Author: Brian Hagemann

Friday News – Jan 16, 2026

This Sunday we’ll be hearing from Paisha Thomas, our Justice and Equity Student Minister, as she reflects upon Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” While there have been many cultural and social and political changes since the writing of that letter, we seem to have unfortunately cycled back to some of his … Continue reading Friday News – Jan 16, 2026

UUA News – Holiday Greeting

    UUA Newsletter Unitarian Universalist Association December 2025 Beloveds, I am sending you all best blessings in this winter holiday season. I know that we are coming into this season of joy, of care, and of neighborliness from a difficult year. Unitarian Universalist ministry within our congregations and beyond is life saving, especially in … Continue reading UUA News – Holiday Greeting

Services cancelled [*]

Services Cancelled Sunday, December 14th Due to inclement weather, the 9:15 and 11am Services have been cancelled. We encourage you to watch the recording of last year’s Music Sunday service. This year’s “Lessons and Carols” service will be rescheduled – stay tuned for updates! Please stay Safe and warm!’ Watch 2024 “Lessons and Carols” via YouTube   … Continue reading Services cancelled [*]

Friday News – Dec 12, 2025

This Sunday will be a special holiday treat for music lovers! The service will be a “Lessons and Carols” service with a UU spin! Unlike traditional Christian lessons and carols, this one will feature readings about all the holiday traditions, and different readers for each, as well as our fabulous choirs doing amazing holiday music. … Continue reading Friday News – Dec 12, 2025

Friday News – Thanksgiving

Happy Wednesday! I’m someone who actually enjoys myths being busted! I’ve been watching the “American Revolution” series by Ken Burns and appreciate all the ways in which it peels away the romantic veneer and invites us into a far more complex story which has as much focus on native peoples and African Americans as it does … Continue reading Friday News – Thanksgiving

Friday News – Nov. 21, 2025

I want to share with you this meditation on “centering down,” written by the great mystic Howard Thurman in his book, Meditations of the Heart. Today’s youth have a saying, “touch grass” which is usually geared toward someone who gets overly caught up in an online debate and needs to disconnect from the internet and … Continue reading Friday News – Nov. 21, 2025