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July 13, 2008 - Running the Great Race,   Led by Bob Rudolph, CLL.  The inspiration for the sermon comes from St. Paul’s second letter to Timothy in which he writes, “I have run the great race, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.”  As a congregation, we are involved in a great enterprise that in some ways is like the Iditarod run to Nome, Alaska, to bring the life-saving medicine.  Some of us run only a short way and drop out.  Others are in for the long haul but cannot finish for a whole host of reasons.  Some join along the way.  What is your role in the great race?

May 11, 2008 - Good Enough Mom - Led by Rev. Lynn Kerr.  Each Mother’s Day, our children try to be on their best behavior.  We go out to dinner, and we might even get flowers.  It should also be a day to pat yourself on the back and congratulate the “good enough mom” in you.  Let’s face it; the ability to model imperfection can be the hardest and most necessary task for Moms. This Sunday, let’s all celebrate the not so perfect side of motherhood. 

 January 27, 2008 “Wake, Now, My Senses”, Led by Rev. Lynn Kerr.  Bertrand Russell, Nobel Prize winner, mathematician and philosopher wrote in 1930:  ”Some American students took me walking in the spring through a wood on the borders of their campus; it was filled with exquisite wild flowers, but not one of my guides knew the name of even one of them. What use would such knowledge be? It could not add to anybody’s income.”No time to smell the roses?  Hear the whistle of the wind?  Touch the new fallen snow?  Rev. Kerr discusses balance in our lives by using the senses we were given.

December 30, 2008 "Hard Edges Softened Here".  Led by Bob Rudolph, Commissioned Lay Leader.  One of the challenging paradoxes of our times is the growth of a global economy and communications systems simultaneous with the hardening of the edges of cultural and social groupings. We seem increasingly connected AND increasingly fragmented into cultural groups with hard edges that can cut, hurt, and maim. What does our religious way offer as a means of softening those hard edges so we can coexist more peacefully?

November 25, 2007 "When Fate Stepped In" Led by Dr. Robert S. Rudolph

October 7, 2007 “Being Open to New Ministry”  Led by Rev. Rod Thompson, Interim Minister.  What are your expectations of your new minister?  I know you have them.  Your Search Committee needs to know what they are.  This morning I will be more concerned about all those unwritten, unspoken, perhaps unrealistic expectations that you've got in the back of your minds.  So, let's look at what makes a good minister and what your expectations should be.  You might be surprised.  The subtitle for this sermon is: A Good Enough Minister.  See you in church. 

September 30 ,2007 “I Used to Believe”  Led by Rev. Lynn Kerr, Minister of Religious Education.  Some Unitarian Universalists may have a difficult time articulating their faith.  Rev. Lynn Kerr examines how we define our religion and challenges us to think about our beliefs beyond explaining what it is that we don’t believe.