What are the values and guiding principles at the core of our liberal religious tradition? The statement of principles and sources that Unitarian Universalists in North America cherish are but the latest institutional articulation of our evolving understanding, and they are arguably as much the product of political compromise as they are a precise distillation of what’s really at the heart of liberal religion.
Acknowledging the inherent ambiguity of the liberal way, theologian James Luther Adams identified five guiding principles that he saw at the core of the free faith.
Service Coordinators: Sarah Cummings, Jill Moats
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Centering Thought
“An unexamined faith is not worth having, for it can only be true by accident. A faith worth having is faith worth discussing and testing.”
― James Luther Adams
Centering Music
Lyric Pieces, Op. 12, No. 3 “Watchman’s Song” by Edvard Grieg, played by Daniel Clark
Welcome
Jill Moats
Gathering Hymn
# 108 My Life Flows On In Endless Song
Chalice Lighting
Words by Rev. Steve Stock
Opening Words
Words from The Case for Liberal Religion by Waldemar Argow
Affirmation
Love is the Spirit
Sharing and Caring
Esmat Elhami
Unison Words
To troubled hearts, to spirits over-brimming, we offer our ministry of listening. For stories that need to be told, we open our hearts and offer the care of our attention, and the support of this, our faith community.
Pastoral Hymn
#286 A Core of Silence
Offering
Sarah Cummings
Offertory
“Sarabande” from Cinq Pieces, Op. 6, No. 3 by Arthur Foote, played by Daniel Clark
Meditation
“The Rhodora” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reading
“The Loss of Dimension” by James Luther Adams
Hymn
#288 All Are Architects
Sermon
“At the Core of our Living Tradition” Stefan Jonasson
Closing Hymn
# 300 With Heart and Mind
Announcements
Jill Moats
Closing Words
“Ours is a Faith” by Mary Ann Evans (a.k.a. George Eliot)
Chalice Extinguishing
Carry the Flame
Gratitude
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