Latest Sermons
Sermon for Sunday, March 14, 2010 - Found: Art and Artifacts
March 8, 2010 - 8:46am — Larry PeplinThis month is the seventy first anniversary of the Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church. Today we will take notice of the things we pass by every Sunday morning. Let us celebrate the art and artifacts that make our church home.
Sermon for Sunday, March 7, 2010 - In The Beginnings
March 1, 2010 - 1:03pm — Candy DunnEdward Sharples is retired from Wayne State University where among many roles he served as Chair of the Department of English, Professor of English, University Ombudsman and Dean of the College of Lifelong Learning. In addition, he served 18 years on the Ferndale Board of Education, 14 of them as president of the board. He is a former board president of the Birmingham Unitarian Church where he actively participates in numerous capacities.
He will discuss the Book of Genesis, chapters one and two from the perspective of a humanist.
Edward Sharples
Sermon for Sunday, February 28, 2010 - Healing Hearts
February 22, 2010 - 9:45am — Candy DunnMatthew Parker grew up in Detroit and Parker earned an MA in Education Administration from the University of Detroit in 1987. He is the founder of the Michigan Faith Based Health Association, a coalition of faith-based organizations, public health professionals and others representing various fields of expertise. The Association was established to support the vision of supporting healthier lifestyles for citizens living in Michigan and recognizes that faith-based organizations have historically served as a cornerstone for human services within the community and is an excellent place to work to improve health behaviors. Please join us for what promises to be an enlightening talk about a topic that often gets politicized.
Matthew Parker
Sermon for Sunday, February 21, 2010 - The Devotion of Justice
February 15, 2010 - 10:23am — Candy DunnThis time of year many religious traditions are exercising the recommitment to their practice of devotion and discipline. In truth, everyday we all must recommit ourselves to a more just world. By doing so, many unnamed people struggle in many unseen ways. Today, we will talk about our commitments and the religious devotion of justice.
Reverend Mitra Rahnema
Sermon for Sunday, February 14, 2010 - The Perfect Heart
February 8, 2010 - 10:04am — Candy DunnIt is a day of love! Who might love you more than your leader? Today we will explore leadership and what makes someone a good leader. This week's intergenerational service will be a performance of the play The Perfect Heart. In four acts, we will contemplate leadership qualities and our ability to offer love to the communities of which we are a part.
Reverend Mitra Rahnema
Sermon for Sunday, February 7, 2010 - Becoming Welcoming
February 1, 2010 - 9:35am — Candy DunnWelcoming is an active verb rather than a passive noun. Today GPUC members are actively launching a year-long Welcoming Congregation program. In our service we will explore what it means to live a welcoming life and build communities that specifically welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.
Reverend Mitra Rahnema
Sermon for Sunday, January 31, 2010 - R U A UU 2?
January 25, 2010 - 2:48pm — Candy DunnParticipants in the Articulating Your UU Faith class will present ideas about being a Unitarian Universalist in order to help us more easily explain our religion to others.
Jim Moir
Sermon for Sunday, January 24, 2010 - The Van Gogh Café
January 18, 2010 - 9:59am — Candy Dunn"Beyond Categorical Thinking" is a program facilitated by the Unitarian Universalist Association to help congregations in ministerial search find the best match. Conscious and unconscious biases can creep in and have kept congregations from finding the best minister for them. The sermon, "The Van Gogh Café," based on the children's book of the same title, will look at how our conscious and unconscious biases keep people, including ourselves, from being whole and human with one another.
Reverend Keith Kron and Reverend Mitra Rahnema
Sermon for Sunday, January 17, 2010 - Recognition: Race and Racism in a Modern World
January 11, 2010 - 11:06am — Candy DunnMartin Luther King Jr. was one of the most important theologians of our time, and we have seen dramatic changes over the past forty years. In 2010 racism exists, yet it can be hard to recognize. Today we will explore what it means to recognize people of color in our communities and how our faith calls us to understand our inter-racial experiences.
Reverend Mitra Rahnema
Sermon for January 10, 2010 - Reflections On Our House
January 4, 2010 - 10:14am — Candy DunnDuring change gifts and challenges of life will emerge. Illuminating
these elements of life can be a wonderful opportunity for growth. At
this mid-point of this exciting transitional time your Interim Minster
will offer reflections on the congregation.
Reverend Mitra Rahnema