What’s UUp 6/21/26?

Also this Weekend: 

Don’t forget about the Pride Day Activities on Saturday and the UU General Assembly.

Click here to learn more, including how to attend GA for free in person or online!

Adult RE June 21 at 9:45am: Gender Inequality

Pete Webber will lead our conversation on Sunday by taking time on Father’s Day to consider how the patriarchy does lots of harm, and how it most explicitly and persistently spits out gender-based inequalities across our society, to the detriment of all.

There are other connections that make this topic timely. This coming week is the anniversary of Title IX (June 23,1972 – 54 years ago). Also, on June 23, 1977, the UUA General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on “Women and Religion” summoning all UUs to critically examine the ways that, in each of our lives, traditional religious beliefs have devalued women and calling on all of us to “avoid sexist assumptions and language in the future.”

Children’s Summer RE Fun! Remote Control Vehicle Day

Bring a remote control toy to share if you have one. We’ll have races and obstacle courses in the courtyard. Click here to see the schedule for the rest of the summer.

The Nursery is open for babies and pre-k from 9:30am-12:15pm on Sundays. Please complete one registration form for each child you would like to participate in Religious Exploration in the coming year. This includes the nursery.

Join Us Sunday, June 21 at 11:00am

 

A Solarpunk  Summer Solstice:
Dreaming the Future
Speaker: Valerie Schwartz

Join us for an exploration of the literature, aesthetic, and social movement that is the Solarpunk genre, just in time to welcome the Summer Solstice. What is your brightest dream of our planet’s possible future?
 

Solarpunk highlights reverence for nature and community as it encourages us to reach for a vision of the future that is sustainable, equitable, joyful, and even achievable!

Valerie Schwartz is a member of First Unitarian as well as the Druidic traditions Ár nDraíocht Féin and the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. She has practiced Earth based spirituality for a little over three decades, and when she is not wandering in the woods or sitting with her nose in a book, she enjoys cooking, Tai Chi, attempting gardening, storytelling style RPGs, and helping to support and organize a local Druid fellowship. She lives in Louisville with her husband, kiddo, a reclusive cat, and a dog who, by his sheer enthusiasm for life, reminds her to enjoy the ride.

 

For the zoom linkClick here. The Meeting ID is 4508929882 if you can’t attend in person.  You will not need a password. Contact the volunteer desk if you have trouble getting online.

The Order of Service (Bulletin)

Gathering Music         Ethan McCollum

Welcome      Kathy Thackeray

Prelude       Ethan

Lighting the Chalice & Black Lives Matter Candle
Carol Edelen and Katelyn Rowland

Moment for All Ages    Valerie Schwartz and Loren Crawford

Opening Words Imagining Tomorrow by Writing Today        Valerie
by Isaac Becker, published in The Planet Magazine

Hymn #1017     We Are Building A New Way      Ethan
Words and music by Martha Sandefer

Our Mission and Covenant    Carol and Katelyn
We are a church of reason and spirit,
That witnesses for progressive faith,
That witnesses for progressive faith,
Nurtures our community, and transforms our world.

Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its law.
This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace,
To seek the truth in love, and to help one another.

Joys and Sorrows           Valerie, Carol, and Katelyn

Musical Response #1009   Meditation on Breathing     Ethan
Words and music by Sarah Dan Jones

Moment of Prayer and Meditation   Canticle of Earth      Valerie
by Jennifer Pratt-Walter

Hymn #66     When the Summer Sun is Shining      Ethan
Words by Sydney Henry Knight; Music by Margaret W. Mealy

Invitation to Generosity         Valerie

Offertory         Ethan

Message   A Solarpunk Summer Solstice: Dreaming the Future      Valerie

Hymn #163     For the Earth Forever Turning       Ethan
Words and music by Kim Oler

Extinguishing the Chalice     Valerie, Carol, and Katelyn
We extinguish these flames, but no the light of truth,
The warmth of community, or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Closing Words #691   from Singing the Living Tradition     Valerie
by May Sarton

Postlude        Ethan