This is the second in Renée’s series about James Luther Adams’ 5 Smooth Stones of Liberal Religion. Our music will be from the baroque era (1600-1750), by J.S. Bach. Join us! You can find the link/info to join this and other UUFF online events and services in your latest UUFF Weekly Email (access at uufayetteville.org website home page in the “This Week” section).
Remote Service/Event (Zoom)
October 17 – “Who took my joy? I want it back.”
Join us as our speaker, Dr. Marty Faitak, discusses the chronic stresses we have all been facing over the last 18 months, our difficulty in turning toward traditional supports and coping methods, and how we might be able to use our UU values to maintain hope and move forward.
Link/info to join this and other UUFF services and events can be found in your latest UUFF weekly email (access at www.uufayetteville.org home page in the “This Week” section). To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.
October 10 – “The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter”
Please join us this Sunday, as we host special guest speakers, Dr. Amanda Nell Edgar and Rev. Dr. Andre E. Johnson, co-authors of the book The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter. The publisher states, “This book ties together online and offline, national and local, and personal and political to understand one of the defining social justice struggles of our time.” Dr. Edgar and Dr. Johnson will speak about their research and its implications for our involvement in society. There will be time allotted for Q & A.
About the Speakers: Amanda Nell Edgar and Andre E. Johnson are communication professors at the University of Memphis. Both are prolific writers and speakers. Dr. Amanda Edgar is familiar with Fayetteville, having received a graduate degree from the University of Arkansas in 2011. Her research focuses on sound, identity, and popular culture. She is the author of a book titled Culturally Speaking: The Rhetoric of Voice and Identity in a Mediated Culture. Her scholarly articles have explored topics such as Tupac, Beyoncé, country music, jazz, and police brutality. Rev. Dr. Andre Johnson was named 2020 Scholar of the Year by the Religious Communication Association. His books include No Future in this Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, and his numerous journal publications are shaping the history of African American communication. He serves as Senior Pastor of Gifts of Life Ministries and Scholar in Residence at the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change and teaches preaching, theology, and social justice for two seminaries.
You can find the link/info to join this and other UUFF online services and events in your latest UUFF Weekly Email (access on uufayetteville.org home page in the “This Week” section). To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.
September 26 – “The 5 Smooth Stones, Part 1”
Join Renée Janski in an excursion back to the fascinating roots of UUism as we dive into the 5 Smooth Stones of Liberal Religion as identified by James Luther Adams and what it means to us that “Revelation is ongoing.” Also, the music for the “5 Smooth Stones” sermon series will evolve through the periods. For this first service of the series, we’ll showcase music from the Renaissance period (1400-1600). Brenda will play for us authentic music from the period, and because our hymnals don’t have these styles, we have chosen hymns in Latin for Stephanie to lead, because all church music was in Latin during the Renaissance! And hey – the Protestant Reformation also began during the Renaissance! See where this is going?
To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.
September 19 – “Autumn Equinox Service: Belonging and Letting Go”
Join us as we turn the wheel of the year from Summer to Autumn once again! The Earth teaches us about balance, as day and night become equal. S.J. Tucker will be our guest musician that day!
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September 12 – “Annual Ingathering & Water Communion Service”
Please join us for this very special annual service, co-led by Renée Janski and Gene Vinzant!
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September 5 – “Sacred Rhythm: Work and Rest”
With Rev. Dr. Steven Gaines. You’re invited to join us this Sunday as we consider ancient practices of rest and how they may be of use in our busy lives today. Various sources of wisdom and reflection on the meaning of Labor Day will dance with recent events and social concerns to reveal a path deeper than escape.
To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.
August 29 – “The Forever War?”
The “Forever War” is not about Afghanistan, but is instead about the seemingly perpetual “Good Fight” that everyone seems to be urged to continue. We are told to keep fighting the “Good Fight,” but to what end? Lately it seems that we are in many ways back to square one. Does this fight last forever? Does it ever end? Is it even possible for it to end? And what do we do if we realize that it doesn’t end? Our guest speaker, Doug Krueger, helps us contemplate these incredibly important questions.
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August 22 – “It’s not about Us & Them: It’s about We”
With guest service leader, Melanie DeMore. In these times of ‘hyper individualism’ (so particular in American culture) what is our loving responsibility to our community? How do our actions effect those around us? These days call for radical interdependence. I thrive when you thrive, just sayin’…
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August 15 – “Connection in These Times”
UUFF’s former Minister Intern, the now “Reverend” Ren Pasco is our guest speaker this Sunday! Join us as we consider the following questions: What does “connection” mean now? In this second wave of pandemic, how do we fulfill both our deep need for community and our need for safety? Reverend Ren Pasco served as UUFF’s Ministerial Intern from 2017-2019. She is now an ordained UU Minister and works as a Hospital Chaplain. Rev. Pasco is delighted to be joining us virtually from her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma!
To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.
August 8 – “Awe and Wonder”
With Rev. Dr. Steven Gaines. UU Rev. Starr King said that paying attention to the beauty of nature could lead us to “live amid the play of infinite thought.” You’re invited to join us this Sunday as we experience awe, wonder, and amazement in everyday life, blending spiritual and intellectual exploration, awakening “surprise and joy.”
To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.
August 1 – “Contemporary Judaism: Challenges, Accomplishments, and Opportunities.”
Join us as Rabbi Dr. Jacob Adler provides an overview of some of the issues being encountered in contemporary Judaism, including sociological changes, new developments in observance and practice, institutions and individuals, and relations with neighbors of other faiths and/or no faith.
To view the Order of Service, CLICK HERE.
