69 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2021–2023 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/unitarian-universalist-church-philadelphia.html
“Mission and Vision - First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia ~ Welcome home! Sign In About UsOur StaffThe Board of TrusteesOur MinistersOur Mission and VisionChurch CalendarMinisters Parental Leave Our Staff The Board of Trustees Our Ministers Our Mission and Vision Church About UsOur StaffThe Board of TrusteesOur MinistersOur Mission and VisionChurch CalendarMinisters Parental Leave Our Staff The Board of Trustees Our Ministers Our Mission and Vision Church Calendar Ministers Parental Leave WorshipUpcoming ServicesUsherVespersMusic MinistrySummer Services Upcoming Services Usher Vespers Music Ministry Summer Services Connect & EngagePath to MembershipLeadership Library Path to Membership Leadership Library Lifespan Religious Ed. Our Ministers Our Mission and Vision Church Calendar Ministers Parental Leave WorshipUpcoming ServicesUsherVespersMusic MinistrySummer Services Upcoming Services Usher Vespers Music Ministry Summer Services Connect & EngagePath to MembershipLeadership Library Path to Membership Leadership Library Lifespan Religious Ed. Adult Spiritual Dev. Families at First U. Adult Spiritual Dev. How to Get Here Mission and Vision In 2018, our congregation created and affirmed the following Values, Vision and Mission statement. Mission: Our mission is to awaken love and justice in our lives and the world Values Loving Kindness: Our faith calls us to move from a place of loving kindness. In 2018, our congregation created and affirmed the following Values, Vision and Mission statement. Mission: Our mission is to awaken love and justice in our lives and the world Values Loving Kindness: Our faith calls us to move from a place of loving kindness. Justice: Mission: Our mission is to awaken love and justice in our lives and the world Values Loving Kindness: Our faith calls us to move from a place of loving kindness. Justice: We commit to pursue justice in our community and the world. Our mission is to awaken love and justice in our lives and the world Values Loving Kindness: Our faith calls us to move from a place of loving kindness. Justice: We commit to pursue justice in our community and the world. Creativity Creativity shapes our worship, and our life in community. Vision By 2023, First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is committed to becoming a church that Welcomes everyone with warmth and openness, and broadest possible access. Empowers congregants to share their talents and grow into leadership. Supports individuals in their process of spiritual seeking and growth. Inspires vision and radical generosity in our congregation. Inspires vision and radical generosity in our congregation. Reaches out with comfort and care to congregants in need. Builds a more just and peaceful community and world. You can also check out our church's by-laws here. You can check out our congregational covenant here.”
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December 24, 2022: Annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Dec 28, 2022 · power between ideas
Advent & ChristmasFriendship & Belonging
Behind-the-scenes-staff keep the wheels turning at First U
Dec 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & Giving
December 11, 2022: (No Such Thing As) Other People's Children
Dec 13, 2022 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingParenting & Children
December 11, 2022: (No Such Thing As) Other People's Children
Dec 13, 2022 · families and relationships
Parenting & ChildrenFriendship & Belonging
December 4, 2022: Enlightenment
Dec 6, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Suffering & PerseveranceFriendship & Belonging
November 27, 2022: Better Get to Living
Nov 29, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & Belonging
November 13, 2022: Where Do We Go From Here?
Nov 15, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
October 30, 2022 Service: Sound of Shapes
Nov 1, 2022
Friendship & Belonging
October 23, 2022 Service: Fed By the Giving
Oct 26, 2022
Friendship & BelongingService & Spiritual Gifts
October 16, 2022 Service: What Do We Really Need?
