November 2025 Speaking Engagements
Category Archives: Ministry
Join Us at the North American Unitarian Summit
We are so excited Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning is presenting a spiritual message at next week’s NAUA Summit!! Her theme is “Arguing for the Sake of Heaven.”
It is one of many presentations this wonderful conference will offer.
Please join NAUA for all or part of the Summit!
It is entirely online this year and begins on 9/30/2025 and continues through 10/5/2025.
The overarching theme is “Building Bridges.”
Such a timely message!
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Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning’s Presentation:
“Arguing for the Sake of Heaven”
What do our disagreements look like? What, if any, are our ulterior motives when we engage in conversations with those we disagree with? Are they battles for the sake of winning? Or are they rooted in the search for truth and meaning? This service explores what it means to Argue for the Sake of Heaven as a practical and spiritual practice for Building Bridges.
#LivingLifeAsAPrayer
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Join us to explore Spiritual Cartography
Getting ready for tomorrow’s service. The theme is “Spiritual Cartography.”
You may be surprised where this sermon leads – I certainly was!
Sunday, September 14th, 2025
69 Silver Street in Waterville.
OR Online via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com
Water Communion Service 2025
Commencing our 2025-2026 Church Service year with our Annual Water Communion service on Sunday, September 7th, 2025!
Thought for Contemplation: “When we’re together, I feel like the sun just came out on a cloudy day.” ― Dawn Chalker
Join us in person at 69 Silver Street in Waterville
Or Online!
Thought for Contemplation + JOIN Twinkle on Martha’s Vineyard!!
THOUGHT FOR CONTEMPLATION
“The ultimate touchstone of friendship is witness”
– David Whyte
Theme: “Anam Ċara and The Divine Echo”
by: Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning
JOIN US!
Sunday, June 29th, 2025
Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard
10:00am Eastern
https://calendar.vineyardgazette.com/event/anam-cara-the-divine-echo-with-rev-twinkle-marie-manning
Thought for Contemplation
Thought for Contemplation:
“Warm summer sun, shine kindly here” – Mark Twain
Our theme for our upcoming service is: “Summer Awaits”
Join Us!
Sunday, June 22nd, 2025
10AM Eastern
in person: 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com
in person: 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com
This is the last service at UU Waterville until we resume again in June!
Be sure to visit Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning online and in-person at her Summertime location.
Upcoming Service: “Counting Time” + Twinkle’s Birthday Celebration!
That’s right, it’s Twinkle’s Birthday this Sunday!!
Her service theme is: “Counting Time”
Join Us!
Sunday, June 15th, 2025
10AM Eastern
in person: 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com
in person: 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com
Thought for Contemplation
This week’s Thought for Contemplation is drawn from a song that envisions a world of peace:
“Imagine all the people, sharing all the world” – John Lennon
Our service theme is: “A Wish Your Heart Makes”
Sunday, May 25th, 2025
10AM Eastern
in person: 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com
Welcome New Members!
In an age when worldwide church membership is on a decline, we were delighted to welcome nine new members to the UU Congregation of Waterville on Sunday!
May this congregation continue to be a blessing to the community it serves!!
Thought for Contemplation
Thought for Contemplation:
“There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.” – Sarah Josepha Hale
Theme: “Architects of Our Lives” – a Mother’s Day Sermon
Mother’s Day is wrought with
emotions,
expectations,
disappointments,
celebrations
and gratitude.
Mother’s Day is one of the most difficult sermons for ministers to prepare and deliver.
It is virtually impossible for us to create a message that is comfortable for everyone;
Let alone meets everyone’s needs;
Let alone honors each person’s relationship with their maternal figures.
Or, for women, their relationship with themselves as mothers or women who did not or could not have children.
This service strives to meet each person where they are at on their journey as mothers or with their mother.
Join Us!
Sunday, May 11th, 2025
10AM Eastern
in person: 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com
in person: 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com