Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
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Live Oak is a multi-generational congregation that is committed to providing a secure and loving environment in which one can receive a world-based religious education. We gather together to explore our spiritual journeys, make connections, transform lives, and work to heal our world.
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
1d ago
Last November, preaching on the topic of “communal resilience,” I told the story of Roseto, Pennsylvania and what is now referred to among sociologists and medical doctors as “the Roseto Effect.” In the late 1880s, the town of Roseto Valfortore, Italy, was going through a period of poverty. Several young men moved to the United ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
1w ago
I don’t usually talk about your physical health, other than to urge everyone to stay hydrated. I focus my ministerial energies on mental, emotional, and spiritual health. But today, I am going to. (Content warning: heartbreak ahead. But this topic is too important.) My dad, in his later years, had two instances of melanoma. That’s ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
2w ago
Did you get to see the eclipse? I gathered with others on the Live Oak labyrinth. We were hopeful, but realistic. The cloud cover looked pretty dense. But our hope was rewarded. The clouds opened up several times while the eclipse was happening, and when it went to totality, they parted again. We got to ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
3w ago
This Sunday, we’ll be doing two of the rituals of community. The first is our membership ceremony. This we do fairly regularly, as a way to welcome in new members, to share our enthusiasm that these members are now committed parts of our community, and to ritualize the change that has occurred in their life ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
1M ago
This year, the annual gathering of Unitarian Universalist called General Assembly is entirely online, June 20-23. You can attend workshops, participate in worship services, and watch this year’s Ware Lecturer, Julia Watts Belser. Most importantly, you can take part in the business of the General Assembly. As a democratic organization, it is the delegates of ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
1M ago
Most religions have some type of ceremony to mark the arrival of a baby or child and express the commitment a community gives to the child and their parents – baptism, Bris, etc. For Unitarian Universalists, we have a dedication ceremony, usually done during a regular worship service. This ceremony welcomes the child into our ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
1M ago
In 2016, my colleague, the Reverend Nancy McDonald Ladd, delivered a sermon at that year’s UU General Assembly, where she explained that she was tapping out (what wrestlers do when they are having a fake fight but it’s getting too close to real injury) of fake fights. Let me immediately share that no, this is ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
2M ago
The show Northern Exposure is now streaming on Amazon, (with original music, fans!) and last night, I watched the episode, First Snow. In it, the residents of Cicely, Alaska, are preparing for the long, hard winter. This ranges from eating heavy meals to try and gain weight, fixing up their homes to be cozy, and ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
2M ago
Love Notes to Live Oak Identify a place on the Live Oak campus Why is that place special to you? Any place outside I am an outside person, so I always enjoy being out in the open, and we do have an attractive property. But most important is the fact that I have put in ..read more
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
2M ago
In case you haven’t heard, there will be a second vote this June at the UU General Assembly about whether to change Article II of our Unitarian Universalist Association bylaws. Currently, Article II contains what we often refer to as our Principles and Sources. It is required that we examine these every 15 years to ..read more