Connecting Across Differences: The Journey of Nonviolent Communication

Peggy Smith, certified NVC trainer offers a workshop on Friday July 27, 6-9 PM and Saturday, July 28, 9-5 PM. Peggy Smith’s introduction to NVC, presented at a UUCE Sunday sevice in February was humorous, insightful and well-received. Many of you were interested in learning more. Now you have the opportunity. Would you like to deal [...]

Sermon, Jan. 1, 2012: The Beginning Is Now. . .

On this first day of the new year, this service and sermon will invite folks to consider what seeds they wish to plant in themselves to nurture health, growth and spiritual awakening in this present moment. Rev. Sara Huisjen Click the link below to download a text of this sermon: 1.1.12.The beginning is now.UUCE  

Easter Sermon, Apr. 8, 2012: The Promise of Resurrection in our Lives

On this Easter Sunday, in most Christian churches around the world, people celebrate the bodily resurrection of Jesus as Christ. How do we, 21st century Unitarian Universalists, enter into this story? Where does resurrection happen in our lives & the world? Rev. Sara Huisjen Click the link below to download a text of this sermon: [...]

Sermon, Feb. 12, 2012: Love Will Guide Us

In I Corinthians 13:13 it written, And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. On this Sunday before Valentine’s Day, we will consider together what love truly is and how we are called to live our lives guided by it. Rev. Sara Huisjen Click on the link [...]

Site redesign

Our church website is being redesigned by volunteers, so please bear with us. It will continue to change in the near future as we add more content that we hope will give you a better picture of who we are. If you want to report something that doesn’t work, you can use the comment button above or [...]

December 21, 2008 – Circle Of The Sun

Circle of the Sun Leela Sinha Ellsworth, Maine Dec 21, 2008

What do you believe? Do you believe? The sun is returning, the days are lengthening, the hope is coming, do you believe? Do you believe in light and brilliance and beginning? Do you believe in plants? Do you believe in leaves? Do you [...]

December 14, 2008 – Gathered in Mystery

Gathered in Mystery Dec 14, 2009 Ellsworth, Maine Leela Sinha

What if there is a god? What if all the skeptics are off track and all the atheists are wrong, and there is a god, or gods?  What if that god is really a god who listens, a god who responds, a god who [...]

October 12, 2008 – Association Sunday

Association Sunday October 12, 2008 Who would we be without each other? Would we be lonely? Would we be sad? Would we be finally, totally at peace? UU Singer/songwriter Peter Mayer, who wrote “Blue Boat Home”, also has a song about introverts. “People upset me when they interrupt me with calls and unannounced visits, and [...]

October 5, 2008 – Openings

Openings At last it is October.  The colors are here, the fall is here, Samhain and Halloween are coming with Thanksgiving to follow, and with these come pumpkins. Pumpkins are squash, with tasty seeds and tasty flesh and an efficient enough shape to render carving worthwhile.  Efficiency, in this case, is measured in proportion of [...]

September 28, 2008

sermon September 28, 2008 Ellsworth, Maine Rev. Leela Sinha Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the high holy days of the Jewish calendar, are late this year, or we were early. But they are finally approaching, these days of atonement when names are inscribed in the book of life for the coming year, and when all [...]