Heather will be back in the pulpit on August 23rd and she is looking forward to kicking off the 2026-2027 church year at UUCL! She hopes that this will be a joyful, community building, meaning-making, spiritually fulfilling year. We will be using the UUA’s Woven Faith materials to help us explore what it means to be a UU, centered in Love, and living out our shared values together.

To begin, the last two Sundays of August, she will be addressing the concepts of “faith” and “spiritual path.” One could say these things help to build the loom on which our faith is woven.

We will contemplate a few essential questions for Unitarian Universalists, the ones we often grapple with and disagree on: What is faith? Do we have faith? Is Unitarian Universalism a faith? How do we know? AND, what does it mean that we are all on our own spiritual paths? How do I know what my spiritual path is? And, where does this spiritual path begin and where does it go? 

Please join us and let’s cocreate this living tradition we call Unitarian Universalism, a chosen faith for Love-centered, justice making, pluralism-seeking people!

August 2 -We All Preach Our Values: we will engage in a Sacred Reading practice focused on our shared UU Values.  Private reflection will be followed by an opportunity to share the pulpit and speak briefly (2-3 minutes) on the UU value most meaningful to you 
August 9 – Blessing of the Backpacks and Picnic Service: Bring your favorite picnic sides for an end of summer picnic with your UUCL family. We will send our students and teachers into the new school year with our blessings. Bring your backpack or anything that you would wear or carry with you to school each day.
August 16 – Community Sunday: In this service, we will share stories.  If you have a story to tell or a short skit that you want to share, please sign up with Melissa Marshall.  Suggested themes:  Disruption, Rebellion and Finding or Reclaiming Power 
August 23 – Faith
August 30 – Spiritual Path