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Being a Covenant Community


Date:   March 17, 2024
Speaker(s):   Rev. Amy McCormick
Length:   4:03

From Pastor Amy: As we launch our annual budget drive, we focus intensely on what it means to be in community together. Who are we? What do we care about? Where do we want to show up for one another and in the world? Does your heart and spirit need nurturing, support, inspiration? Let’s be together, ask hard questions, celebrate this beautiful place and the people that make it so.

Wrongs Made Right: It's Complicated


Date:   March 10, 2024
Speaker(s):   Rev. Mike Hickcox
Length:   25:29

This is the story of "The Iliff Book." This book, on the history of Christianity, written in Latin, was on display at The Iliff School of Theology in Denver for 81 years. The book, bound in the skin of a Native American, became an issue to be dealt with in 1974, but the story was covered up for the next 40 years. Finally, in the past two years, the school and the Lenape Nation have been hearing each other. The speaker has been connected to that story for 50 years

Beyond Every Door


Date:   March 3, 2024
Speaker(s):   Cayla Miller, Rev. Amy Fiorilli
Length:   13:25

Prior to the homily, Cayla Miller reads her poem, "All I Can Do." The homily by Rev. Amy McCormick begins at 2:34.

Dealing With Our Ignorance of Racism


Date:   February 25, 2024
Speaker(s):   Chris Wright
Length:   17:03

Chris Wright is Vice-President of the church council.

Great is Repentance


Date:   February 18, 2024
Speaker(s):   Rev. Amy McCormick
Length:   11:25

The homily consists of a reflection following the reading of a book to the children, then at 6:52, additional considerations about repentance.

Where is the Pulse?


Date:   February 11, 2024
Speaker(s):   Rev. Amy McCormick
Length:   14:26

A homily about hope and kindness, justice and equity, pessimism and optimism.

Cain and Abel Revisited


Date:   February 4, 2024
Speaker(s):   Rev. Jacquie Robb
Length:   14:03

We lose an important part of our heritage when we don't grapple with our own interpretations of the foundational stories in the Bible. The same way some people read beloved books every 10 years or so to see how their relationship to the themes has changed, this week we will revisit the Genesis story of Cain and Abel to see what it has to tell us today about judgement, retribution, and justice.

A Love That Liberates


Date:   January 21, 2024
Speaker(s):   Rev. Amy McCormick
Length:   12:31

Exploring the nature of what it means to say, practice, and live this truth: “Love Liberates” I first heard this eloquently shared by Maya Angelou. I wonder, is it really love if we or others are not set free in some way? What does that look like in real life? And, what does laughter have to do with anything? UU theology is tricky and sometimes confusing. As we take on big topics like this, let’s make room to poke a little fun at ourselves. Nothing frees up the clogged and congested space in our hearts and minds and bodies as well as a good belly laugh.

Squander It All


Date:   January 14, 2024
Speaker(s):   Rev. Amy McCormick
Length:   13:40
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The service this day was about giving our love away, in all its forms, without expectation or entitlement.

Affirming Love Unconditional


Date:   December 24, 2023
Speaker(s):   Rev. Amy Fiorilli
Length:   7:51

This was a Christmas Eve service with a sanctuary full of adults and children, contemplating what it feels like to treat this life as sacred. What if we are born again with each new day? What are the messages of the past that still find relevance and reverence for today?