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Led by Rev. Dr. Steven Gaines. This will be Rev. Steven’s first time preaching since being chosen/announced as UUFF’s next minister (will officially start in early 2022)! This Sunday, he will guide us in a reflection on Unitarian Universalism’s heretical identity, speak from personal experience with heresy in contexts of “orthodoxy,” and encourage us in our own searches for truth and meaning.
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Rev. Rhett Baird, who served as UUFF’s Minister from 1994 to 2004 and was later given the title of Minister Emeritus, joins us this Sunday via zoom. His visit will be a facilitated interactive engagement, and he will share some carefully selected stories from his life journey and ministry. Stories that some would call holy and sacred and others might call poignant and memorable. We all have such stories stored in our memory. They have helped to shape who we are. They can remind us of our capacity to learn. Some remind us of our resilience and inner strength. Some can inspire us. Some fill us with awe and wonder. Some invite gratitude, forgiveness, and acceptance. All enlarge our world. All seem to be connectional. And they are.
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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.
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[Read more…] about October 10 – “The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter”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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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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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!
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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.
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With speaker Sarah Osborn, Intern for the UU Curriculum “Beloved Conversations.” How do we widen the circle of concern and heal the impact of racism on our lives? How can we find freedom together and find collective liberation? Sarah Osborne will share her transformational experience as the intern minister for the Beloved Conversations program of the Fahs Collaborative, a program for Unitarian Universalists seeking to embody racial justice as a spiritual practice.
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This Sunday, we honor the Earth with our “Climate Justice for All,” service and speaker, Shelley Buonaiuto. Many of us are very concerned about climate change and the detrimental and often disparate impacts on communities both locally and globally. We will examine these struggles and share actions we can take to accomplish positive environmental and social change. UUFF member Joanna Person-Michener will provide an overview of the issues before introducing Shelley, who will share her knowledge and experience from engaging with Arkansas Delta communities to promote climate justice.
About Shelley Buonaiuto: Shelley has been a member of Citizens’ Climate lobby since 2012. She is most active in researching and addressing the intersection of climate change and racial equity and is a regional representative for the Diversity and Inclusion Committee within Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Shelley is a sculptor who has long attempted to represent racial equity in her work and is also a mother and grandmother!
Guest speaker, Rev. Anika Whitfield, Co-Chair of the Arkansas Poor People’s Campaign, will speak to the Transforming Love of Martin Luther King Jr’s Poor People’s Campaign and how it has been revived to transform us today.
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[Read more…] about January 17th – “Transforming Love: MLK Jr. and the Poor People’s Campaign of Today”“We’ll remember things we said today.” Join guest musician S. J. Tucker & your beloved UU worship team for a big, bright Beatles service, featuring some Beatles songs most of us have heard, as well as some we may not yet have had the chance to enjoy!
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