Looking for that great sermon by Ken Nye? Check the Beloved Community Page to the left! - JL

To read an excerpt from the sermon/service on October 23rd click on the Beloved Community Page to the left.

October/November 2011 - The Secrets of Life & Death

On October 23rd we turn our attention from Ingathering, home and radical hospitality to begin an exploration of the secrets of life and death in both worship and adult religious education settings: How do we live life to the fullest? What happens to us when we die? What is our relationship with our ancestors? How can we affirm life when we are grieving? How do we live and love through death, and the lesser loses of aging, illness and trauma?

Sunday Worship

October 23rd - The Secret of Life - Rev. Jennifer

We begin with a Partner Church Sunday exploration of living life to its fullest. This worship service will give you a chance to see and hear some of what happened at the Unitarian children's camp we c0-sponsored this past summer in Romania, and after the service you can put your faith into action by signing up to provide all or part of an educational scholarship for one of the children in our Partner Village of Gyepes, Romania

October 30 - Ancestor Sunday with Kate Connelley

November 6 - Death & Lesser Losses - Rev. Jennifer and Ken Nye

Join Rev. Jennifer in a service she's prepared with congregant Ken Nye to explore illness, aging and loss.

Religious Exploration for Adults

The Secrets of Life & Death

What if I don't know what to believe?

Join Rev. Jennifer and guest speaker Jane Mullen on three evening explorations of aging, end-of-life issues and death.

November 8, 9 & 15th

**Please register by Friday, November 4th by contacting Joan Guild at joan@guilds.net

The Gospel of Mary

Many thanks to all the folks at the Saco UU church for welcoming me so warmly as their guest Minister last Sunday. For those of you who were interested in finding out more about the sermon topic, try these great reads:

more mainstream - The Woman with the Alabaster Jar by Margaret Starbird & Jesus and the Lost Goddessby Freke & Gandy

more academic - The Complete Gospels by Robert J. Miller, ed. & In Memory of Her by Elizabeth Fiorenza & The First Edition of the New Testament by David Trobisch

And for a copy of the sermon you can email me at yarmouthminister@yahoo.com

Many blessings,
Jennifer

Invitation to Pilgrimage

Want to feel cared for, befriended, awed and inspired? Then come to France on Pilgrimage with me! All the updated info is on the Pilgrimage & Mission link to the left.

Our Beloved Home September & October 2011

If you missed church on September 18th, we continued our exploration of home and radical hospitality and were called to worship by the words of Mary Oliver:

Red Bird

Red bird came all winter

firing up the landscape

as nothing else could.

Of course I love the sparrows,

those dun-colored darlings,

so hungry and so many.

I am a God-fearing feeder of birds.

I know He has many children,

not all of them bold in spirit.

Still, for whatever reason -

perhaps because the winter is so long

and the sky so black-blue,

or perhaps because the heart narrows

as often as it opens -

I am grateful

that red bird comes all winter

firing up the landscape

as nothing else can do.

To learn more about our exploration of narrowing and opening the heart read an excerpt of the Morning Message by clicking on the Beloved Community page to your left

For more information about our 2011-2012 church year check out the Beloved Community page - the link is to the left. The Pilgrimage Page has also been updated - see you Sunday! - Rev. Jennifer