The theme this month is Holding History. Our faith places truthful telling of history at the center of our principles. In our first principle, we promise to value the worth and dignity of every person. In our fourth principle, we value the search for what is true. When we want to tell the real story, … Continue reading Freeing Healing and Beauty with Truthful Telling
Our world is built for able-bodied, neurotypical, hearing and sighted people; people with disabilities are seen as not “normal,” or even as a “problem.” Fortunately, the Disability Rights movements have reframed the “problem” as our inaccessible culture, and the solution is to change systems and attitudes. From the Americans with Disabilities Act to individual histories, … Continue reading Holding Disability History, Making Disability Justice
“Climate Justice Sunday”A special service with UU Ministry for Earth Our lives, our gatherings, our world, in ways large and small, are shaped by the climate crisis. In a time of ever apparent environmental racism, fires, and floods, what day to day habits are we cultivating to accompany one another in unexpected heartache, joy and … Continue reading UU Ministry for the Earth
Think that the important issues are at the national level? More often, change starts at the local level. Hear how UUSP’s Social Justice ministry is changing the lives of Pinellas County residents. We bet you’ll be surprised by all that we can do. Join us this Sunday on Youtube!
Religious Education Service – Our faith has a long history of being committed to these skills. Deep listening shows up prominently in our small group ministries and is now also central in our decentering work as white UUs learn to step back, limit defensiveness and listen to the wisdom and voices of non-white UUs and … Continue reading Religious Education Worship Service
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
When a caterpillar turns into a butterfly, the chrysalis is guided by “imaginal cells” that guide the formation of butterfly body parts. During the pandemic, what is guiding us as we shelter in our own cocoons? What will help us reemerge and fly?
“The storm is passing over, the old hymn says, Except… The storm has not passed over just yet, has it? Here, for this hour together, We rest in the eye of the storm. We gather not as a changed people, but as a changing people.” – Hannah Roberts Villnave
Several states have passed laws outlawing the teaching of Critical Race Theory, but what does it actually mean? This worship service asks: who gets to tell the story of our country’s history and what is our responsibility as Unitarian Universalists with respect to racism and white privilege? All are welcome to this online worship service!
Link to Service on YouTube Here we are, a month from when we thought we’d be reopening the doors to live services. But, the delta variant may force a delay in that schedule. It can feel discouraging. However, we have made it through 18 months of this pandemic by working together as a community. I … Continue reading Cultivating Community
