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{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.chaliceuu.org\/services\/navigating-change\/#arve-youtube-eietpsdeooe64184b8adcb25703787227","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/eIEtPSdeooE?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0"} This week Rev. Nica has returned from dropping her son off at college, and her summer break. Families are returning from summer vacations and sending kids back to school. It’s a time of big transitions for all. We will bless the backpacks we use in ... read more.

{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.chaliceuu.org\/services\/rooted-together\/#arve-youtube-z26b7uhrvzs64184b8ad4ee5459410435","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Z26B7uhrVzs?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0"} The natural world is a beautiful teacher of the possibility of relationship surrounding us — and the harmony possible in community. What truth and connection might we find just outside our back doors? How might we learn some powerful lessons from the buzzing bees and ... read more.

{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.chaliceuu.org\/services\/renewing-faith-whats-that-supposed-to-mean\/#arve-youtube-_lwopz43f6o64184b8ae10c6197009372","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_LWopZ43F6o?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0"} Renewing Faith- It sounds obvious enough. But once you begin to think about out it, all sorts of questions pop up. What is our faith? As individuals? As a denomination? Does it change over time? And how does one go about renewing it? Join us ... read more.

{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.chaliceuu.org\/services\/how-are-you-and-other-tough-questions-when-youre-in-grief\/#arve-youtube-3crydeeuaou64184b8ad0820762243784","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3CRyDeEuAOU?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0"} What do we say to the simple question “How are you?” after we suffer the loss of a loved one? Do we avoid the question? Do we give a straight answer? Does it depend on who is asking? Today’s service will be about coping with ... read more.

{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.chaliceuu.org\/services\/paper-pilgrims-and-indian-feathers\/#arve-youtube-x5f6hilsypy64184b8ad8ed0974884632","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/X5F6HiLsyPY?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0"} As children, we are taught a very simplistic version of the origin of Thanksgiving. We make Pilgrim hats out of construction paper, and pretend that the Indian headdresses we construct are representative of all Indians. Yet the truth of the holiday is much more complicated ... read more.

{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.chaliceuu.org\/services\/deepening-relationship-to-our-ancestors\/#arve-youtube-7q17rdf_9aq64184b8ac651f003290136","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7Q17rDf_9AQ?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0"} To celebrate All Souls, All Saints, Dia de Los Muertos and Samhain, today we deepen our relationship with our ancestors. Join us for our annual tradition in which we share photos of our deceased loved ones and other ancestors we wish to honor. Anahi Quiroz ... read more.

In the Pixar animation, Soul, middle school teacher and jazz pianist Joe Gardner has a sudden near death experience that sends him to the Great Before where he is assigned to mentor the little ball of potentiality known as Soul 22. Cynical and ornery, Soul 22 has for eons thus far resisted entering life on earth with all its bittersweet possibilities. Soul 22 is a kind of alter ego for Joe Garner as he weighs the meaning of his own life hanging in the balance. Soul. What does it mean?Is it what you feel when you hear Aretha Franklin or Luciano Pavarotti? Do you have a soul? Are you a soul? Is soul the breath of life, and what does it mean for your journey here and now?

As we explore the idea of Commitment this month, we see it is a powerful dynamic that can enable us to achieve meaningful and important things. Maybe that's why it's not easy. It may demand courage, discipline, a willingness to sacrifice- effort in any number of ways. And, in the deepest sense, it is a spiritual undertaking. Today we consider what it takes to survey the landscape, tap into one's internal resources and rise to the Challenge of Commitment.

Parenting is a great privilege but also hard during the best of times. Most parents strive to be the best possible parents. But when they face the challenges of a pandemic, working from home, while schooling and caring for their children, it creates a whole new layer of stress and demands. Today we look at what it means to be a good enough parent and celebrate our dedicated parents.

Extreme heat. Extreme cold. Hurricanes, fires, droughts, storms. The devastations of climate change are terrifying and very real. As we venture into 2021 we look at the possibilities and opportunities that have been presented out of the extreme challenges we’ve faced. Today we imagine our Climate Future.