Upcoming Worship Services
April 5 What a World There Can Be: A Multigenerational Celebration of Passover and Easter
Rev. Dr. Craig Rubano & Michelle McKenzie-Creech, CDFM
On this fourth day of Passover and on Easter Sunday, we celebrate the hope in the traditional Jewish hymn, “Bashanah Haba’a”—“Wait and See”: if we share, if we care, we open ourselves to a better tomorrow.
Music: Michael Rosin, UU Singers, Elaine Held, Joel DeWitt, Maggi Riordan, Rev. Craig
Following the service, for our youngest, there will be a celebratory egg hunt!
April 12 What Change May Come
Rev. Charles Loflin, guest minister
Ours is a time of immense change—both anxiety-producing and potentially transformative. Distinguishing the nature of change seems crucial. One of our Unitarian ancestors, the Rev. Theodore Parker, offers a lens that can aid our discernment.
Music: Elaine Held, Music Director Emerita
Rev. Charles Loflin serves as Executive Director for UU FaithAction NJ, our statewide action network advocating for Unitarian Universalist values through legislative advocacy. He also serves as an affiliated community minister of the UU Congregation at Montclair and is a graduate of Meadville Lombard Theological School.
April 19 Zen and Saving Coastal Wildlife
Jenna Reynolds, guest speaker
From global warming to microplastics, the Jersey Shore is facing many environmental threats, but there is one thing we can all do to make a quick difference. Join Jenna Reynolds to discover how mindfulness, meditation, and how we look, see, and think about our everyday choices and actions can create a sustainable world where all life is respected.
Music: Michael Rosin, Music Director
Jenna Reynolds is a practicing Buddhist and the first LGBTQ+ and trans-woman in New Jersey to be leading an environmental nonprofit. In 2018, Jenna chose to take a pro-active approach to protecting wildlife along the Jersey Shore and, together with several other people, started Save Coastal Wildlife. She has a Master’s degree in environmental science from Bard College and is an award-winning environmental educator with over 25 years of experience in conducting research, education, and community outreach programs on protecting biodiversity.
April 26 Nurturing Harmony
Monmouth Center for World Religions and Ethical Thought (MCWRET)
The opening to spiritual awakening occurs with human experiences of love, of harmony/resonance within our fundamental nature, consistent with the universal values of beauty, truth, and goodness. Nurturing harmony is the process of finding ways and methods to bring us back into harmony with the universe and with each other as fellow travelers. Promoting the essential oneness of humanity and learning ways to resolve natural differences and nurturing harmony are inherent goals of the MCWRET.