The UU Montclair Podcast: I Mean it, Buster! (5/12/13)

20:46- Selections from The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair’s Sunday Worship Service by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

“There never was a child so lovely, but his mother was glad to get him asleep.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To the highest leadership among women it is given to hold steadily in one hand the sacred vessels that hold the ancient sanctities of life, and in the other a flaming torch to light the way for oncoming generations.”
–Anna Garlin Spencer

“The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.”
–Nancy Friday

PRAYER & MEDITATION

READINGS
From the 20^th Century psychoanalyst, Carl Jung
The poem, “Sonnets are Full of Love,” by Christina Rosetti

SERMON
“I Mean it, Buster!”
Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Charles Loflin

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CSLNJ Podcast: Faith First (5/5/13)

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24:28 – A Sunday talk from The Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey by Rev. Michelle Wadleigh.

Faith is not a luxury. Faith is a necessity of life. Rev. Michelle shares with us the important practice of Faith First in approaching all of life’s issues. Faith First!

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The UU Montclair Podcast: Coming of Age Sunday 2013 (5/5/13)

A graduation worship service presented by the 2013 Coming of Age class at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair.

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WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Rev. Judy Tomlinson

PRAYER & MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
Matthew McGowan & Morgan Loflin
From The Sayings of Lao-Tzu, translated by Lionel Giles
From the poem “I Sit and Think,” by J.R.R. Tolkien

CREDO STATEMENTS
Willie Morrow, introduced by Geoff Zylstra
Lexie Morrow, introduced by Carolyn Burr
Callista Polito, introduced by Elizabeth Speidel
Audrey Edgington, introduced by Lauren Carlton
Maggie Martoglio, introduced by Barbara Andrews
Giancarlo Ponticello, introduced by Lou Dodge
Jordan Tassy, introduced by Jerry Fried
Morgan Loflin, introduced by Kimberly Johnson
Claire McHugh, introduced by Anne Sailer
Emma Arian, introduced by Nancy Silverman
Giovanna Boyle, introduced by Greta Reed
Hollis Kagan, introduced by Lawrence Ramsey
Kurt Goggin, introduced by David Bessey
Zori Rodgers-Rivera, introduced by Nancy Felix
Matthew McGowan, introduced by Ami Brabson

RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP
Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

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CSLNJ Podcast: Integrity as the Creative Word of God (4/28/13)

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23:04 – A Sunday talk from The Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey by Rev. Michelle Wadleigh.

In order to know your power, you must first know your word and be in integrity with your word. At that point of intersection—YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN THE HEIGHT OF YOUR PERSONAL POWERFUL.

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CSLNJ Podcast: Who’s Life Is It Anyway? with Rev. Joel Fotinos (4/21/13)

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29:32 – A Sunday talk from The Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey by Rev. Joel Fotinos.

When we work with Life, instead of against it, we find our own experience is one of flow. Join Rev. Joel as he discusses ways to stop letting anything or anyone outside of yourself define who you are, and how you can step forward with confidence, alignment, and joy.

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The UU Montclair Podcast: Home Movies (4/21/13)

29:43- Selections from The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair’s Sunday Worship Service by Rev.Gordon Bailey.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”
–Aldo Leopold

“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?”
–Robert Redford

“The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves.”
–Ayn Rand

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From Traditions of the Caddo by George A. Dorsey
From “Spring Cleaning” by Jacob Wieseneck

SERMON
“Mercy Mercy Me”
Rev. Gordon Bailey

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Kimberly Johnson

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CSLNJ Podcast: Responsibility or Bust (4/14/13)

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20:16 – A Sunday talk from The Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey by Rev. Michelle Wadleigh.

If I could teach only one thing it would be this: The more one takes responsibility for one’s life, the more one can accept the power to transform one’s life. This is the point of today’s lesson.

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The UU Montclair Podcast: Home Movies (4/14/13)

23:40- Selections from The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair’s Sunday Worship Service by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

“The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”
–Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.”
–Pema Chodron

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”
–Robert Fulghum

PRAYER & MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
Chapter 52 of the Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by Stefan Stenudd
From Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

SERMON
“Home Movies”
Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Kimberly Johnson

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The UU Montclair Podcast: Walls (4/7/13)

12:30 – Selections from The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair’s Sunday Worship Service by the Senior Youth Group.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

“We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this – through love, work family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medication, we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime.”
–Kay Redfield Jamison

“Walls protect and walls limit. It is in the nature of walls that they should fall. That walls should fall is the consequence of blowing your own trumpet.”
–Jeanette Winterson

“There was a wall…For seven generations there had been nothing in the world more important than that wall. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on.”
–Ursula K. Le Guin

PRAYER & MEDITATION

SERMON
“Walls”
The UU Montclair Senior Youth Group

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Kimberly Johnson

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CSLNJ Podcast: Writing Your Own Story (3/31/13)

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21:57 – A Sunday talk from The Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey by Rev. Michelle Wadleigh.

Your life is the result of the story that you write. You are the writer, the director, the actor and the audience. It is your story, so you might as well write it the way that you want.

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