With the election season upon us, let us remember to Love Our Neighbors! This service explores why it is especially important to do so in our modern day!
Category Archives: Thoughts for Contemplation
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
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.
Thought for Contemplation
Thought for Contemplation:
“’Cause you’re beautiful like a flower; more valuable than a diamond” – India Arie
Join us for our Flower Communion Service this week!
Sunday, June 8th, 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
Theme: “Flowers by Any Other Name”
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
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
Thought for Contemplation
Thought for Contemplation: “If you remind me of my dog, we’ll probably git along” – Jane Siberry
Theme: “Must Love Animals”
This week’s service we will explore our relationship with the animals in our lives. Specifically, those precious creatures we call our pets. As well as those we share our land and space in time with.
Bring a picture or painting of your pets, past or present, that you wish to place on our altar. Consider a favorite story you may wish to share as well.
Together we will bless the animal residents of our planet.
Sunday, April 27th, 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
Our Easter Sunday Theme is entitled: “Paid in Full”
Thought for contemplation:
“When you add it all up, the full cost of real love is no charge”
– Harlan Howard
Join us for this season of renewal!
Sunday, April 20th, 2025
10:00 AM 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
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day
is the rest we take between two deep breaths,
or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.”
-Etty Hillesum
This week’s Thought for Contemplation centers us on the power of the pause between one breath and the next. So often life’s circumstances are out of one’s control. Personal circumstances, as well as the larger landscape of the world around us, can easily sweep us up into what can feel like an undertow. Yet, when we take even a moment to focus on the rest between two deep breaths, we actively engage our nervous system toward calmer, more centered feelings. Let us keep this in mind in the days and week ahead.
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#PiecesOfPeaceOnEarth
Thought for Contemplation
THOUGHT FOR CONTEMPLATION: “The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible.” – Joan D. Chittiser
Theme: “Guided by Faith”
The Unitarian Universalist faith tradition is characterized by its commitment to theological diversity, inclusivity, and social justice. It is not rooted in dogma. Members need not adhere to a creed or doctrine. In the broadest terms, Unitarianism emphasizes human agency and Universalism centers on the inclusion of everyone. Unitarian Universalism draws from six religious and spiritual sources. It has long been guided by seven principles. This service explores this rich history, as well as introduces the UUA’s shared values, even as it considers the core purpose of Unitarian Universalism, and, indeed, this congregation.
Join Us!
Sunday, March 30th, 2025
10AM Eastern
in person: 69 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine
via Zoom: https://uucwaterville.com