Sunday Mornings at Cedars

Rev. Barbara Gilday, Cedars Guest MinisterJohanna Munson, Worship AssociateFeaturing music by Gretchen YanoverAs we try to make sense of what is happening in our country, it is useful to look back at some past recoveries, and importantly, look at what successful strategies are being employed in our day. We must not lose faith. We must not give in. And true to our Unitarian Universalist values, we must think and act in love - the greatest power in the world.Rev. Barbara Gilday came to professional ministry in mid-life, but her life has been full of inquiry, diversity, social justice, connecting and sharing with others:Teaching in Ghana, hosting Japanese Exchange Programs, developing peer tutoring programs, hosting a Ukrainian refugee, to name a few. Currently, she is exploring in new and deeper ways, how we continue to find joy in, and give value to life as our capacities change. Barbara is the grateful member of a loving, blended family, and a new mom to a young rescue dog, Marley, who keeps her physically active.

Rev. Bill Comfort, Guest MinisterGregory Cook, Worship AssociateAn exploration together of some of Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky's thoughts about how spiritual and emotional truths are communicated through shapes and colors in painting. We will reflect together about how these spiritual and emotional truths might manifest in our own experience.Reverend Bill Comfort is a sort of retired UCC Pastor. He works part-time as an Inner Well-being and Spirituality Associate at Horizon House, a retirement community in Seattle. He has led UCC congregations all over the western United States. As part of a Doctor of Ministry program, he developed an interactive preaching style that he has used at Cedars UU, at Horizon House, and at a variety of churches around the Puget Sound area.

Rev. Jennifer Alviar, Guest MinisterLiz Motter, Worship AssociateHow do we hold the bittersweetness of life in all its beauty and pain? “Days of honey, days of onion,” as an Arabic proverb puts it. Come join us as we explore the spiritual practice of ritual and renewal as a healing balm in troubled times.Rev. Jennifer Alviar is a Unitarian Universalist minister who designs rituals for healing and renewal in sacred and civic spaces. Her calling is to bring more intentionality to daily life by uplifting the simple, ordinary moments in the natural world with an eye toward beauty, wonder and awe.

Rev. Margo Rinehart, MinisterJohanna Munson, Worship AssociateJoin us for an early Christmas Eve service full of music, singing, and a reminder that the kindness we bestow assuages fear and creates hope.