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“Taking the Risk of Belonging” – September 28, 2025

Sep 29, 2025

Rev. Sophia preaching with Kyle Belmont, Charlyn Bethell, Lynn Bratley, the Hand in Hand Singers, and Guy Urban.

We will close out our month’s theme of Belonging by exploring what true belonging means and feels like. We will also consider the barriers to belonging, and the risks we take to overcome them. Come, let us worship together!

Reading: “Be Longing,” by Rev. Chad Synder

To belong
Is to be longing
For a space to be held
And that will hold
Friend, stranger, neighbor, other
For silences
Broken by songs of the silenced
For time
That does not stretch
But encircles
To belong
Is
To be longing
For wholeness
Of the beloved
Of all
Who belong
And are longing.

Reverend Sophia Lyons
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Rev. Sophia is committed to radical welcome and spreading the good news that is our bold Unitarian Universalist faith. Some of her areas of interest include interfaith partnerships, addictions ministry, spiritual direction, and working towards collective liberation for all. Rev. Sophia aspires to live her life and fulfill her ministry guided by spiritual seeking, big love, and the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism.

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