Speaker: Alessandra Nysether-Santos

Bread Communion: a Call to Practice Gratitude

On this Sunday before Thanksgiving, join us in a multigenerational worship service that makes space for what many families engage in during this time of year: the call to practice gratitude. Our faith gives us tools to hold the complex histories of this National Day of Mourning alongside genuine gratitude. As we break bread together, […]

The Invisible String: Honoring Our Beloved Dead

“Even though you can’t see it with your eyes, you can feel it with your heart and know that you are always connected to everyone you love.” Love is the invisible force that connects us to one another beyond space and time. In this ritual worship service, we will remember and honor our ancestors and […]

Blessing of the Animals

This multigenerational Blessing of the Animals celebrates the inherent worth and dignity in every being, inviting us to recognize the profound experience of loving a being not of our own species and, so often, a being with a shorter lifespan than our own. We will uplift and bless the companion animals in our lives and […]

Water Communion and Ingathering

The Water Communion and Ingathering is a ritual service which invites us to mix water together as a calling-in of our community and the interdependent web of all life which needs water to live. Please bring with you a small amount of water that is meaningful to you. Water will also be available in the […]

Honoring Our Labor with Play and Rest

This Labor Day, join us as we uplift the working people who have struggled for justice and equity against a culture that monetizes all that we produce and do. In blessed resistance, we will celebrate rest and play in this multigenerational service. These interwoven restorative practices heal us, connect us, and empower us. Sunday services: […]

Backpack Blessing

Students and teachers of all ages are invited to join us for the Blessing of the Backpacks, a multigenerational service. Learners and teachers can bring a backpack, device bag, or notebook to be blessed by our UUCT community during a service for all ages. Participants on Vimeo are invited to participate as well for a […]

Creativity as a Spiritual Practice

In this service, Alessandra shares about their experience with the Artist’s Way and deepening their creative spritual practice. (Late change — original planned service needed to be rescheduled) Sunday services: In-person or virtually on Vimeo https://vimhttps://vimeo.com/1213061306?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=cieo.com/event/4777952

Summer Community Sunday

In this special multigenerational service, join us for a Summer Community Sunday from 11:00am – 1:30pm! We will have a shortened worship service celebrating the importance of play and rest, then we will have time to be in community together with various Summer Fun Stations: a bubble blessing of the playgrounds, games and crafts in […]

The Flower Communion

In this annual ceremony, we honor our UU roots (and blooms!). The Flower Communion uplifts beauty, diversity, and community in a time-honored UU ritual: sharing flowers (and other plant-gifts) with one another. Join us this multigenerational Sunday as we celebrate beauty not as a diversion from the ugly parts of our reality, but as a […]

Easter: Embracing the Possibilities That Lie Beyond Grief and Loss

On this multigenerational Easter Sunday, we begin a month of embracing possibilities. Join us as we explore transformation and the possibilities beyond grief and loss. Sad and disappointing things happen to all of us: beloveds die, friends move away, and plans go awry. When we experience losses of all kinds, it may feel like the […]