Julius Jones. Kyle Rittenhouse. Ahmaud Arbery. Staying engaged with the struggle for equity and justice can feel like riding a roller coaster of emotions. We might experience a brief sense of euphoric victory, only to plunge into a deep valley of disappointment and even despair. Through it all, how do we keep going? Where can … Continue reading Commitment
Join us online or outdoors, on the lawn! Oklahoma County is now at the high risk level for COVID, which means that we can move to the next phase of our reopening plan and have a seated service outdoors. To minimize set up and clean up work, please bring your own lawn chairs or blankets, … Continue reading Mysterious Powers – Outdoor Seated Service!
The First Unitarian worship team is taking a short break this week so we can focus on preparing our transition to in-person services. We are so grateful to the Church of the Larger Fellowship for allowing us to use a beautiful service they have created, focused on the Worthy Now UU Prison Ministry. Copied from … Continue reading Worthy Now! – A Prison Ministry Service
“We gather our minds to greet and thank the enlightened Teachers who have come to help throughout the ages. When we forget how to live in harmony, they remind us of the way we were instructed to live as people. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to these caring Teachers. Now our minds … Continue reading How to Build a House (Power With vs Power Over)
The overarching theme for the month of October is POWER and privilege and we’ll begin our exploration by thinking about how humans have conceptualized our relationship with all other animals. Many cultures have defined the relationship as one of dominion, or human power over other animals. Does it have to be this way? What if, … Continue reading Comfort Animals (Blessing of the Animals)
September 27 is World Rivers Day. Rivers are life-giving resources, carrying water to parched earth, and serving as home to fish and other aquatic animals and plants. It was by wading through rivers and streams that enslaved people found a path to freedom. And, in the Christian tradition, it was in a river where Jesus … Continue reading I’ve Known Rivers (Theology of Liberation)
The delta variant is keeping us from meeting together in person, but it can’t keep us from celebrating our community! Our church goes on. Today, we celebrate the beginning of a new church year with ritual. At our annual Ingathering service, we come together as a family of travelers reuniting after our many separate journeys. … Continue reading Ingathering/Water Ceremony (Theology of Relationship)
This service is brought to you by the Accessibility and Inclusion Ministry team.
Recognizing the importance of shared ministry and the many innovative approaches to worship created by congregations during the pandemic, UUA President, Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick Gray, selected the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis to serve as worship leaders for this year’s GA Sunday Morning Service. Music will be offered through collaboration with 2021 GA Choir Director Susan … Continue reading General Assembly Sunday Worship
Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, MDiv ‘04, Senior Minister of River Road UU Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, will preach on “Going to the Well of Living Waters,” based on the Gospel of John 4:1-26. A special musical guest is Mark Miller, faculty at Drew Theological School, and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. This will be a worship … Continue reading Meadville Lombard in the Pulpit
