Sunday, September 5
10 am Service: The World of Work. Worship Associates Dolores DaLomba and Mary Louise Gerek will share their thoughts on Labor Day. Drawing on their own experiences and current events, they each reflect on the “World of Work.”

Sunday, September 12
10:30 am Service: Water, Water, Everywhere. It is Ingathering Sunday, when we celebrate our fall reunion with the annual Water Communion ceremony we have come to love. We live on the edge of one of the greatest sources of fresh water on the planet, while others around the world struggle for rights to safe and secure sources of water. Bring some water that represents your summer stories to pour into the common bowl as we ponder what water as a “commons” means to others around the world. This is a multigenerational service, with nursery care provided for our youngest children. Join Rev. Sally Hamlion and the Worship Associates.

Sunday, September 19
10:30 am Service: Is God One? When we say that God is One, how does this relate to the fact that some religions, such as Buddhism, do not believe in God. Or what about Hinduism, with its various deities expressing the many facets of the holy? Does our image for world peace and our faith which stresses commonalities gloss over the differing ethics, doctrine, and messages of the world’s religions?

Sunday, September 26
10:30 am Service: Searching for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale: Hydrofracking. What potential disasters lurk with the use of this technology in the fragile eco-environment of the Southern Tier? How do our religious ethics line up with this issue? How do we protect individual rights while considering our need to identify potential sources of natural gas to fuel our needs for power? Join Rev. Sally Hamlin and Worship Associates on this topic that presses close to home.