Messages on Relationships
Wild & Precious Life 2025
Our annual Wild & Precious Life service, wherein we ask people in different decades of their lives to answer the question posed in Mary Oliver’s poem, The Summer Day, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
A Heart Covered in Stretch Marks
Ministerial Intern, Yvette McDonnell, shares about love that lives at the center.
Learning How to Fly
Rev. Lee Paczulla introduces our Holiday message series, “Love the Zone,” and how people come to figure out how to do something different.
Remembrance Sunday
In today’s service, Rev. Lee Paczulla concludes our Fall message series while celebrating “Remembrance Sunday.”
Moving Beyond Labels & Boxes
Ministerial Intern, Yvette McDonnell, explores the concept of pluralism and how people can move beyond a single label.
Getting Into Good Trouble
Today’s message introduces our Ministerial Intern, Yvette McDonnell, while she introduces herself through stories and allows us to know her through names, adjectives, and how she navigates the world.
Real Life
In today’s message, Rev. Lee discusses the realities surrounding today’s immigration policies and the impact our names have on this process.
More Than a Name
In today’s message, Lay Preacher, Rodney Whittenberg, shares the story behind his name and explores the thought that while names are our identity, they don’t tell the whole story of who you are.
Kate Carmada, Kate’s Casa
Members of our HeartWorks Team welcome Kate Carmada of Kate’s Casa to share in a conversation on her work in supporting the needs of the local immigrant community.
Eric Schmidt, Way Forward
In today’s message, Rev. Lee shares a conversation with guest Eric Schmidt of Way Forward on the importance of coming together as a community and local efforts to push back against dehumanization.
Keith Burress, Phoenixville Juneteenth
In today’s introduction of our next message series, Neighbors & Helpers, Rev. Lee, with congregants Tonie Scullion and Jenn Nettingham, have a conversation with guest Keith Burress from Phoenixville Juneteenth on race and racial justice.
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Lay Preacher, Beverly Fox, takes a look at society’s expectations of normalcy and expectations of what life should be through her take on the documentary “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin.”