Speaker: Rev. Greg Ward

The Prisons of the World and the Prisons of our Mind Good Vs. Evil Across Infinite Dimensions

10AM Sunday 10/13/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

Prisons, in this country, play a unique and incomparable role compared to other first-world nations. There are important things that need to be understood about the history of our prison system, the purpose we expect them to fulfill and the question of how well they are currently working for us. This is a service that … Continue reading The Prisons of the World and the Prisons of our Mind Good Vs. Evil Across Infinite Dimensions

Forgiveness and Reconciliation

10AM Sunday 10/6/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

This Sunday comes during a portion of the Jewish calendar known as ‘the Days of Awe.’ The great teacher Maimonides had a lot to say about the High Holy Days and the forgiveness and atonement that is at their heart. We will draw from some ancient texts and try to apply them to modern situations … Continue reading Forgiveness and Reconciliation

The Spiritual and Political Crises in the World, How They’re Related and What We Can Do

10AM Sunday 9/22/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

At some point, for those of us who consider ourselves even nominally ‘spiritual,’ it becomes important to ask how far such spirituality goes. Can we relate and connect beyond political perspectives. And how far does such spirituality go? If we consider ourselves worthy of great freedoms and diverse – even contradictory – perspectives, do we … Continue reading The Spiritual and Political Crises in the World, How They’re Related and What We Can Do

Love at the Center

10AM Sunday 9/15/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

There are times in this world where the terrible truth of how cruel humans can be to one another just wears us down. Where the surface-level cheerfulness and benefit-of-the-doubt thinking encounter people who dismiss, demean, ignore or undermine the inherent worth and dignity of others. Sometimes, when we’re all alone and fear and doubt rush … Continue reading Love at the Center

River of Time – Water Communion and 30 Years of Hopes and Promises

10AM Sunday 9/8/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

In this special service we will row ourselves back upstream to our past and see what excitement and hope was placed in our 30 year time capsule. We will also consider what hopes and promises we think belong in the time capsule to be opened in another 30 years. The Zoom link and Order of … Continue reading River of Time – Water Communion and 30 Years of Hopes and Promises

Lessons I Learned from RE about Myself, Others and Religion

10AM Sunday 8/25/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

How do we do ‘the right thing’ when we feel most ‘wronged.’ How we go about untangling our own array of past hurts and traumas and learn to be open to things – and people – that frighten us? These truths are at the root of all spiritual growth. And, it is what Religious Education … Continue reading Lessons I Learned from RE about Myself, Others and Religion

WWJD – The Theology for the Matrix We’re In

10AM Sunday 8/18/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

Sometimes the world isn’t as it presents. Sometimes (especially in election years) it can feel like politicians (and the corporations backing them) are trying their best to deceive us – painting a rosy picture of our lives if we trust them and a dystopian nightmare if we go against them. This is a service about … Continue reading WWJD – The Theology for the Matrix We’re In

Juneteenth

10AM Sunday 6/16/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

This Juneteenth service will be held at Lions1 Picnic Area at Lake Elizabeth. Through stories, music and ritual, we will recognize and celebrate when word of emancipation finally arrived in the remote plains of the nation, enslavers tried to keep the news from those whose lives and dreams they had kept captive. We will imagine … Continue reading Juneteenth

Pride Started with a Riot

10AM Sunday 6/9/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

It was 55 years ago that the Stonewall Riots, aka, Stonewall Uprising, began in the early hours of June 28, 1969. New York City police violently raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village arresting patrons. But those arrested made it perfectly clear they’d had enough of this constant abuse. The six … Continue reading Pride Started with a Riot

Flower Communion Celebration

10AM Sunday 6/2/2024 Rev. Greg Ward

This year marks the 101st year since Norbert Capek introduced the Flower Celebration in Prague Czechoslovakia as a response to the build up of authoritarianism in percolating in the region. Capek took a very simple observation of his daughter noticing the diversity of flowers in the area and how beautiful they looked together in a … Continue reading Flower Communion Celebration

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