Awakening love & justice in our lives & in the world.
Meet the Moment: Reflections from General Assembly
Sunday, June 28, 11am, in person and on Zoom
Rev. Christe Lunsford
Our UUA General Assembly calls us to ask the hard and holy questions: Where are we placing our energy? Who are we partnering with? And how do we make change that ripples outward — through our congregation, our communities, and our denomination? This Sunday, Rev. Christe will reflect on what we might carry home from GA to feed us and inspire us to engage in our collective resources that can meet the urgency of this moment — not someday, but now.
Summer Services (June 28 – September 6) will be help in our air-conditioned Parish Room, with overflow in the Chapel. You can use the Van Pelt Street entrance.
“Like a Creature All Wounded With Love”
Sunday, July 5, 11am, in person and on Zoom
Rev. Kayla Czaplicki
Margery Kempe was a medieval mystic who lived in England in the early 15th century. This service will explore her intimate, vulnerable, shocking and at times notably annoying autobiography, widely considered to be the first of its kind in the english language. Through Margery’s many pilgrimages, visions, and altercations with religious authorities, she becomes, if not a saint as she may have hoped, a beacon of authenticity, personal devotion, and self expression.
Worship Leader Bio: Kayla Czaplicki has been attending First Unitarian for the past 4 years and is very happy to be a member of the choir! She’s a speed walker, crafter, poet, and enjoyer of medieval history and mysticism, though by no means an expert. She teaches literacy in an after school program and enjoys looking for meaning and beauty in everything.
To Save or Savor?
161 years ago, 2.5 years after the emancipation proclamation, the final group of enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, heard the news of their freedom – the first Juneteenth. And this Sunday, we celebrate the Summer Solstice and Father’s Day as well. In a beautiful world with so much injustice, how do we decide whether to “save or savor the world?”
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Eager to work for social justice in our time? Learn more about how our congregation supports efforts to end mass incarceration, advocate for immigrants and refugees, and more