Upcoming Services in Sarasota
(Past sermons are in our archive.)
This Sunday, March 29, on your computer or phone:
Online sermon by Roger Fritts at 10 am:
When Everything Nailed Down is Coming Loose
Video Sermon by Roger Fritts
I had a plan.
Over a year ago, I announced my retirement effective April 1. I encouraged the board to hire Beth and Budd to start last September. They are helping with the transition from my departure to an interim minister and eventually a settled minister. Over the summer Leslie and I reviewed our retirement budget. I planned sermons for August through the end of March. I got bids from moving companies, to move a few things to Maryland after April 1. I looked into selling my car. I decided to give away most of my books in the church courtyard March 15. I told the Board that I would be happy with a modest retirement party at the church after the March 29 worship service. I planned a closing ritual for the service with each of the Board Presidents that I had worked with saying a few words.
All these plans changed March 13, the day when most of us decided to take the coronavirus seriously and shut things down. Everything I thought was nailed down has come loose. I suspect that all of you are having the same experience with your own plans.
Watch the video, read the transcript...
Video Sermon by Roger Fritts
I had a plan.
Over a year ago, I announced my retirement effective April 1. I encouraged the board to hire Beth and Budd to start last September. They are helping with the transition from my departure to an interim minister and eventually a settled minister. Over the summer Leslie and I reviewed our retirement budget. I planned sermons for August through the end of March. I got bids from moving companies, to move a few things to Maryland after April 1. I looked into selling my car. I decided to give away most of my books in the church courtyard March 15. I told the Board that I would be happy with a modest retirement party at the church after the March 29 worship service. I planned a closing ritual for the service with each of the Board Presidents that I had worked with saying a few words.
All these plans changed March 13, the day when most of us decided to take the coronavirus seriously and shut things down. Everything I thought was nailed down has come loose. I suspect that all of you are having the same experience with your own plans.
Watch the video, read the transcript...
April 5 on your computer or phone:
Online sermon by Budd Friend-Jones at 10 am:
 Earthrise, as seen from the lunar orbiter
Covid-19 and
The Sacred Hoop Video Sermon by Budd Friend-Jones Worldwide yet deeply personal, the devastation wrought by Coronavirus is historic. The sum of our losses is unimaginable. In this online worship we will look to science and the world's faith traditions to get a perspective on what is happening to us. This moment asks us to make a significant "course correction" in our spiritual orientation. Covid 19 comes as both Destroyer and Teacher. If we are attentive, we will gain insight into who we really are and how we may thrive. |
Rev. Budd Friend-Jones
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Gilbert (Budd) Friend-Jones, our Associate Minister, is President Elect of the North American Interfaith Network. He earned a doctorate at Howard University Divinity School and a M. Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Faith in a Minor Key and When Easter Interrupts.
April 12 on your computer or phone:
Online sermon by Beth Miller at 10 am:
Easter and Passover
for Unitarian Universalists Video Sermon by Beth Miller The Jewish and Christian high holy days of springtime have always been intertwined and harken back to Pagan celebrations predating them both. The universal human themes of being spared in a time of tragedy and the promise of new life resonate as we continue to live with the uncertainty of the pandemic . |
Rev. Beth Miller
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Roger Fritts speaks at a recent Sunday service at our Sarasota church.
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