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Emerson: Prose Poet of Paradox - October 4, 2009

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

“EMERSON: PROSE POET OF PARADOX”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland
The Rev. Ken Sawyer
October 4, 2009
For many years, I have met monthly with people as together we read our way through a book or the work of an author. One can come as often or as infrequently as one chooses, and you only have [...]

Balancing Stirring Activism with Stilling Silence…” - October 25, 2009

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

“BALANCING STIRRING ACTIVISM
WITH STILLING SILENCE,
EVEN BOLD BENEVOLENCE
WITH BENEFICIAL BOREDOM”
At the First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
On October 25, 2009
THE READING
From Listening Below the Noise by Anne D. LeClaire
The soul, Jung said, is inexorably driven to seek balance.
Today, for most of us, life is seriously out of balance…. Somehow we have become estranged [...]

Welcoming Congregation Service - October 18, 2009

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Use this link to retrieve the 23 page pdf document complete with images and preferred layout.
http://www.uuwayland.org/docs/sermons/welcomingcongregation.pdf
Below is the text-only version
First Parish in Wayland
Welcoming Congregation
Order of Service and Readings October 18, 2009
What is a Welcoming Congregation?
In 1987 the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) established the Common Vision Planning Committee. This committee found many negative attitudes, [...]

What Are We Here For? - September 20, 2009

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

“What Are We Here For?”
The Sermon at the First Parish in Wayland
By the Rev. Ken Sawyer
On September 20, 2009
What are we here for?, the sermon title wonders. It was even announced in the town paper, and for any of you who are here looking forward to my answer to the meaning of life, I have [...]