Past Services

January 29, 2012 - 10:15am

Guest speaker Julie Hudson will present a service on the subject of "The Possibility of Transition". Ms. Hudson will describe the international Transition movement and the local Transition Honesdale organization which seek to address major challenges in our world through supporting re-localization and a change to more resilient communities that can thrive without being dependent on fossil fuels. She will explore the possibilities of coming together as a community to build local bonds and strength and have fun in the process.


January 22, 2012 - 10:15am

Our parents, our family and our culture impose expectations that don't always fit us. We become who we are rather than who we could be and who we could be gets lost. Join Carol Rocklin, MSW, in a service that will explore how we find our true spiritual self.


January 15, 2012 - 10:15am

In a service that celebrates individual uniqueness as a means of manifesting change, service leader Laurie Stuart will explore probability and possibilities. The service will use the work of Mike Dooley, author of "Manifesting Change and "Infinite Possibilities."


January 8, 2012 - 10:15am

Are you a person of possibility?

This month we will explore possibility and the importance is has for each of our lives. This service, presented by Worship Committee Chair Barbara Leo, will use apples and pomegranates as examples of possibilities that we experience right in front of us. These fruits will help frame our lives in ways already in front of us and waiting to be discovered.


January 1, 2012 - 11:00am

The Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will welcome in the New Year with a service of shared readings and brunch. Bring your favorite reading about new beginnings and a dish to share to welcome in the new year and a new start to an intentional year of spiritual exploration and growth.


December 25, 2011 - 10:15am

Members and friends will celebrate the Christmas holiday with family and friends, each in their own homes. No community service will be held.


December 24, 2011 - 4:00pm

Gather in the spirit of transformation in this late afternoon one-hour service on Christmas Eve.

The service will feature carols and the presentation of Lorenz Graham's "Every Man Heart Lay Down," the story of the birth of Jesus, offered in the idiom of the West African native.

Refreshments and fellowship follow.


December 18, 2011 - 10:15am

Join the Fellowship for a solstice service that explores the balancing of the light and the dark and our relationship within it. Taking off from the word "syzygy," meaning the lining up of three celestial bodies or the combining of two of any things, either alike or opposite, the interactive one-hour service will feature stories, carols and candle lighting.

Children will have the opportunity to bring light back to the room with the construction and lighting of a Christmas tree and adults will have the opportunity to reflect on how spiritual balance can be a tool for a hectic schedule.


December 11, 2011 - 10:15am

Tom Kane, writer for The River Reporter, will speak about his life's journey as told in his current book, "Bad Church, Good Church: A Memoir of a Former Catholic Priest." This will be the second in a series of services presented on the subject of "Transformation."

"Bad Church, Good Church" is not a theological treatise. It is the story of a man who grew up at the beginning of the Great Depression in a poor Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Philadelphia and who was a priest for 10 years after spending 10 preparatory years in the seminary. During his tenure as a priest, Kane found himself in deep conflict with the harsh moral positions taken by Catholic leaders, finally rejecting their positions and leaving the priesthood and finally the Church. He no longer considers himself a Catholic or a Christian but lives an ardent and quiet spiritual life following his own conscience.


December 4, 2011 - 10:15am

The Fellowship kicks off its month-long exploration of transformation with a lively musical multi-generation service called "Transformation and the Grinch."

Using spoken word and small songs, accompanied by a lap harp, service leader Laurie Stuart will "read" How the Grinch Stole Christmas and create a service which celebrates that Christmas, stripped of all of its trappings has the ability to transform.

Families are encouraged to bring a copy of the book, if they have it want to "read" along.