Video available – Taking time to replenish and center can be tough when injustice gushes around us. Applied permaculture principles, like induced meandering to decrease erosion and runoff, have much to teach us. Join Josefine Parker, Chaplain Intern at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as she explores spring renewal and reinforcing the long path. .
In 2020, the UUAs “Widening the Circle Report” began a conversation on how Unitarian Universalism might best live into its commitments to Justice and Equity. Let’s explore how we might implement these findings in our own community, widening the circle for justice, compassion and love!
Join us for this special service about mass incarceration and beloved community led by the Church of the Larger Fellowship and leaders from their Worthy Now Prison Ministry Network. This Service will take place on zoom. Look out for the Sunday morning email with our regular zoom link.
At our very successful Virtual Service Auction this year, Tim Miller won the opportunity to choose a sermon topic for a Sunday Service. Based on the book, “Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution” written by John Archibald, we will reflect on our … Continue reading “Building a Legacy”
So often justice work and anti-racism work is about education and action. These two are so important, and we can’t forget that spirituality and faith are part of our journey towards the beloved community. Let’s engage our hearts and our spirits in practice and reflection this morning. Video Link
We have heard it said that ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” And we know that we are all partners in that bending. In this service, we will reflect on some lesser-known UUs in history who have bent the arc and brought us closer to the vision of … Continue reading “Who Bends the Arc?”
Unitarian Universalism covenants around 7 principles that guide our lives and encourage us toward spiritual deepening. In 2013 Black UU leaders and theologians proposed an 8th principle to guide us toward more intentional racial justice work in our congregations. Let’s learn and reflect together on this new principle and how it might bring our congregation … Continue reading “An 8th Principle for Unitarian Universalism”
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day Sunday, Rev. Jaimie and Music Director, Pam Siegler are collaborating to offer a worship service about justice, music, and our fourth principle, “the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” They will each share reflections, and Pam will explore how these themes connect to James Weldon Johnson’s … Continue reading “The Responsible Search”
Renewal Means recommitting to Justice. (Yom Kippur, day of atonement, owning our impact and doing more)
This year in Children and Youth Religious Education our theme is “Side with Love,” exploring what it means to ground our Unitarian Universalist identity in love and to put love into action through justice. DRE Erin Reid will discuss what is so special and distinctive about UU faith development–a space of both belonging and growth. … Continue reading “Side with Love” Erin Reid, Director of Religious Education
