January 25: “Crossing Borders”
Speaker: Rev. Charles J. Stephens
Rev. Stephens, minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing, will talk about his visit to Israel and Palestine. He writes, “My experience in Israel and Palestine confirms for me what Frost wrote: ‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.’ There are strongly differing opinions about walls. The Compassionate Listening Tour of Israel and Palestine that I participated in with an interfaith group of Rabbis, Imams, ministers and several lay leaders far exceeded my highest expectations.”

January 18: “Partners: Bound by Covenant”
Speaker: Rev. Kate Seitz Bortner
You may think the world of law enforcement and the world of church are as far apart as it is possible to get. In her 22 years of community ministry with the York City Police Department, Rev. Bortner learned lessons about how very similar they are. Join us this morning as she shares with us some of the amazing things she learned.

January 11: “Neighborhood Notes”
Speakers: Cindy Ruenes, Brian Pearson and the Neighborhood Notes teens

Cindy and Brian and a group of teen volunteers from the Community Conservatory in Doylestown will share with us their experiences with the Neighborhood Notes Program. Teen volunteers with the Neighborhood Notes program teach music, theater and visual art to those less fortunate in our area. The program is a wonderful artistic cultural exchange program right here in Bucks County. The teens involved in this program are all talented artists who benefit from teaching and learning from each other. Our service will include poetry and music as well as inspirational stories.

January 4: “The Two-Headed God”
Speaker: Rev. Deborah Mero
Rev. Mero comes to us from the Unitarian Fellowship of West Chester. We are caught at this time of year in the conundrum of looking in both directions like the two-head Roman God Janus. While we spend most of our time looking forward to what lies ahead, the new year forces us into seeing the cycles of life and both our past and future at the same time.