David Early, Worship Associate Joshua will be concluding his sermon series on the serenity prayer with a sermon about the wisdom to know the difference between what we cannot and what we can and should change.  

This is the second sermon in my Serenity Prayer series. It will be an exploration of how the spirit can be liberated by taking advantage of the power to change the things we can. It is also Emerson’s congregational meeting and, in the spirit of beloved community, together with our Community Minister, the Rev. Rebecca … Continue reading Liberation of Spirit: Power to Change the Things We Can

Linda Fitzgerald, Worship Associate Kevin Mathie, Music Director In the theologian Rheinhold Niebuhr’s serenity prayer, he wrote about three things: the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Niebuhr wrote it as a petitionary prayer but I’m I’ll set … Continue reading New Beginnings: The Serenity to Accept the Things We Cannot Change