Join us on June 16th for our Juneteenth service, celebrating the liberation and resilience of Black people. The service will emphasize radical joy as a form of resistance and healing through readings, music and activities to foster unity and joy. The worship theme for June is “Renewal”.
How do the current and past political atmospheres affect the LGBT+ community? The PRIDE Service brings personal stories and general reflections of its struggles and successes. Presented by guest speaker, Jody Davis, RN, VA Hospital, local LGBT+ leader and activist, and members of First UU’s Rainbow Connexion. The worship theme for June is “Renewal”.
How can we best become a box of crayons? Multi-hued and complementary to one another… Each color contributing to the big picture. The worship theme for April is “Interdependence”.
There are so many ways we would like to see our community and our world transform to become a more loving, just, and inclusive place! It often takes perseverance, consistency, and working together over a long period of time to make these transformations. Come hear inspiring stories of how transformation can happen! The worship theme … Continue reading Transformation Through Perseverance
UU communities often speak about a Beloved Community. But what does this term, made popular by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mean? And what are we, as UUs in the modern era, called to do to create this Beloved Community? The worship theme for February is “Justice & Equity”.
The attacks on trans persons both in Ohio and many other states has my hand on my heart more often that not… that, and the slaughters in the Congo, in Gaza, in Ukraine, in Yemen break my heart daily. I just saw the film Origin, based on the life of the writer of Caste, Isabel … Continue reading Hand On My Heart
The worship theme for January is “Liberating Love”. This week: What would it look like if we made a commitment to anti-racism as a congregation? How have other UU congregations committed to this journey?
“This is My Song” The terrible events in Israel and Palestine have been much in our minds and hearts. Rev. Terasa will share some of her experiences in visiting there 3 years ago, and thoughts about what religion has to do with it. The worship theme for December is “Mystery”.
We’ll be talking a lot about what it means for the congregation to actively be an anti-racist church. I will talk about where my journey toward anti-racism has taken me. The worship theme for October is “Heritage”.
The headlines and looming environmental crisis can overwhelm us with worry for our world. It can be easy to despair, to feel like just one person can’t make any difference. Adrienne Maree Brown’s Principles of Emergent Strategy teach us that our world is fractal and emergent, and that our small acts of love and connection … Continue reading Our Liberation is Fractal
