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Early February GHIAA Legislative Issue Updates UUSE works with the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance on a variety of social...
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Feb 10, 20252 min read
On Inclusivity, Part I, Rev. Josh Pawelek, February 9, 2025
“Welcome home, gather ‘round / All ye refugees, come in” – words from the Christian singer-songwriter, Sandra McCracken. I suspect she’s...
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Feb 9, 20259 min read
"On Inclusion, Part I" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, February 9, 2025
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude “Swimming to the Other Side” By Pat...
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Feb 5, 20252 min read
Turning, Rev. Josh Pawelek, February 2, 2025
Our spiritual lives mirror the changing seasons. Our spiritual lives take cues from the changes between seasons and the...
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Feb 2, 20258 min read
"Turning" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, February 2, 2025
Gathering Music "Chuckles is Our Groundhog" by Dan Thompson Dan Thompson, guitar and vocals Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude...
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Jan 28, 20252 min read
Celebration of Life for Shoshana Levinson - February 1, 2025
June 3, 1952 – December 18, 2024 Prelude “Home at Last” by Dave Brubek Chris Crossgrove,...
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Jan 28, 20252 min read
"The Power of Protest" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, January 26, 2025
Gathering Music "Ship of Fools" by Hunter/Garcia "Just One Victory" by Rundgren Dan Thompson, guitar & vocals and Jen Richard, vocals...
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Jan 22, 20252 min read
"The Stories We Inherit: The Stories We Pass Down" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, January 19, 2025
Gathering Music Welcome (Emmy Galbraith) Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" By Thomas A....
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Jan 15, 20252 min read
"Telling Our Stories" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, January 12, 2025
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome and Announcements (Gina Campellone) Centering Prelude "A Story With No Words" Written and performed...
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Jan 9, 20253 min read
On The Road to Positivity, Rev. Josh Pawelek, January 5, 2025
One Sunday morning in the early 1990s I sat in a pew at the (Unitarian Universalist) Arlington Street Church in Boston. I can still hear...
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Jan 5, 20258 min read
"On the Road to Positivity" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, January 5, 2024
Gathering Music Rob Laurens, vocals and guitar Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude "You Are Welcome...
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Dec 31, 20242 min read
"Lessons from 2024" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, December 29, 2024
Gathering Music (9:55 - Dorothy Bognar) Welcome (Martha Larson) Announcements (Ellen Williams) Centering Prelude “Brazilian Sleigh...
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Dec 27, 20243 min read
Being Present to the Light, Rev. Josh Pawelek, December 22, 2024
This past Tuesday our Policy Board held its regular monthly meeting. As we began, Peggy Webbe, our president, invited us into a guided...
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Dec 22, 20248 min read
"Silent Night, Holy Night" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, December 24, 2024
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) (begins at 6:55) Welcome Centering Prelude "Christmas Time is Here" by Vince Guaraldi Chalice...
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Dec 17, 20244 min read
"On Being Present as the Sun Returns" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, December 22, 2024
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Calling the Elements A Pantheistic Winter Solstice Ritual to...
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Dec 16, 20242 min read
May We Live in Peace, Rev. Josh Pawelek, Sunday, December 15, 2024
For decades we’ve been singing “Dona Nobis Pacem” at the end of this annual midwinter holiday music service. I suspect we will continue...
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Dec 15, 20245 min read
"Dona Nobis Pacem" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, December 15, 2024
Gathering Music Holiday Favorites Margeaux, Simone and Ryan Ford, musicians Welcome (Emmy Galbraith) Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek)...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
Being Present in the Dark Season, Rev. Josh Pawelek, Dec. 8, 2024
First Reflection Finding a Balance: Dark and Light At our Thanksgiving Sunday service two weeks ago, Emmy...
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Dec 8, 20248 min read
"On Being Present in the Dark Season" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, December 8, 2024
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" Mary Bopp, piano...
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Dec 3, 20243 min read
"The Present of Presence" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, December 1, 2024
Gathering Music (Chris Crossgrove) Welcome and Announcements (Anne Vogel) ...
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Nov 26, 20243 min read
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