WellSprings Congregation
WellSprings Congregation
Revs. Lee Paczulla & Ken Beldon
Weekly messages from WellSprings Congregation - a Community charged full with the charge of the soul. We are a Unitarian Universalist congregation located in Chester Springs, PA. To find out more, please visit www.wellspringsuu.org
3-12-2023 "What Would Jesus Do?"
Rev. Lee ponders the question "What Would Jesus Do?" in today's message. Also included is a conversation with Rev. Doug Hagler
Mar 15, 2023
36 min
3-5-2023 What Would Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Do?
In today's podcast, Beth Monhollen tells us about Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and how her actions have helped our faith tradition today.
Mar 15, 2023
25 min
BONUS Episode: The History of Unitarian Universalism in 15 Minutes or Less
Rev. Lee Paczulla takes us through a brief history of Unitarian Universalism, from the very beginnings of the once-separate belief systems on Unitarianism and Universalism, up through today when the two traditions are combined and practiced in new ways.
Mar 14, 2023
14 min
5-28-2022 Starting Small - "Telling Fortunes"
Today, Rev. Lee, with the help of a YouthSpirit friend, takes us through the activity of creating paper "fortune tellers," and sharing the results with one another.
Jul 5, 2022
31 min
5-15-2022 Starting Small - "Moving Small Stones"
Ministerial Intern, Beth Monhollen, takes us through the classic story Stone Soup, where a village comes together with small contributions to create a filling meal for all. Beth tells us how small actions we take now can help add to make big changes.
Jul 5, 2022
31 min
5-8-2022 Starting Small - "Let the River Flow"
Lay preacher, Chris Chepel, takes us through the history of WellSprings, and invites us into an activity of constructing a WellSprings timeline.
Jul 5, 2022
15 min
5-1-2022 Starting Small - "Mystery Seeds"
Rev. Ken leads the congregation through an activity where we plant seeds. He discussed the importance of not knowing what the seeds are, but trusting that they will grow and bloom regardless.
Jun 19, 2022
17 min
4-3-2022 The Great Integration - "God Shaped Hole"
Rev. Ken begins this week with remembering his father, who passed away last Fall. He shares with us a poem/song his father wrote called 'Tsuris," a Yiddish word equating to "stress." He tells us about his father's experiences in the Korean war, and how traumatic they must have been. We are invited to listen to a poem quietly, and consider the busy nature of our lives, and whether that's serving us. He shares a story about another veteran recounting his war experiences at the end of his life, and dedicates the lessons learned from that story to his late father.
Apr 3, 2022
32 min
3-27-2022 The Great Integration - "Wholly Unravelling"
This week, Beth Monhollen talks to us about a Brene Brown blog post about a "midlife unravelling" that became very meaningful in her life in 2018. She tells us about how she changed career paths after being very well established in a different field, and what those feelings were like. During this time, she looked to her husband, who had undergone a midlife unravelling of his own as well.
Mar 29, 2022
28 min
3-20-2022 The Great Integration - Josie Waldman's Message
Today, lay preacher Josie Waldman talks to us about how "The Great Resignation" affected her, just as she was beginning down a new path in her life.
Mar 26, 2022
22 min
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