At this year’s Question Box service, someone asked: “How do you come up with monthly worship themes? Do you think AI could do better?” Rev. Claire shares: Every year, sometime after Easter, I start to think seriously about the worship themes for the next church year. I get ideas for the worship themes from many … Continue reading Question Box: Monthly Worship Themes
At this year’s Question Box service, someone asked: “How can we ensure Follen keeps its volunteer spirit and members don’t become customers in today’s busy culture?” This National Volunteer Month, Ministerial Intern Nate responds: Follen’s volunteerism is incredibly impressive, especially considering the times in which we live. In the 2020s, most adults have jobs— often … Continue reading Question Box: Keeping Follen’s Volunteer Spirit
At Question Box earlier this month, someone asked: “What pagan roots or rituals show in modern UU?” Ministerial Intern Nate responds: Modern paganism is an extremely diverse group of religious movements, so it’s tricky to pin down what is and isn’t part of a pagan tradition. There are also lots of myths and misconceptions about … Continue reading Question Box: What pagan roots or rituals show in modern UU?
At this week’s Question Box service, Rev. Claire and Nate answered many of your questions. But as always, there were more questions than time to answer them! Here are all of the questions they didn’t get to. We’ll be trying to answer a few more on Facebook. Stay tuned! How do UUs view afterlife? Do … Continue reading Your Questions
At Question Box earlier this month, someone asked: “Is there a point when AI stops being a tool and becomes a child — then what do we owe it?” January’s worship theme is childhood, so Rev. Claire has taken the opportunity to tackle this question. First, I’m not an AI expert, but we do have one … Continue reading Question Box: Is there a point when AI stops being a tool and becomes a child?
At this week’s Question Box service, Rev. Claire and Nate Clark answered many of your questions. But as always, there were more questions than time to answer them! Here are all of the questions they didn’t get to. We’ll be trying to answer a few more on Facebook. Stay tuned! What is something that you’re … Continue reading Your Questions
At our jazz/question box service on Sunday, April 16, Rev. Claire and Ministerial Intern Phoebe Eckart-Lee answered questions–on-the-spot–submitted by the congregation. Below are all of the questions for you to ponder! Questions in bold are those addressed in service on 4/16/23 Now that you’ve gotten trumpets for Easter, what is your next musical priority? What … Continue reading Question Box Service from April 16
Question Box Service April 24, 2022 The following questions came in (on note cards and through an online form) during the April 24 Question Box service. Here you can read the eleven questions Rev. Claire had time to answer, and the remaining unanswered questions, many of which will appear as “conversation starters” on our Facebook … Continue reading Question Box Service
I love Question Box Sunday. Below is the list of questions, some from adults, some from kids! To see my answers to the first ten questions, watch the video here! Answered What about Follen keeps you up at night? Before you were a minister, why did you go to church? How do you define “prayer”? … Continue reading Follen Question Box Service
At last Sunday’s annual Question Box service, attendees wrote down and submitted their questions, and in place of a sermon, Rev. Claire answered them in real time. View the video here. In case you were wondering, 36 questions were submitted, but we only had time to address 11 of them. Below, you can read them all, … Continue reading Ask Reverend Claire: Your 36 Questions
