A big thank you to all who made our Pledge Drive a success! Although we did not quite reach our goal of $340,000, we almost made it at with 102 pledgers totaling roughly $320,000. We had 60 pledgers who raised their pledges, an increase of … read more.
The following are excerpts from Rev. Sharon Wylie’s sermon “We All Need Care” offered on March 5, 2023. You can watch the full sermon on Chalice’s YouTube channel.
Our tendency to insist we are fine when we are not reminds me of animals that hide when … read more.
There was a time in my life when I was searching for answers to questions like “Who am I?” and “What am I here for?”, “Why do I experience awe and wonder?”, and “How do I help create a community that reflects my values?”
I was … read more.
On March 19, we will begin having two worship services on Sunday morning, at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. The last time we had two worship services on Sunday morning was March 8, 2020, so it’s been a full three years.
I don’t like the phrase … read more.
Pardon our mess! It seems that during the installation of the patio shade sails, a gas line and a water line to the Chapel were broken. This has slowed down the installation of the sails and has prolonged the mess on the patio. With the … read more.
As the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (that includes our congregation!) considers revising our statement of values/principles, I thought you might like to see one of the statements from earlier times.
These are the original Principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association, as approved when the Unitarian … read more.
What a Saturday! I had my usual morning coffee and mini-cinnamon roll but then I participated in Chalice’s annual board retreat with the Coordination Team to set congregational goals for the following year. We met in the rainbow room at Chalice and the retreat was … read more.
Happy New Year!
The pandemic might not be fully behind us yet, but things are very different than they were this time last year. In December 2021, we held our first “spirit booster” social gathering on our courtyard, and Christmas Eve was our first multi-platform service … read more.
It sometimes feels like the holidays pass as a great storm. We hunker down and wait it out. That was true in many parts of our country as the blizzard of 2022 hit. Here, we had 80 degree weather on Christmas day, but there was … read more.
The following are excerpts from Rev. Sharon Wylie’s sermon “Miracles Abound” offered on November 28, 2021. You can watch the full sermon on Chalice’s YouTube channel.
This is our lives now: living and coping with the ongoing stresses of a pandemic without definitive end.
And because … read more.
