The UU Montclair Podcast: Flower Communion Sunday 2013 (6/16/13)

14:57 – Selections from The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair’s Flower Communion Sunday Worship Service by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman & Rev. Judy Tomlinson.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.”
–H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
–John F. Kennedy

“Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook is gained, when some nobler purpose is formed, when some task is well done.”
–Sophia Lyon Fahs

COMMENTS ON COMMUNITY
Rev. Judy Tomlinson & Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

A MESSAGE FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

PRAYER & MEDITATION
Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

FLOWER COMMUNION HOMILY
Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

Liturgist: Henry Kanengiser

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CSLNJ Podcast: The Health of Happiness (6/9/13)

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21:40 – A Sunday talk from The Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey by Rev. Michelle Wadleigh.

Happy people are healthier then unhappy, miserable and critical people. How is your happy, healthy quotient working? Let’s look at what can be support to support out happiness, healthy quota.

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CSLNJ Podcast: You Can Heal Your Life (6/2/13)

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20:37 – A Sunday talk from The Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey by Rev. Michelle Wadleigh.

Rev. Michelle discusses the idea of Mental Equivalents as it directly relates to reading the body temple and how to use that awareness to heal.

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The UU Montclair Podcast: Whose Religious Education Program is it Anyway? (6/2/13)

36:44 – Selections from The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair’s Sunday Worship Service by Rev. Judy Tomlinson & The 2013 UUCM RE Classes.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.”
–H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
–Nelson Mandela

“How true Daddy’s words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”
–Anne Frank

A CELEBRATION OF OUR TEACHING MINISTRY

Creating Home & Wonderful Welcome – Kindergarten/1^st Grade Presentation
Our Whole Lives – 1^st/2^nd Grade Presentation
Moral Tales & Timeless Themes – 2^nd/3^rd Grade Presentation
Bibleodeon – 4^th/5^th Grade Presentation
Compass Points – 6^th/7^th Grade Presentation

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From Acts 2:32, 42-47
From Maria Harris, Catholic professor and religious educator

HOMILY
“Whose Religious Education Program is it Anyway?”
Rev. Judy Tomlinson

Liturgist: Jack Drucker

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The UU Montclair Podcast: The Future Begins…Right Now! (5/19/13)

24:28 – 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

“Whatever difficulty you face, there are time-tried ways you can listen your way through. Because listening is the doorway to everything that matters. It enlivens the heart the way breathing enlivens the lungs. We listen to awaken our heart. We do this to stay vital and alive.”
–Mark Nepo

“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

PRAYER & MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From Chapter 10 of the Christian Book of Revelations
From an annual letter by Miriam MacGillis of Genisis Farm

SERMON
“The Future Begins…Right Now!”
Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Charles Loflin

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CSLNJ Podcast: No Mercy! (5/19/13)

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27:06 – A Sunday talk from The Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey by Rev. Michelle Wadleigh.

Life hands us a variety of opportunities, challenges and limitations, what we do with them is up to us. We are not at the mercy of anything or anyone, not now, not ever; and that’s the truth. Now, let’s live up to that.

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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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