Sunday Mornings at Cedars
Audio recordings of our Sunday Services. Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church is a liberal religious congregation serving Bainbridge Island and Northern Kitsap County. We are a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). We have been recognized as a Welcoming Congregation in support of the LGBTQ community and as a Green Sanctuary for our commitment to a more sustainable environment.
Episodes
Rev. Barbara Gilday, Cedars Guest Minister
Johanna Munson, Worship Associate
Featuring music by Gretchen Yanover
As we try to make sense of what is happening in our country, it is useful to look back at some past recoveries, and importantly, look at what successful strategies are being employed in our day. We must not lose faith. We must not give in. And true to our Unitarian Universalist values, we must think and act in love - ...
Rev. Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister
Liz Motter, Worship Associate
As spring turns into summer, Unitarian Universalists from around the world celebrate Flower Communion, a ceremony of celebration of each person's uniqueness and to honor how we flourish together. Flower Communion was created for his congregation in 1923 by Czech Unitarian minister, Nobert Capek. Remember to bring a few blossoms to give away as we share...
Rev. Bruce Bode, Cedars Guest Minister
Nancy Philip, Worship Associate
This is a companion sermon to Rev. Bruce Bode’s January 4 sermon titled “The Road Not Taken”, which was based on Robert Frost’s poem by that title. This follow-up sermon will look at the road we have taken in life, then explore how we go forward from where we are.
NOTE: A print version of the January 4 service can be found at the link here.
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Rev. April Frazier, Cedars Guest Minister
Nancy Philip, Worship Associate
Have you ever felt like “feeling grateful” was one more thing on your to-do list? Or a cliche that makes you roll your eyes? Or maybe wonder if it is even possible to pay attention to gratitude when everything else happening in the world crowds it out? Let’s take a breath, take off the pressure and find an opening in the mundane and myst...
Rev. Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister
David Thomas, Worship Associate
Join us for this special Sunday morning service where Reverend Margo and selected congregants will be reading their favorite poems to uplift us and give expression to our deepest universal experiences.
Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs on their journeys to learn fro...
Nancy Philip and Gregory Cook, Cedars Guest Speakers
Our seasoned Worship Associates Gregory Cook and Nancy Philip share their perspectives on the topic of motherhood.
Nancy Philip joined Cedars in 1997 with her partner Jeff and their children Marina, Lydia, and Archer. She has served as a Religious Educator, trustee, long‑time committee member, OWL facilitator (often co‑facilitating with Gregory Cook), and a Worship Associate for 16...
Rev. Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister
Liz Motter, Worship Associate
The poet Rilke tells us not to seek the answers to our questions, rather to live everything, to live the questions now. In this service we will explore how holy curiosity helps us engage our underlying beliefs and yearnings, and the tangles that long to be unknotted in the search for meaning in our lives and wider world.
Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by w...
Jennifer Alviar, Cedars Guest Minister
Nancy Philip, Worship Associate
Impermanence is difficult for the mind to grasp and the heart to accept. Come join us as we co-create an earth mandala together. May this nature-based community art form guide us in the spiritual practice of letting go with more grace.
Rev. Jennifer Alviar is a Unitarian Universalist minister who designs rituals for healing and renewal in sacred and civic spac...
Rev. Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister
Fran Korten and Michael Cox, Cedars Guest Speakers
David Thomas, Worship Associate
Come and celebrate Earth Day through ritual, song and poetry and feel how the precious and ancient earth renews and transforms us. Fran Korten, Michael Cox and Reverend Margo will be speakers at this service.
Alan Miller, Cedars Guest Speaker
Gregory Cook, Worship Associate
Learn more about her work at http://www.gretchenyanover.com/
Late second temple Judaism poses the question of God's fairness in the Book of Job, a question that is finally answered in Jesus' preaching of the coming Kingdom of God; The Bhagavad Gita presents the Hindu system of (hidden) fairness in the caste system and reincarnation. Is the only path to fairness (jus...
Rev. Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister
Johanna Munson, Worship Associate
Featuring music by pianist Nicholas Colletto and vocalist Moira McGregor
At this time of year, Lent, Ramadan, and Passover fill the spring days with opportunities for contemplation, meditation, and even prayer. What can we learn from the great religions about paying attention and bringing our emotional and spiritual growth into action for our communities and c...
Rev. Rose Edington and Rev. Mel Hoover, Cedars Guest Ministers
Nancy Philip, Worship Associate
Featuring music from Kids in Concert
In the present, we can look back and see how the seeds of thoughts and actions — both positive and negative —planted back then are now part of our lives. We might have influenced someone or an event without even knowing it. What kinds of seeds that we plant now would we like to see b...
Rev. Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister
David Thomas, Worship Associate
Humanists and Unitarians have been in conversation for over a century, learning from one another and partnering to create a belief system that strives to create circumstances in which all might flourish. Let's explore together how Humanism might guide our daily practices and increase our capacity for wonder, awe, gratitude, and service.
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Nate Kremer-Herman, Guest Speaker
Gregory Cook, Worship Associate
Artificial intelligence is the latest in a long line of tools that shape how we relate to our world and to each other. As we grapple with how AI is changing us, it is important to ground ourselves in our uniquely human experiences to cultivate closer communities and a healthier planet.
Nate Kremer-Herman teaches computer science at Seattle University. His re...
Rev. Tessie Mandeville, Carrie Koehnline and Judith Kaftan, Guest Speakers
Su Livingston, Guest Musician
Nancy Philip, Worship Associate
Our speakers will share a recently rediscovered story, "Grandmother Waits." They'll reflect, as the elders they are now, on its messages of autonomy, depth, creativity, and what it takes to be a healthy, diverse community. Led by Carrie and Judith, who co-wrote the story more than 30 years ago, ...
Rev. Deanna Vandiver, Guest Minister
Johanna Munson, Worship Associate
Join us in co-creating worship that skills us up and roots us sustainably in place for faithful living within the context of the Holocene extinction and the violence of empire.
Rev. Deanna Vandiver is affiliated with the Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist, as a Community Minister of Love and Liberation. She is the founder of Ever...
Rev. Margo Reinhart, Minister
Liz Motter, Worship Associate
Music by: Rick Barrenger
On this Presidents' Day weekend, we will explore the commitment by many of our Founding Fathers to the separation of church and state and the imperative of protected religious expression. From atheism to theism, let freedom ring!
Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and spiritual b...
Rev. Margo Rinehart, Minister
Nancy Phillip, Worship Associate
Through the work of grief guide Frances Weller, and the practices of Buddhist Pema Chodron, we will explore how to prevail in a life that is for more than ourselves.
Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs on their journeys to learn from one another, search for truth, and answer...
Rev. Bill Comfort, Guest Minister
Gregory Cook, Worship Associate
An exploration together of some of Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky's thoughts about how spiritual and emotional truths are communicated through shapes and colors in painting. We will reflect together about how these spiritual and emotional truths might manifest in our own experience.
Reverend Bill Comfort is a sort of retired UCC Pastor. He wo...
Rev. Margo Rinehart, Minister
David Thomas, Worship Associate
Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King, Jr. came from different cultures and religions and from countries at war with one another. Let us experience how they influenced one another through deep friendship and a shared commitment to justice and peace.
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