Sunday Services Unitarian Society of Hartford

Worshiping Together Since 1830
(Religious Education, Nursery & Childcare )
Service 10:30 AM

September

5 September: Poetry Sunday - Poetry: the Skeleton of Religion
Join Rev. BJ and musician, Mark Child, as they combine talents for our annual USH worship tradition of Poetry Sunday, celebrated on the Sunday before Labor Day. Mark sings from texts by great contemporary poets, Emily Dickenson, James Agee, Robert Hillyer and from older works of Romain Bussine (1830-1899) and Samuel Daniel (1562-1619). BJ explores poetry that gives form to the body of religion, and shares a few poems of her own.

12 September: Ingathering Sunday -
Though anachronistic since UU’s now worship together year round, the ceremonial intergenerational Sunday after Labor Day, “ingathering of the flock,” continues to be a joyful reminder of the "living water" that we bring and share with each other Sunday to Sunday through the year. What has watered your soul through the hot days of summer? Bring a small vial of water symbolizing a place or project or person or program that has inspired you this summer, and mingle it with waters brought by others as we create together the cistern whose rich liquid will carry us through another year together. If you like, bring along a card on which you have written (in 20 words or less) the source and meaning of the water you share, and it will be read aloud.

19 September: To Blossom in Spirit and to Bless the World -
On this 3rd in our September month of Sundays, we enjoy heartful congregational singing, the music of our cantor Melissa Paul, and reflect together with Rev. BJ on how our UU faith empowers us to blossom in spirit and to bless the world, both as individuals and as a group, with the dual spirit of “Hilaritas and Gravitas.”

26 September: Through an Eastern Gate - In this year of the 50th birthday of our religion, Unitarian Universalism, Rev. BJ and the choir guide our thoughts, as we look East to recall the influences of Middle and Far Eastern faiths on this, our religion, that is still in infancy as a faith tradition.

Let us know of any comments, errors and corrections - thanks (revised 08/31/10)