To watch a video of this service, open the page then click HERE. Join us to learn about the joyous Palm Sunday celebration, as well as “Confrontation Monday,” the day after Palm Sunday that begins the inexorable path to Jesus’s death and betrayal. We will explore how they both tie into the theme of justice, … Continue reading “Palm Sunday: And Confrontation Monday!”
If you would like to view this service, please contact [email protected]. ——————————————————– In every moment, life gives us an invitation. As UUs, that invitation is to discover ourselves as spiritual beings, to be part of a community of like-mined individuals who are on the journey together, and to reach out to the world, to make it … Continue reading The Call of Our Faith
If you would like to view this service, please contact [email protected]. ——————————————————— This special service is cosponsored by the First Unitarian Women’s Alliance and the Worship Ministry. Through songs and stories this presentation will share the journey and the contributions of African American women in the struggle for the Right to Vote in the U.S. This … Continue reading I Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Women’s Suffrage and African American Women’s Voices
If you would like to view this service, please contact [email protected]. ———————————————— Farrah Alexander is a writer whose work focuses on feminism, parenting, social justice, politics, and current events. The title of Sunday’s upcoming presentation, The Religious Pursuit of Justice, comes from a guiding principle in her life “Justice, justice shall you pursue” found in the Torah that also … Continue reading The Religious Pursuit of Justice
On Sunday, Oct 11 we will celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. We will be listening to a Ted Talk entitled “Legacy” given by Navajo leader Mark Charles. It is highly educational as well as political. Although not necessarily spiritual, it certainly fits in the Unitarian search for Truth and Meaning, and should inspire many of us … Continue reading Indigenous People’s Day
In these days of intensified civil unrest due to continued acts of violence against people of color, many people are calling for accountability. This Sunday Rev. Lori explores the issue of accountability, including the intentionality required to come to terms with the realities of our own white privilege. https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Historical/2020%202%20April-June/2020-06-07/2020-06-07.mp4?role=personal
Some days, it is hard to remember that we are all more similar than we are different. Our news and social media stress controversy and division; we live in de facto segregated neighborhood. We may spend days without seeing anyone who does not look, think and act just like us. This separation makes it easier … Continue reading Breaking Down Barriers to Serving the Homeless
Praying Justice will be prayer (very broadly defined) in the work of justice. Rev. Dr. Shannon Craigo-Snell is professor of theology at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA. She also taught in the Religious Studies department at Yale University where her students were of diverse religious backgrounds. She is … Continue reading Praying Justice
Kyle Ellison looks at the challenges and heartbreaks of our Kentucky prison system, drawing on 16 years as a parole office and prison staff trainer. A photo exhibit to accompany the service will be mounted in the Social Hall.
