EXCITING TIMES! The value of professional religious leadership and an overview of the Ministerial Search process of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Millie currently attends East Shore Unitarian Church in Bellevue WA. She has served in RE and on most church committees. She has also served on the Ministerial Fellowship Committee...

SILENCE At each Sunday service we have a Moment of Quiet. In the past it has been called a Moment of Silence, occasionally a Moment of Reflection. What is it about silence or quiet that prompts its presence in our weekly services? And what do we expect from observing that...

DISCERNING OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE: A COSMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Rev. Kennedy uses the latest cosmological findings to ask about the nature of the universe in which we live. How did the universe get started? How did it evolve? And what is our place, as human beings, in the larger scheme...

REAL LOVE: POST-WEDDING STORIES Love stories, in movies and fairy tales, end with the couple at the altar. This is wrong. That is where real love BEGINS. A look at what real love is — and is not. The Reverend Joan Shiels is a teacher, preacher and storyteller who has...

DEMOCRACY: THE CONVERSATION I YEARN TO HAVE Let’s talk about democracy. What should government do?  What should government not do?  What difference can one person make?  I’m inviting you to the dinner party of my dreams. The Rev. Cynthia Johnson, a member of our Fellowship, is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister....

In this lecture demonstration, Brian Pertl will explore the beautiful and complex sound world of the Pygmies of the Ituri Rain Forest. For Pygmies, their music not only ties them to their land, but also helps to create the communal structure on which their society is built. Discover more about...

THE POWER IN THE PERSON: A SERVICE OF HYMNS AND WORDS Our Seven Principles in Words and Song Cynthia Stiehl, mezzo-soprano, earned her performance degree from Lawrence University. She has performed to benefit Birch Creek, Bjorklunden, the YMCA, the Peninsula Music Festival and others. A UU musician for many years,...

BRUNO THE FISHING DOG Sometimes a good story tells us more about ourselves and our lives than anything else we ever hear. Bruno the Fishing Dog, a Garrison Keillor classic, is one of those stories. The Reverend Joan Shiels is a preacher, teacher and storyteller who has been bringing her...

THE SEARCH FOR THE HOLY GRAIL For a long time now we have been living in a culture that protects us from hardship and danger, a world in which everything is more or less predictable, where most people emulate those getting the greatest socio-economic rewards. But something is always pulling...

NEW LAWS: BIG ONES AND LITTLE ONES Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The US Constitution, The US Supreme Court, and enter stage right, the Neo-Con Right who teach hatred for votes, to fill pews and make tons of money. The human infant hates no one. It is taught to hate,...