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Message by Mike Brown The opening words are We Gather, by Pat Uribe-Lichty. We gather—We bring our sorrowsour disappointmentsour failures.We gather for healing,for laughter andto rejoice.We gather to findnew ways of lovingnew ways of thinkingnew ways of being.We gather—Yes, always we gather,for it is in gatheringthat we find our hope. Morning Has ComeWords and Music … Continue reading Awakening From Grief
Rev. Michelle-Scott Huffman On this day in 1968 in Memphis, TN, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech that would famously become known as his Mountaintop Speech. The following day, he was assassinated. In honor of Dr. King, and the continued struggle for racial justice, we share these excerpts today as our opening … Continue reading Awakening Into Action
Message by AJ Fox and Marilyn Day Moment of Perspective – The Treehouse Story – Marilyn Day The opening words are Wholeness, by Sharon Wylie. They were written for the International Transgender Day of Visibility, which is this Thursday, March 31st. We speak so often of brokenness in religious life,Let us speak today of wholeness.You … Continue reading Building it Together
Message by Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman Moment of Perspective – Looking back at Church During the Pandemic – AJ Fox The opening words are Hoping, Trusting for So Many Things, by Katie Kandarian-Morris. Here we have come into this sacred space—quieter now with our readinessHushed voices, hoping, trusting for so many things:For connection, for communionFor inspiration, … Continue reading Renewing Our Faith: The Power of Community in the Process of Renewal
Message by Colleen Appel Moment of Perspective – How Brigit Got Lands for the Poor – AJ Fox The opening words are This Act of Faith by Rev. Gretchen Haley. What’s going to happen?Will everything be ok?What can I do?In these days we find ourselvestoo oftenStuck with these questions on repeatWhat’s going to happen? / … Continue reading Renewing Soil, Renewing Faith
By Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman The opening words are Welcome Sweet Soul, by Rev. Dr. Rebekah A. Savage. Welcome sweet soul, to this place of renewal and hope.Here we welcome your tender places and yearnings to be fully present.Welcome sweet soul, to this place of meaning and belonging.Here we welcome your questions and wonderings on the … Continue reading Renewing What? Unitarian Universalism & the F word (faith…)
Message by Eva Riebold Moment of Perspective – Doris Seale and Cultural Appropriation – AJ Fox The opening words are from Black Elk, Oglala Lakota holy man, from the book Black Elk Speaks, by John Neihardt: Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have … Continue reading The Sacred Hoop
By Rev. Rod Richards – Read by Mike Brown The opening words are from The Tao by Lao-Tse: Before creation a presence existed,self-contained, complete, formless, voiceless, mateless, changeless,which yet pervaded itself with unending motherhood. Though there can be no name for it, I have called it the “way of life.” Perhaps I should have called … Continue reading Drawing on the Wide Side of the Brain
Drum Circle #2Performed extemporaneously by the First UU Choir and other membersPermission granted
By Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman The opening words are Into the Circle, by Rev. Dr. David Breeden.We gather into this circle.We gather into this circle of careto dream,to envision,to embody and achievethe compassion we dream,the justice we envision,the dignity of eachin an ever-growingcircle of love and justice. Drum Circle #1Performed Extemporaneously by the First UU ChoirPermission … Continue reading Widening the Circle of Self
