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Yes, It Matters… preached 11 June 2017
Names and language matter. Sometimes we may take our words more lightly. We may deny that they matter as much as they do, but the hurts we carry, the discrimination we or others may face remind us that most vividly that beyond words, we matter, people matter. We matter in all our complexity, diversity, difficulty […]
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Prospective Worship Associates invited to Apply
Are you a regular attendee of BuxMont Sunday Services and feel committed to continuing the excellence of our worship? If you are comfortable in a leadership role and have some public speaking skills, then this could be right up your alley! For a complete description of the Worship Associates Program and an Application form, please […]
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What Are We Here For?
a sermon by the Reverend Dr. Susan Veronica Rak – preached on 21 May 2017 None of us alone can save the world. Together‚ that is another possibility waiting. This is our Annual Meeting Sunday. It comes just once a year, sometime toward the end of May or even in early June. it may seem to […]
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Hold On, Let Go
a sermon by the Reverend Dr. Susan Veronica Rak – preached on 14 May 2017 The celebration of Vesak ( way-sak) occurred this past Wednesday. The day commemorates the Buddha’s birth and many people think of it as something akin to Christmas in the Christian faith. But it is really a little more than that. […]
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Never Forget – a sermon for Yom Ha’Shoah
a sermon by the Reverend Dr. Susan Veronica Rak – preached on 23 April 2017 Not quite two weeks ago the holy time Passover was observed. And I was glad to join the Seder here at BuxMont. The telling of the plagues in the Seder always makes me sit up and really pay attention. This […]
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We Are Made New – an Easter sermon
by the Reverend Dr. Susan Veronica Rak – preached on 16 April 2017 Reading – a story from the Gospels – Mark 16: 1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 16 When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And […]
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your Minister’s reflections on recent UUA news…
31 March 2017 Dear BuxMont Fellowship members and friends, In the past 24 hours, two separate crises have emerged in our Unitarian Universalist movement of which you may or may not be aware. These crises have left some of us feeling a bit raw, falling into shock and mourning. And you may not feel personally […]
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In the Interim – Transitional Ministry Update
Early on in the month of February was the celebration of Candlemas, a cross-quarter day in the pagan tradition, and for some it marks the beginning of spring. Yes, it is technically still winter, but spring-like things are happening even though they are most invisible to us. Another name for this is Imbolc – “in […]
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Hope & Expectation – preached on11 December 2016
This month’s ministry theme is hope, and over these next three Sundays we’ll be reflecting on different aspects of this spiritual practice. Because hope is surely needed in these times. You now, when I chose this theme, I was imagining how we might be in a new political reality… and had very high expectations that […]
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Of Faith and Freedom – a sermon by the Reverend Susan Veronica Rak – 11 December 2016
“Neither the sword of popes, nor the cross, nor the image of death — nothing will halt the march of truth. I wrote what I felt and that is what I preached with trusting spirit. I am convinced that after my destruction the teachings of false prophets will collapse.” ~ (this image is the crest […]
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