Category Archives: Worship Services

Sunday Service: Hospitality, a Pillar of Faith

Join Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning at the UU Church in Waterville, Maine.

Sunday, January 28th, 2024

 69 Silver Street Waterville, Maine

Time: 10:00 AM(Eastern)

Thought for contemplation:

“What if hospitality were the pillar of our Faith?” 

    ~ Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning

All those peaceably seeking spiritual solace are welcome!

Attend in person or Online:

https://uucwaterville.com

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Our Favorite Things Service June 25th in Waterville, Maine

Join Us this Sunday, June 25th ! in person + online 10:00AM Eastern.
69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine 
Theme: “Our Favorite Things”
This service will explore what we like most about our lives and our communities, about what our spiritual communities offer to us, and also about the sources of our Faith.

We will come to understand why the things in our lives that matter to us, matter to us.

And, we will look at examples in psychology, history, symbolism and synchronicity that help explain why humans assign value and honor with ritual that which is most important to us, personally and in the groups we are part of. 


www.uucwaterville.com (link to Online Service)


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Mark Your Calendar’s: Rockwood Historic Log Chapel Community Church

Throughout July and August Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning will be hosting Contemplative Services each Tuesday 7:00pm-7:45pm. Similar to Dharma style talks (with an interfaith flare), includes a brief message based on the week’s Thought for Contemplation, reflection and meditation time.

Twinkle has also been invited to return as guest preacher this summer at the Rockwood Community Church (the Historic Log Chapel). Dates she will be present include: Sunday, July 23rd and Sunday, July 30th. Mark Your Calendar and be sure to join her in Rockwood.

Sacred Rebels: Women in Ministry – Sunday, March 12th, 2023

Theme: “Sacred Rebels:Women in Ministry”. Throughout history and down to our modern day, women have influenced spirituality and shaped faith traditions. This service is a glimpse at some magnificent female spiritual leaders and the values and beliefs they challenged and promoted.

Join us at 10:00 am Eastern. (in person + online)

Some of the women highlighted in Twinkle’s sermon include:

Hildegard of Bingen, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Ruth Barrett, Kate Braestrup, Thandeka and Sally Azar.

www.uucwaterville.com

Replay: Blue Christmas Service

“It is possible, practical and incumbent to hold these two truths:
– The holidays are wonderful, merry and bright.
– The holidays are hard, dark and dreary.
For some, it’s one or the other.
For most, it’s both.”

~ Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning

“For those who are hurting, lonely or sad this time of year, and for those who wish to support those who are, this service is for you. A time and place to hold grief sacred during the holiday season. Whether it is your Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa or Solstice and Yule, the holiday season, while filled with light, can create palpable darkness. Together may we offer comfort and solace.”

Order of Worship for the Service:

This service was recorded at the Universalist Church in Waterville, Maine on December 18th – where Twinkle is the contract minister serving the congregation in worship leadership twice a month until June 2023. Interfaith services such as this are Twinkle’s trademark in a landscape of religious and spiritual diversity. Check Twinkle’s Place Upcoming Events and Gatherings page for information about 2023 Services, Retreats, Workshops and more.

For many years Twinkle has hosted Blue Christmas gatherings during the holiday season. In 2020 she published a Blue Christmas Reflection Book.

For additional Reflection and Blessing books, visit: http://matrikapress.com/blessing-books/

Upcoming Service Year Announcement 2022-2023

The Reverend “Twinkle” Marie Manning will present the following services during the 2022-2023 service year from September 2022 through June 2023. Join Us!

Above pictured at the Community Universalist Church of Waterville in Maine

Each worship service will be presented on the 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month in Waterville (live in-person or via Zoom) (except December will be the 1st & 3rd Sundays). 10:00AM 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine. The Wednesday following the live worship service Twinkle will host a Contemplative Service (online – typically in Rockwood) with the same theme, and a replay of that recording on the next Sunday. Visit Twinkle’s Place Calendar Page for dates and links.

Visit the following websites for additional details:

www.uucwaterville.com

www.TheChurchOfKineo.org

Sermon Titles:

– The Edge of Summer
– Anam Ċara & the Divine Echo – The Shoreline of Courage
– Amalek Within
– Death Changes Everything
– Thanksgiving – Got Leftovers?

– Damascus Experiences
– Blue Christmas
– Envisioning a Year
– Operator’s Manual
– Let’s Talk About Sex!
– Roses in Winter

– Sacred Rebels
– Fold as You Go
– In Our Own Image
– Love the Land You’re With

– Mothering Mothers
– Intentional Creativity
– June’s Calling
– Our Favorite Things

For links to the Contemplative Service, click HERE.