Oct 18, 2022
Stewardship & Giving
Stewardship at First U Church 2023 - Support Young Change-makers
Oct 6, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & Giving
“so this week when we have so much happening for children and families in our program and in our congregation I'm thinking about multi-generational wo…”
September 25, 2022 Service: The Sound of All of Us
Sep 26, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
“feeling a sense of belonging is a life or death issue in a 2010 study Dr Julianne Holt lundstad reviewed 148 other studies a lot of studies and those…”
September 18, 2022 Service: "Alone Together"
Sep 19, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
Ingathering Water Communion Service: Rooted in Darkness, Floating in Light
Sep 12, 2022 · spirituality in nature
Creation CareFriendship & Belonging
A special message from Abbey and Hannah
Sep 8, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Baptism & Communion
When Words Don’t Work, Listen More
Sep 6, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Identity & Worth
The Beginnings We Did Not Choose
Aug 29, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Marriage
Fanny Kemble, Great First Unitarian Abolitionist
Aug 22, 2022 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingDivorce & Broken Relationships
Children are People too
Aug 8, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenFriendship & Belonging
The Examined Faith
Jul 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtFriendship & Belonging
Behold: A Time for Healing is Upon Us
Jul 14, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeSuffering & Perseverance
Dance: "Resolve"
Jul 14, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Hope & Encouragement
What Happened To You
Jul 5, 2022 · families and relationships
Friendship & Belonging2nd Principle: Justice & Equity
Three Point Bloom
Jun 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & Belonging
Gratitude
Jun 22, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & Belonging
Putting Ourselves Back Together Again
May 24, 2022 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingBible & ExpositionStewardship & Giving
The Burden that Defines Us
May 17, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & Belonging
The Heart Outside Your Body
May 11, 2022 · families and relationships
Racial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
Poems Upon the Sky
Apr 27, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareFriendship & Belonging
By Way of Sorrow
Apr 20, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
There's a River Somewhere
Apr 12, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Fear & AnxietyFriendship & Belonging
Transformation is Always Disruptive
Apr 5, 2022 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingImmigration & Refuge
Evil Gets Strong When We Get Tired
Mar 28, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Friendship & Belonging
Coldest Summer of the Rest of Your Life
Mar 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingCreation Care
Same Hate, Stronger Resistance
Mar 7, 2022 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingInterdependence & Nature
Covenant and Kintsugi
Feb 28, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
Duet of Love and Doubt
Feb 22, 2022 · power between ideas
Faith & DoubtFriendship & Belonging
Practicing Courage
Feb 14, 2022 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingFear & Anxiety
Moral Imagination
Feb 7, 2022 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingRacial Justice
Fallow Fields
Jan 31, 2022 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingEarth-Centered Spirituality
Moved - Choose - Tell Your Truth
Jan 24, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
Extremists for Love Rev Abbey Tnenis Jan 16 22
Jan 18, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeFriendship & Belonging
Passion or Purpose?
Jan 11, 2022 · power between ideas
Service & Spiritual GiftsFriendship & Belonging
This Year's Love Had Better Last
Jan 3, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingNew Year & Watch Night
Woven Fine
Dec 13, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & LamentFriendship & Belonging
Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)
Dec 7, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Stewardship & Giving
The Second Best Time is Now
Dec 7, 2021 · families and relationships
Friendship & BelongingSpiritual GrowthFaith & Civic Life
“i felt so weak after nova was born that it was often hard to even hold him it was hard to walk even a few blocks at the end of my pregnancy and in th…”
Sometimes Our Heroes Aren't Heroes
Nov 30, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeImmigration & RefugeFriendship & Belonging
Border People
Nov 16, 2021 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic LifeImmigration & RefugeFriendship & Belonging
“s government responded they responded to his protest by placing him under a sort of domestic house arrest they voided his passport and they did it to…”
The Choir Invisible
Nov 8, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
All SaintsFriendship & Belonging
Chronos & Kairos
Nov 1, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Friendship & BelongingJoy & Gratitude
Kneeling Angels
Oct 20, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
The ExodusFriendship & BelongingSuffering & Perseverance
Calling All Angels
Oct 20, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Suffering & Perseverance
Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
Oct 12, 2021 · school age stories
Fear & Anxiety
No Arguing: Welcome the Stranger
Oct 11, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeFriendship & Belonging
“so i'm going to invite you to remember your school cafeteria if you had one it could be high school or earlier in life or later in life think about a…”
I Would Die 4 U
Oct 4, 2021 · more than it appears
Fear & Anxiety
Fierce Love
Oct 4, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingBeloved Community
Devote Yourself to Justice
Sep 27, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Friendship & BelongingIsaiah
We Begin Again in Love
Sep 21, 2021 · connected common experience
Forgiveness & Reconciliation
Becoming One, Remaining Separate
Sep 21, 2021 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingLoneliness & Isolation
Ingathering Water Communion Service
Sep 14, 2021 · spirituality in nature
Faith & Mental HealthFriendship & Belonging
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