Sunday Mornings at Cedars

Rev. Kate Lore, Guest Minister

Johanna Munson, Worship Associate

We are living in the pause between stories. The familiar expectations no longer hold. The new ones are not yet formed. This is the threshold: not a place of clarity, but of courage.

Kate Lore is a recently retired UU minister who currently lives in Battle Ground, WA. Prior to that, she served as the Senior Minister at the Port Townsend congregation and as the Soc...

Kathryn LaFond, Guest Speaker

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

Given what we are facing on a collective level in the USA, I find it helpful to explore what sustained the religious freedom fighters of our past. Dorothy Day said, “The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart…” Frederick Douglas reminded us, “Power concedes nothing without demand." What are our hearts demanding?

Kathryn La...

Rev. Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister

Johanna Munson, Worship Associate

This service explores the religious and spiritual beliefs of Albert Einstein and his beliefs about the relationship between science and religion. In Einstein's own words, "I am not an atheist...I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human bei...

Rev. Barbara Gilday, Guest Minister

Mike Cox, Worship Associate

When life catches us off guard, how do we respond - in families, in communities, in our country? What can we learn from deaths in two families, from a city devastated by earthquakes, and from our current political environment? How can communication, planning, and community action make a difference in our states of mind and long-term outcomes? How we live our principl...

Rev. Dr. Barbara Wells ten Hove & Rev. Jaco B. ten Hove, Guest Ministers

Jenny Weaver, Worship Associate

These last few years have been tough on everyone. Is it possible that kindness might bring healing and hope to our world? And does the universe even care?

Barbara Wells ten Hove and Jaco ten Hove, Emeritus Ministers of Cedars, are back among us for the first time since they retired in 2017 after 8.5 years as our Co-mini...

Grace Bonow, Guest Speaker

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate
Come and celebrate the Bridging of Grace, our graduating high school senior. Grace will describe how Unitarian Universalism shaped her journey from childhood to adult thinking and being.

Grace Bonow is a graduating senior and a young member of Cedars UU Church who will be speaking about her spiritual journey. She has a deep passion for the earth, astronomy, and her favorit...

Rev. Jennifer Alvair, Guest Minister

Gregory Cook, Worship Associate

Sometimes beauty has the power to shake up the status quo, re-examine our assumptions, and invite curiosity. Come join us as we learn to embrace the paradox of beauty, wonder and courage as wise companions on our spiritual journey.

Rev. Jennifer Alviar is a Unitarian Universalist minister, spiritual innovator and avid community builder. She cultivates positiv...

Kathryn LaFond, Guest Speaker

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

When fear tries to drive the bus of our lives, how do we remain loving? We live in a world increasingly hostile to those fighting for liberation, fighting for freedom from harm. The gifts in this moment may be that we are forced to learn how to center, ground, nourish, and focus.

Kathryn LaFond, Intuitive Energy Healer/Health Coach, Author and Wise Woman Herbalist, ...

Gregory Cook. Guest Speaker

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said “The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." While this is certainly true, we (collectively, all of humanity) have learned how to describe and predict many things. From Johannes Kepler's observation that celestial bodies travel in elliptical orbits to the complex differential equations of Quantum Electrodyna...

Rev. Kari Kopnic. Guest Minister

Jenny Weaver, Worship Associate

When you care deeply, whether for others, your community, or the world, it’s easy to overlook your own well-being. Come and explore how self-compassion is not a luxury, but a vital practice for those engaged in caregiving and justice work. Drawing on the insights of Kristin Neff, Tricia Hersey, and Israa Nasir, we’ll reflect on how to cultivate inner resilience and ...

Rev. Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister

Johanna Munson, Worship Associate

This sermon is a kick-off for all the learning and visioning we will be doing together in the months to come. Let us work together in building a co-ministry of support, beauty, and restoration.  John O'Donohue says, "We each possess an imagination. Everyone, whether they like it or not, is involved in the construction of the world."

Reverend Margo Rinehart is now o...

Rev. Barbara Cornell, Guest Minister

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

Hope is tricky, especially when things are going wrong. Does it mean hoping for a cure, or turning this disaster around, or what exactly? In this sermon, we'll consider the changing nature of hope and explore our options for getting through these uncertain times.

Rev. Barbara Cornell was in an About Your Sexuality class when she was a senior in high school. From 1993...

Rev. Rose Edington & Rev. Mel Hoover, Guest Ministers

Jenny Weaver, Worship Associate

Springtime and gardening go together and have us imagining Beloved Community as a garden. Imagine the soil of Beloved Community as the ground of being that nurtures Unitarian Universalism. What do we want to cultivate? How do we handle the weeds? Will everyone be welcome? Camille Dungy's book "Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Gar...

Rev. April Frazier, Guest Minister

Johanna Munson, Worship Associate

Moral injury is a human condition, suffered as a part of living in a world where we, others, and the earth are harmed by actions or the failure to act. How do we integrate these experiences to be able to continue to live when everywhere we look there are more reasons to cry in agony, scream in anger, or perhaps become numb? Let's talk about what keeps us going, ...

Rev. Kate Lore, Guest Minister

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

We ALL face challenging changes and losses in our lives—whether it be a change in our health, the loss of a loved one, or the evaporation of a dream. And every time we face such changes, we are offered a powerful spiritual choice.

Rev. Kate Lore is a Unitarian Universalist minister known for her work in social justice and community ministry. She has served in various r...

Speaker: Jennifer J. Wilhoit, Ph.D.

Worship Associate: Mike Cox

This talk will focus on the potent inner/outer landscape: the intersection between who we feel we are internally and how we behave in the world. As areas of confluence in the natural world, ecotones are especially rich in biodiversity. Viewing ecotones as a concept, we can begin to apply their value in human contexts – in particular, to guide us in how we conceive of our...