Articles by Becky Gunn

 

The Role of Community in Spiritual Transformation

By Becky Gunn on Feb. 09, 2013, at 9:15 p.m.
Why we all are here together? Some think we attract to ourselves what we need to know, often through other people in relationship. These way-showers help us to effectively navigate our own spiritual journey. But Cathy wonders, are people more like kid bumpers in a bowling alley, which keep the ...

Love Will Guide Us

By Becky Gunn on Feb. 09, 2013, at 8:50 p.m.
On this Sunday before Valentine’s Day, we will consider what love really is, and what it calls us to do and be about in the world. Our guest in the pulpit, Rev. Sara Huisjen, serves the UU Church of Ellsworth and continues to work per-diem as Hospice Chaplain for Hancock ...

What would Martin Luther King Jr.’s message be today?

By Becky Gunn on Jan. 13, 2013, at 10:46 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — Forty-five years after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words are as relevant today as they were during his lifetime. Racism, poverty, a broken political system, the threat of nuclear holocaust—the same issues that plague us today are what haunted the young civil rights activist before his ...

Gratitude: A Spiritual Practice

By Becky Gunn on Jan. 08, 2013, at 1:26 p.m.
Gratitude is both a giving and a receiving from the heart. It is spiritual because it is life-enriching and life-affirming. And it is a spiritual practice when we inten-tionally and consistently engage in expressing thanks. •Worship Leader: Rev. Deane Perkins (Belfast UU) •Worship Associate/Lay Coordinator: Phyllis Havens The Unitarian Universalist ...

Sing together at the church

By Becky Gunn on Jan. 03, 2013, at 12:07 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor will explore creativity as an avenue to and expression of spirituality through a tale told and sung by Linda Smith Koehler, assisted by Rissa Moore and members of Women With Wings at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, at the UU church, 120 ...

Church offers The Quiet after the Storm service

By Becky Gunn on Dec. 26, 2012, at 9:24 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — A meditative service with song, chant and silence to commemorate the last Sunday of 2012 , will be held at 10 a.m. Dec. 30, at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 120 Park St. Worship leader will be the Rev. Becky Gunn, Christina Diebold will serve as  lay coordinator and ...

Winter Solstice Service to be conducted at Bangor church

By Becky Gunn on Dec. 11, 2012, at 12:46 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — The Rev. Louise Shorette of Jackson will be the guest preacher at worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor, 120 Park St. Shorette is an ordained priestess with the Temple of the Feminine Divine in Bangor, an environmentalist, social ...

“Ringing the Bells of Christmas” theme of Christmas Eve service

By Becky Gunn on Dec. 11, 2012, at 12:39 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor will hold its Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, at the church. The will focus on the resonance of the bells in human lives — stories, songs, and fellowship of the Christmas holidays.

Christmas Pageant

By Becky Gunn on Dec. 11, 2012, at 12:31 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor will hold a Christmas Nativity pageant at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at the church, 120 Park St.  

UU churches in Bangor, Belfast engage in pulpit exchange

By Becky Gunn on Nov. 23, 2012, at 5:31 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor will hold services at 10 am. Sunday, Dec. 2. Guest minister will be the Rev. Deane Perkins of the Belfast UU Church. The service is a pulpit exchange between the Belfast UU and the Bangor UU churches. In July of 2014, 19 ...

Remembering Our Veterans

By Becky Gunn on Nov. 04, 2012, at 9:38 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor welcomes you to our Sunday service at 10 am. This Veteran’s Day, we celebrate the military service of all our men and women who volunteered to defend our country and our freedoms in both wartime and peacetime. Joining us for worship and the opportunity ...

Democracy and Participation

By Becky Gunn on Nov. 02, 2012, at 11:22 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor welcomes you to our Sunday service at 10 a.m. One of our principles states that we believe in democracy both in our congregations and the society at large. Whatdoes that mean? Democracy is based on the concept of the equality of each person’s voice ...

A Bridge to Nowhere: Construction Ahead

By Becky Gunn on Oct. 22, 2012, at 11:46 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor welcomes you to our Sunday Services at 10 am. Please join us as we consider the ways in which we share our spiritual home with one another and some ways we might strengthen that sharing. •Speakers: Tom and Caleigh Grogan •Music: LyAnn Grogan •Lay ...

Poverty is Not a Choice

By Becky Gunn on Oct. 15, 2012, at 11:22 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor welcomes you to our Sunday services which start at 10 am. This week our topic is “Poverty is Not a Choice.” There is greater poverty in this country now than anytime since Johnson’s War on Poverty. Public policy tends to diminish the humanity of ...

Thomas Merton: A Modern Mystic

By Becky Gunn on Oct. 08, 2012, at 5:29 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor welcomes you to our Sunday service at 10 a.m. Religious Education is available for all ages. This Sunday our topic is Thomas Merton who was a Trappist monk, a modern mystic, a poet, an author of 70 books. He chronicled his spiritual journey, his ...

Doctrine of Discovery

By Becky Gunn on Sept. 26, 2012, at 10:43 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor welcomes you to our service at 10 am. At the 2012 General Assembly delegates of the Unitarian Universalist Association passed a resolution repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery and called upon Unitarian Universalists to study the Doctrine and eliminate its presence from all of Unitarian ...
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Doctrine of Discovery

By Becky Gunn on Sept. 26, 2012, at 10:37 p.m.
At the 2012 General Assembly, delegates of the Unitarian Universalist Association passed a resolution repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery and called upon Unitarian Universalists to study the Doctrine and eliminate its presence from all of Unitarian Universalism theology and practice. “BE IT RESOLVED that we, the delegates of the 2012 ...

Reproductive Rights

By Becky Gunn on Sept. 26, 2012, at 9:34 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor welcomes you to our Sunday service at 10 am. Bill Baird, holder of three U.S. Supreme Court victories for reproductive rights including Baird v. Eisestadt, which legalized birth control 40 years ago on March 22, 1972, will discuss his near 50 years as a ...

Respect

By Becky Gunn on Sept. 18, 2012, at 11:47 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor invites you to join us for Sunday services each week at 10:00 am. We have an active religious education program for our children. This week’s service will be about respect and how we respect each other, specifically those with whom we disagree. This is ...
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Justice

on April 06, 2012, at 9:24 a.m.
I have been somewhat silent of late on this blog in part because I have been busy in my clerical life. That is no excuse, however, for not speaking up about an issue which has had intense media attention. It has been over a month since Trayvon Martin’s death. There ...
 
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