Explore how the constant noise of news, social media, and modern life can shape our hearts and draw us away from what matters most. The sermon invites us to practice courage by reclaiming our attention, remaining present to one another, and directing our lives toward love, compassion, and faithful action. https://youtu.be/3BG-M4cWymE Order of Service

https://youtu.be/nQJv79bsthc?si=8mTPSRCb8DDHenbQ Rev. Johnnie explores the roles, expectations, and identities we carry—and the courage it takes to remain connected to our authentic selves. Through personal stories, spiritual reflection, and a message of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, this sermon invites us to create a world where Love gives each person the freedom to live fully and truthfully.

https://youtu.be/s6fSdiwCKzc Almost 20 years ago our Minister Emeritus, Dr. Chris Schriner, shared memories of an “ordinarily extraordinary” human being, Dale Dudley Schriner. In the 110th anniversary of his father’s birth year, Chris will look back on his relationship with Dale, from estrangement to reconciliation to saying farewell, updating his reflections with the perspective of old age. In addition to ministry, Chris is a retired psychotherapist, the author of six books, and an independent scholar in consciousness studies. Link to the Order of Service

https://youtu.be/5PE7ASe-ZGk Mabon is a modern Pagan celebration of the autumn equinox, a time when day and night rest in near-perfect balance. It invites us to give thanks for the season’s harvest, reflect on what has grown in our lives, and prepare with intention for the quieter months ahead.

https://youtu.be/zIeLIIllPEs What possible message can a one-month old newborn, who is working on digesting a few ounces of milk, have for his grandfather? And for all of us?

https://youtu.be/5T0QQoa-T0I Rev. Johnnie reflects on beginnings as sacred moments when the history we inherit encounters the possibilities we have yet to imagine. The sermon invites us to challenge the systems that restrict human flourishing and to remember that creation—and each of us—is still beginning. Together, we will consider what new world might begin when we choose curiosity, courage, and love over conformity and fear.

https://youtu.be/v27vFa2z_6M https://mpuuc.org/services/chaplaincy-101-how-i-learned-to-fail/

https://youtu.be/nBlYIQ9HFqs https://mpuuc.org/services/forged-in-love/ 26-08-02 Forged in Love – Order of ServiceDownload

https://youtu.be/r0U05_Nxip0 Traditionally we categorize change right up there with the unknown, public speaking, taxes, job search and a few other bete noirs as scary and painful. Rationally I can dispel that feeling but realistically it does not dispel as emotions do not vanish by saying ‘boo’ to them. We have all accomplished change in the past and reliving those experiences with survival can deescalate the accompanying fear and inconvenience. With strengths we don’t know we have and resolve, the future is open to one who seeks. Even knowing change is ineluctable, inevitable and a certainty does not take away our ability to keep on keeping on. Link to the Order of Service

Music Sunday, with contributions from the many hands and voices that make up the musical life of Mission Peak.