Weekly Sermon Topics
The Worship Theme for February is
"Forgiveness & Mercy "
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2010
Holding the Key
Pulpit Exchange: Service offered by Rev. Beth Marshall, Of 1st UU in Toledo, Ohio
While we often think of forgiveness, compassion and mercy exclusively as human traits, they are characteristics shared by our primate cousins. What can we learn from our cousins about being better human beings? (Kathleen Rolenz is preaching in Toledo this Sunday.)
SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010
INTERGENERATIONAL SERVICE
ONE SERVICE AT 10:30 a.m.
Tomorrow's Church
West Shore has long been a place where we attempt to make real the values and principles we claim to believe. When we say we're committed to being an "Anti-racist, anti-oppressive, multicultural institution," what does that really mean? This high energy/all ages 45-minute service will provide the framework for an all-church conversation, to be held immediately following the worship service about what a multicultural West Shore might look and feel like in the next chapter of our common church life. We'll be planning and dreaming "tomorrow's church" through story, song, and with some help from the Intergenerational Choir's anthem "There's a New Day Dawning."
Today, we will be collecting canned food for area food pantries. Please remember to bring a can of food per person for the Intergenerational Food Collection.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2010
Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Service offered by Rev. Wayne Arnason
At some time in our lives, all of us will experience feeling abandoned--by God, by what we thought made life worthwhile, by those we thought we loved and who loved us. As Christians focus on the stories of Holy Week, one of the most poignant images of the week is Jesus' cry of abandonment from the cross. Rather than pray for mercy, he cried out to God--in despair? Or in anger? What do we do with our emotions of abandonment?