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Christmas Eve at WellSprings
All are invited to join us this Sunday at 4:30pm, for our traditional candlelit Christmas Eve service, inspired by the Netflix original film “Klaus.” This funny and poignant animated film offers both a new “origin story” for Santa Claus – and reminds us of ways we all can find connection, in deeply divided times. This service will be in place of our usual 10am Sunday service, and will be the only service that day. If you are planning to join…
Thank You for Supporting Our Angel Tree!
The HeartWorks Team delivered dozens of gifts, provided generously by WellSpringers, to Kate’s Casa last week. Each of these gifts will go to a child in need, right here in our community. Thank you, as always, for your generosity, and for making our neighbors’ holiday season a little brighter! Below are photos of the HeartWorks Team dropping off all the gifts they collected during this event.
Here’s Our Holiday Service Schedule
WellSprings, join us this holiday season for the following services: Sunday, December 24th – All-ages evening service beginning at 4:30 (Cookie reception to follow!) No Service Monday, December 25th Sunday, December 31st – New Year’s Service at 10 am We hope to see you, either in person or online this season!
Support Our Faithify Campaign!
About the campaign This Holiday season, WellSprings is raising funds to support our Ministerial Internship program – using an international, UU-wide crowdfunding website called Faithify! Faithify allows UUs to show their support for each other’s ministries and projects, from anywhere in the world. We know we have so many visitors, friends, online attendees, and long-ago and far-away followers who all value our beloved community and hope to see it thrive! If you’re not yet a pledging member with a regular gift…
Our Annual “Wild & Precious Life” service is This Sunday!
We hope you’ll join us, either in-person in Bell Hall, or online this Sunday, for one of our favorite services of the year. Each year, on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we ask WellSpringers in different decades of life to answer the question posed in Mary Oliver’s poem The Summer Day: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Rather than a typical message, you’ll see fellow congregants – an 11 year old,…
Gather and Remember With Us, This Sunday
On Sunday, October 29th, we’ll gather together to hold our annual Remembrance Sunday. Our service will offer a space to welcome all whom we’ve loved and lost into the heart of our beloved community. Our Ministerial Intern, Nick Sanchez, will also offer a brief message, to ground us and open our time together. Traditionally, we share photos and videos of those departed and dear to our congregants, both via a video slide show, and at an altar set up in Bell…
Our Signature Small Group Returns for Fall!
Here is your next opportunity to participate in our beloved community’s signature small group: WellSprings 2.0 – Listening to Our Lives. Participants explore big questions and timeless spiritual topics together: about Inspiration, God, Community, Suffering, Death, Spiritual Practice, Living our Gifts, and more. Groups that have taken 2.0 together in the past have formed strong bonds with each other and with our community. This session meets Every other Sunday at noon, beginning November 5, 2023 and ending February 25, 2024. This…
Dig Deeper With our Messages & Join Us for a Soul Bite, This Fall…
Do you ever wish you could “dig deeper” into something you heard, on a Sunday morning? Or that you could get together and talk about your thoughts and feelings on the message, with other folks in our community? This year, our Small Groups Team is trying something new: offering a series of “Soul Bites” for WellSpringers to come together and discover the deeper meaning behind our Sunday message themes. A Soul Bite is a single-session group gathering, for discussion and…
Charging Up at WellCome Back Sunday!
On Sunday, September 10th, we celebrated our annual “WellCome Back Sunday” tradition at WellSprings, with a new twist! This service marks both the end of summer, and a return to the regular rhythms and schedules of our congregational year. If you missed it, you can watch the whole thing on our YouTube Channel. Our band rehearsed a new song before the service began, as volunteers set up a bit of an unusual chair configuration, because we had exciting plans for…
A (Sun)Day in the Life of YouthSpirit
A Note from Board Member, Tonie Scullion… Almost every Sunday during service, we hear the familiar words: “Now is the time for the children to join Ms. Carol for YouthSpirit.” As we watch those ages 5-12 head to the back of Bell Hall and then leave the building. Ever wonder what comes next? I had the opportunity to sit in and observe what our younger WellSpringers do — the six attendees’ time together started by introducing themselves so everyone knew…
New for WellCome Back Sunday: Blessing of the Backpacks
On Sunday, September 10th, WellSprings will celebrate our annual “WellCome Back” Sunday – the special service which marks the end of summer and a return to the work, school, and worship schedules we follow through most of the year. This year, we’ll be holding our first-ever “Blessing of the Backpacks” at our 10 am Sunday service. All students (of any age!) are asked to bring their backpacks to Bell Hall to be blessed during our Sunday service – and to…
YOU can Host a “Soul Bite” Discussion Group! We’ve Made it Easy
Do you ever wish you could “dig deeper” into something you heard, on a Sunday morning? Or wish that you had a place to explore your thoughts and feelings on the message topic, with other folks in our community? This year, our Small Groups Team is trying something new: with help from Rev. Lee, we’ll have a ready-made “Soul Bite” outline available, for every message series in 2023-2024. A Soul Bite is a single-session group gathering, for discussion and connection –…