid by some 40,000 women and children, who used their bodies to protest their lack of a voice in opposing their own oppression. We remember the poem's final line, "we are the ones we've been waiting for" as we summon the courage to move forward on the journey toward liberation.

The fall or harvest season is a time celebrated across many cultures as time to commune with and honor our ancestors. Our worship this week is inspired by the Day of the Dead, a multi-day ancestor tradition widely practiced across Mexico and Mesoamerican communities.