Author: CZ
Tolerance: a how to
Tolerance is becoming something hard to find in today’s world. As UUs, this should be something we strive towards. I found an info graphic about tolerating other religions. I found it helpful and inspiring. Hope you do too.
~Namaste
Cricket
Young People and Church
Often we get so excited when we see young adults at services we forget that they are putting out feelers and we might need to be on our better behavior. Here are some things to say to fresh faces during coffee hour.
~Namaste
Cricket
UUA President issues statement about church burnings
Here is the UUA President’s statement about the recent burnings of African American Churches. Press Release
#blacklivesmatter #standingonthesideoflove
~Namaste
Cricket
Rev. Dr. Cornel West speaks at the UUA General Assembly
Every year at the Unitarian Universalist Association there is a Ware speaker. The speaker was originally a gift from the Ware family and this goes back all the way to 1922. History of the Ware Lecture
This year the speaker was the Rev. Dr. Cornel West. Here is a video from the evening. It includes a small slideshow and the Evening Sing. Rev. West’s speech begins at 42 min. Hope you enjoy.
~Namaste
Cricket
Historic day for Equality
Today is an historic day. As a friend said, “This is a once in a lifetime thing for most activists. We don’t get to WIN. Most of the time, we see incremental progress in our lifetimes, but it is rare to get a big win like this.”
UUA President Peter Morales draped the General Assembly podium with a rainbow flag and invited same-sex couples to join him on the stage this morning to celebrate the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision. An ecstatic crowd wept, cheered, and then sang “We Are Standing on the Side of Love.”
(Photograph © Christopher L. Walton/UUA)
Have a beautiful Rainbow day!
~Namaste
Cricket
Chance to learn about Climate Justice
As Unitarian Universalists we believe in the interdependent web of all life. This means taking care of each other, but it also means taking care of out planet.
The UU College of Social Justice is hosting the Grounded and Resilient Organizer’s workshop. West Virginia ‘ s own Tim deChristopher will be there during this five day intensive in Chicago.
For more information – http://uucsj.org/grow/
Have a Blessed day!
~Cricket
Don’t Forget …
We will have a service tomorrow June 21, 2015 at the Uptown event center in Clarksburg, WV.
The children of the church will be leading us in a service about Rainbows and what they mean to us.
Come join us at 11 o’clock. There will be a coffee hour afterward. See you there!
~Namaste
Cricket
One of our members opens up about becoming a UU
CHURCH SHOOTING IN CHARLESTON
Church Shooting in Charleston
June 18, 2015 – 9:20am
The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, issued this statement following the news of the shooting in a church in Charleston, SC:
“News of last night’s shootings at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, SC, fills me with a profound sadness. My heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims and to the entire Emanuel Church community.
Unitarian Universalists are sadly familiar with the tragedy of church shootings. When two congregants were killed and six wounded at our Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in 2008, the entire community reached out and embraced our congregation with love and support. We will pass that love along to the Emanuel Church community in any way we can.
Emanuel AME Church has faced many hardships over the years, but the church has persevered and thrived. May Emanuel’s faithful find the strength to make their way through the tragedy that has taken the lives of nine of their members, including their pastor. We share their grief, and we stand with them in love and solidarity.”
taken from uua.org
We are working as a greater community to heal wounds and repair the rift. The conversation needs to be open and we need to listen as well as speak. Black Lives Matter Banner
~Namaste
Cricket
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