Past Services

August 29, 2010 - 10:15am

John Rafferty, former Legal and Policy Fellow with the Polaris Project (www.polarisproject.org), will address whether the trade in humans we hear about in international media outlets has any relevance to our lives as Pennsylvanians. John will discuss the domestic scope of human trafficking and what we, as concerned individuals, can practically do to eliminate this evil.


August 22, 2010 - 10:15am

Consulting Minister Laurie Stuart will reflect on her summer internship at Tampa General Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center.


August 15, 2010 - 10:15am

Rea and Arthur Stein will present a program on Attention Disorder and Hyperactivity Disorder, a problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity,
or a combination. The program will explore whether there spiritual lessons to be learned, or whether this condition is just a cross to bear?


August 8, 2010 - 10:15am

Tom Lisenbee, local poet and novelist, will explore the fundamentalist progressive dilemma. Some things change, some things don't. This year's orthodoxy is usually last year's apostasy. Why? Join us for a lively and interesting discussion of this topic.


August 1, 2010 - 10:15am

Pat Sanders will present a talk entitled "Are You Stupid, of Just Unsure Which Jeans You Want?" by Scott Taylor of the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY. How can we deal with the difficulty and opportunity of the overwhelming amount of information and the many choices we confront daily without becoming debilitated, clinging to old ideas and comfortable thoughts? How do we continue our Unitarian Universalist value of the pursuit of truth? This service will explore the problem of the sheer volume of too many options, perspectives and dimensions that we encounter every day.


July 25, 2010 - 10:15am

"The King Legacy: A Call for Maladjustment" will be the topic of a presentation by Barbara Leo. We might take some time to think and reflect upon our notions of creativity and review our attitude toward addictions. This service will shed some light on how we look at our place in today's complicated society.

All are welcome to attend the one hour service, which will be followed by a social time with refreshments.


July 18, 2010 - 10:15am

Carol Rocklin, UDUUF member and psychotherapist, who will lead a service entitled "The Evolution of God and Religion", an examination of the relationship of humanity to God and religion through the ages.


July 4, 2010 - 10:15am

Annual July 4th picnic


June 27, 2010 - 10:15am

When it comes to our personal lives, no one like being told what we can and can not to do. It's been, give or take, five thousand years since Moses came down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments writ in stone. Tom Lisenbee, local poet and novelist, drawing on the writings of Christopher Hitchings, will address the historical context and modern relevance of those sacred Ten...and perhaps suggest a few more.


June 20, 2010 - 10:15am

Rabbi Mark "Grommet" Rotenberg CADC, DD, MfT will speak on the subject of authenticity. How do we become authentic? How do we discover our true potentials? And how do we prevent ourselves from usurping Divine power by assuming to be who "we think we should be "according to a human versus Divine standard?

By deciphering our relationship with the Universal consciousness we can gain insight into the gifts that are Divinely bestowed while uncovering the wounds that prevent us from being our Authentic Selves. Rabbi Rotenberg will discuss these topics and provide an exercise to help uncover our Divine Reflection. Using the exemplar of the second step of all 12 step programs he will discuss the restoration to sanity that helps us to overcome our attachments to addictive and obsessive thoughts and behaviors while exposing our authentic realities.

Rabbi Mark “Grommet” Rotenberg CADC has been working in the recovery field for over 10 years. He has experience with all types of addiction, intervention and counseling. His focus for the past 8 years has been spiritual counseling and using psycho/spiritual therapy, with an emphasis on the spiritual awakening or spiritual experience the recovery community sees as the result of 12 step work.