Sermon Archive
“Laughing Our Angst Off During Hard Times” - Linda Kalb Hamm
Using laughter as a way to remain optimistic and available through the ups and downs of life, Linda Kalb Hamm, M.Ed. will share how Laughter Yoga can lead to a path of good health, mindfulness and service.
Linda Kalb Hamm is a certified Laughter Yoga teacher and leads groups in the Sacramento area and around the world. She is an entrepreneur, teacher, and artist residing near Sacramento, CA.
She can be contacted here: Laughing My Angst Off: Laughter Yoga
Annual Interdependence Day Picnic
Our annual tradition of gathering in a park the first Sunday in July continues with our July 3rd Interdependence Day Picnic. This joyful in-person gathering is in lieu of our usual Sunday Worship Service. We will not be meeting virtually this Sunday.
The picnic will be at Creston Park (Area D) from 10:30 - 1:00. As is our tradition, this will be in lieu of our usual Sunday virtual gathering. Please bring your own picnic and supplies such as chairs, blankets, etc. Please bring a mask and be respectful of the needs of others and be ready to put on your mask and social distance as needed.
There will be no regular worship this Sunday.
UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship + Virtual Coffee Hour
The largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship is happening in Portland! All are welcome to join in person at the Oregon Convention Center (details below) but if you would prefer you can join this powerful, communal worship experience virtually. It will stream on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 9:30 Pacific. Join fellow Wy’east members and friends for a virtual post service coffee hour around 11:00am.
Click Here to Stream the Virtual Worship
Click Here to Join the Virtual Post-service Social Hour
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
Members of the public are welcome to view the service. In-person attendance to this service will be complimentary and open to visitors who are fully vaccinated and who are pre-registered no later than 24 hours in advance.
Build a Better Tree-House -- Rev. Craig Moro
In my last sermon as your half-time minister, I’ll tell a Father’s Day story and reflect on just what it is that I’ve been trying to help us all build at Wy’east for the past six years.
Multi-Platform Worship Sunday at 10:30:
This service will be offered as both a virtual and an in-person service.
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
Click here to RSVP for the in-person service at the Community for Positive Aging (1820 NE 40th Ave). You must RSVP to attend in person
Rev. Sara Green - UUA Youth & Young Adult Program Manager
Democracy, Alive!
Governance, often and unfortunately used interchangeably with democracy, is a vibrant, multidimensional practice of how communities make decisions about their communities. Governance practices and structures can tell someone about a community's agreements, values, boundaries and goals. In this worshipful space, let's imagine systems of governance that echo equity, care and imagination.
Sara Green here—your youth and young adults program manager. I am a southern, cis/queer/poly, Black femme minister living near Nashville, TN. I imagine liberation/salvation/beloved community as communities that have the ability to eat good food together, experience pleasure in our bodies and regularly put their hands in soil—all the while free from fear and violence by way of all of the cultural and legal changes that must happen in order for this world to exist. I understand myself as part of a legacy of cultural workers, healers, maroons and creoles, southern queer freedom fighters and artists trying to shape god. And I feel so blessed to be doing this work now. Learn more about Sara and her work on her website: https://www.theosophiapodcast.com/
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
The Secret of Life - Rev. Craig Moro
Rev. Moro will share that secret with you this morning, to the best of his ability. But he’ll also have the help of both the philosopher Plutarch and a famous comic-book “guru” from the 1960’s and 70’s. Please be sure to share this secret later with anyone who misses out today!
Multi-Platform Worship Sunday at 10:30:
This service will be offered as both a virtual and an in-person service.
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
Click here to RSVP for the in-person service at the Community for Positive Aging (1820 NE 40th Ave). You must RSVP to attend in person
Our Complicated Relationship with Memorial Day: A UU Collaborative Service
We will travel virtually to the Mid-Columbia UU congregation in Hood River this Sunday for a collaborative service exploring our faith’s complicated relationship with Memorial Day. This lay-led service will feature live music from Nancy & Ray Brungard of CUUC (Pasco) and contributions from members of Wy’east, Eastrose and Mid-Columbia. Please note the special zoom link for this service.
Virtual Worship Sunday at 10:30 - hosted by Mid-Columbia UU in Hood River
This service will have a special zoom link: Click Here to Join
To join by telephone, dial (253) 215-8782 and enter the meeting code
767376780 followed by the pound sign
(this service is hosted by Mid-Columbia UU Fellowship, therefore a recording will not be available)
On Being Welcoming
Wy’east UU is a “Welcoming Congregation” and our commitment to this program calls on us to put this promise into action. One of the five practices of renewing our pledge to this program is to dedicate worship services that uplift themes of LGBTQ+ / TGQNB* welcome and inclusion. Wy’east members and a special guest will explore the connections between action and environment when it comes to being welcoming.
In addition, we will be holding our annual special collection for our Sustained Partnership with the Q Center. Ian Morton, Executive Director of the Q Center, will give us an update on the Q Center's current work and operations.
*TGQNB stands for Transgender, Genderqueer, and Non-Binary
The special guest at this service was the showing of a short documentary film created by two Franklin High School Seniors named Finn Zelinsky and Avi Israel-Davis. This film was not captured as part of our recording of the sermon, but is available for viewing here: https://youtu.be/AI6jT0HmnGM
“Breaking Confidence” - Rev. Craig Moro
Over the years I’ve had many confidential discussions with folks who are frustrated with their fellow churchgoers, and also with themselves. The conversations take many turns but always end at the same place, where I share certain thoughts of mine in confidence. It’s time to break that confidence and share them with you now. Along the way I’ll have a go at integrating some of the key concepts of science and religion. Not too ambitious for one Sunday, is it? Sermon by Rev. Craig Moro
Annual Flower Communion
The beloved Unitarian Universalist ritual of Flower Communion welcomes Spring. You are invited to bring a flower (physical, photographs, or art) or a memory of spring. What kind of beautiful virtual bouquet can we make? Service led by Wy’east members.
In addition, Mathias Quackenbush is collecting contributions of flower photography for this service. Please send photos by Friday, May 6th for inclusion in a special digital bouquet. (mathiasquackenbush@gmail.com)
Virtual Worship Sunday at 10:30
Click here to join the virtual service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833