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.

https://youtu.be/6SKA1lLEfts What possible message can a memory from early childhood have for an adult? Don describes recollections from when he was just 2 years 10 months old. The memory has had a haunting beauty that’s followed him around the rest of his life. At his best, Don finds he has the same attitude now as that little boy back in 1953. It’s a peek into what a human brain with twice as many neural connections feels like, before we all “prune” them for adult efficiency. Link to the Order of Service

https://youtu.be/xnYzs7UfXb4 https://mpuuc.org/services/loving-the-hell-out-of-this-world/ Link to the Order of Service

https://youtu.be/l2gsYmMazZE https://mpuuc.org/services/apron-strings-and-umbilical-cords/ Link to the Order of Service

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erErPLv9WK4&authuser=1 https://mpuuc.org/services/flower-communion-5/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHuOP2NCDAw&authuser=1 https://mpuuc.org/services/from-anger-to-action-meaningfully-protecting-marginalized-communities/