Direct link to YouTube Stream HERE. In our community, we show up for each other when someone is suffering from physical illness, a serious accident, a death in the family, or other traumatic events. But what about when someone is struggling with mental illness? Today, using Rev. Barbara Meyers’s book Held: Showing Up for Each Other’s … Continue reading “To Hope and Be Held: Showing Up for Each Other’s Mental Health”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. This is the 2022 auction winner’s requested sermon topic. In Oklahoma, and in other parts of the United States, teachers of language and literature, history, the arts, and philosophy have been accused of promulgating a “leftist agenda,” and texts by emerging, marginalized, and even canonical writers have been deemed … Continue reading “Confession of an Ardent Heart: Why the Humanities Matter”
It isn’t MLK’s death day but his birthday that we celebrate each year, and yet, there is a tendency to focus on his martyrdom and on the trials and travails of civil rights leaders. We might think that MLK, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bayard Rustin, and other leaders were only ever deadly serious, were only ever … Continue reading Pleasure Activists and Love Evangelists
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. A multigenerational service that tells the story of how one town fought against hate and asks how we can love and support our neighbors of different faiths and different backgrounds today.
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. National Coming Out Day is a day of celebration surrounding the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities stories of strength, and courage. Our Radically Welcoming Committee will hold space in this service for these beautiful lives lived in truth, through sharing Unitarian Universalist reflections of joy and sorrow for a more inclusive world. … Continue reading Coming Out Day
Direct YouTube link HERE This year, the religious holidays of Ramadan, Passover, and Easter all intersect. Ramadan is associated with revelation, Passover with redemption, and Easter with resurrection. But there’s another “R” word that connects all these things – “real.” Using the story of “The Velveteen Rabbit,” we’ll explore what it means “to be real” … Continue reading “Got to be Real”
Direct link to YouTube Livestream HERE. Ramadan, a time of fasting, prayer, and introspection for Muslims, begins this weekend. We are honored to have Adam Soltani, Executive Director of CAIR Oklahoma, as our guest. Adam will share with us some insights into this extremely important holiday, which is celebrated by over 1 billion people around … Continue reading “Welcome Ramadan! Welcome Guests!”
Direct link to YouTube Stream is HERE. Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility. This service is planned and led by the Radical Welcoming Team.
YouTube direct link to service HERE. Register to attend in person HERE. This service will be led by members of the Accessibility and Inclusion Ministry Team. “Disability is not a brave struggle or ‘courage in the face of adversity.’ Disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live.” — Neil Marcus On this Sunday … Continue reading Color and Chiaroscuro — multiplatform (in-person and streaming to YouTube)
On this MLK Day weekend, it is good and right to honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. King, but it’s also important to remember that no one person was responsible for the Civil Rights Movement. No one person ever changes history alone. Movements are, by default, the work of countless individuals, giving of their time, … Continue reading MLK Day: Unsung Heroes
