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March 7
“Stewardship Born of
Mission”
Reverend Coeyman
Today begins our annual stewardship drive at
CUUC. This year our intentional focus on
stewardship comes on the heals of our ‘missioning’
that resulted in a new Mission Statement adopted
at the February congregational meeting. Yes,
stewardship turns us to thoughts of pledge
statements, spreadsheets, and budget forms. This
year, let’s add to that, looking at stewardship
as one important way we live out our mission as
a liberal church in this community. As UU
minister Dan Hotchkiss recently wrote, let’s put
our ‘money where our mission is.’
March 14
“Gratitude: The Easiest
Way to be Happy”
Reverend Coeyman
The state of gratitude is a result of
demonstrating compassion for one another. Being
connected to others, we respond with gratitude
for the connections that come about through
being alive. Being grateful is a process of
showing ourselves - letting ourselves be known
to others - as we realize the value in
relationships. We have the potential to engage
in gratitude every day of our lives. How do you
both offer and accept gratitude?
March 21
“Escape from Abuse”
Reverend Peter Sawtell
Our modern society is abusive - the suffering is
spread across the natural world and the human
society. We are all saddled with psychological,
spiritual and practical burdens. We can
restructure our lives and society around
relationships of gratitude and respect to escape
from the cycles of abuse. Peter Sawtell is the
Executive Director of Eco-Justice Ministries,
and he is delighted to be returning to
Columbine!
March 28
“The Spirit of Dance”
Reverend Coeyman
Dance, the art of bodily engagement with music,
rhythm, and more, is an important spiritual
practice for many, either as participants on the
dance floor, or as observers in the theater of
dance. Dance, in its many manifestations,
illustrates ‘embodied theology’ - how we can
realize our spiritual connections through bodily
experiences - and offers an important balance to
the many theologies of the mind in which most of
us westerners live most of the time. This
service offers a chance to both observe and
perhaps participate in dance, as we explore the
many ways in which dance can be a spiritual
practice.
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