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 From the
Minister:
Dear Friends and Members of CUUC,
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day you receive this newsletter is the day of our Earth Day service. And
the day that the new minister, Barbara Coeyman, is introduced to the
congregation. After I leave at the end of June, Barbara is hoping to
take up her duties in August. She and I have been talking on the phone
in order to co-plan the Earth Day service ... we hope you find it
meaningful.
Mother’s Day is May 11. I am leading the service that day about a
subject that no one else is as knowledgeable as I am ... the life of my
mother. I was a Mother’s Day baby, born May 10, 1942 (don’t do the
math, ok?) That fact was a powerful dynamic in my life, and helped to
create a powerful bond between my mother and I.
She was an unremarkable, remarkable woman. In a time and place when women
were usually home with the kids, good working models for the later
concept of co-dependency, my mother worked out in the world in creative
ways. She was never as independent as women have become today, but after
my father’s death, she took remarkable steps to be her own person. Her
death last August at 98 was expected, but difficult.
The service on May 25 is to be special as well. We will follow up the
kids' service the week before with a bridging ceremony for the 8th
graders from CUUC who have been attending the Coming of Age program at
JUC this year. We will welcome them and ritually assist them in moving
on to the next grown up chapter of their lives. The title of the sermon
that day is, UU Principles for Young People.
As this church year winds down for me, it remains an amazing experience to
be your minister. I get to have so many pleasant, expansive, loving,
meaningful experiences with so many of you. All the time. What a gift.
To know you, to see who you are, to share parts of my life with you, for
you to trust me enough to share your lives with me ... it is all what
makes this time with you so worthwhile, and what I will miss so much.
See you in church.
Many blessings,
Barry
Minister Hours: Tuesdays from 10 am to 4
pm at the Columbine Unitarian-Universalist Church, 6724 S. Webster St.,
Littleton, CO 80128, 303-972-1716. E-mail
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Sermons by Rev. Barry Bloom
Liberal Christianity,
January 27, 2008
Theological Diversity,
December 9, 2007
The Wit and Wisdom of
Robert Fulghum, November 7, 2007
The Essence of the
World's Religions, October 7, 2007
Creation
Spirituality for UU's, September 23, 2007
Sacred Activism,
May 13, 2007
The End of Innocence:
A Day of Mourning,
April 22, 2007
UU Women Who Have
Made A Difference, February 25, 2007
The Risk of Love,
February 11, 2007
Learning from
Indigenous Peoples, January 28, 2007
Addiction as a
Spiritual Metaphor, December 10, 2006
Buddhism and
Meditation, November 26, 2006
What Does a Healthy
Congregation Look Like? November 12, 2006
A Memorial Day
Service, May 28, 2006
The Many Forms of
Easter, April 16, 2006
What I Believe About
God, March 12, 2006
The Act of Stillness,
December 4, 2005
Are We Sacred or
Profane?, October 16, 2005
The Current State of
Everything, June 12, 2005
Easter, The Inner
Resurrection, March 27, 2005
What is God? March
13, 2005
Taoism and the I Ching,
February 27, 2005
Meeting
Jesus Again for the First Time, December 19, 2004
The
Desperate Need for Unity, November 14, 2004
Baseball as a Spiritual
Metaphor, May 6, 2004
Renewal and Resurrection,
Easter 2004, April 11, 2004
We Too Can Go
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OTHER VOICES
Recent
CUUC Sermons by Other Ministers and Speakers:
Schools, Teachers, and Evolution,
Duncan Hopwood, December 2, 2007
Think Globally, Eat Locally
(References & Links), Tracy Boykin, July 29, 2007.
Sermon on Social Action,
Sarah Manning, May 13, 2007
Social Justice and Change,
Ruth Cowger, February 18, 2007
What Is, Is, Rev. James Dace,
October 22, 2006
Real Wealth: America and
"Affluenza", David Wann, September 3, 2006
The Truth About Truth, The
Rev. Andrea La Sonde Anastos, August 6, 2006
Perils and Promises of Freedom and
Democracy, Rev. James Dace, July 23, 2006
Unitarian Universalism - Dead or
Alive? Rev. James Dace, November 5, 2005
Religion: Curse or Cure or . . .,
Rev. James Dace, November 5, 2005
The Spirit of the New Age , Rev.
James Dace
Part 1 -
August 14, 2005
Part 2 - August 21, 2005
Separation of Church and State:
Notes from A Sermon
by James LaRue
March 6, 2005
What's Going On?, Rev.
James Dace, February 20, 2005
Religion and Pheromones, Robert
Blizard, February 6, 2005
Meaning in Suffering, Marla
Corwin, January 31, 2005
The
Fight of Our Lives, Rev James Dace, October 17, 2004
Fundamentalism:
Faith, Fear & Fury, Rev James Dace
PART I,
- July 25, 2004
PART II, - August 1,
2004
The Evolving God, Rev. James Dace,
March 21, 2004
Innocence Lost, Rev. James Dace,
February 29, 2004
An Advent Message, Rev. Nadine Swahnberg
Novembers Of The Soul, Rev. Nadine Swahnberg
What Child is This?, Rev. Nadine Swahnberg
The God of Jesus, Beth Ratay
Gathered Here: Our Covenantal Bond, Michael Corrigan
My Own Amen Choir, Alicia Forde |
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