Transgender Day of Remembrance recalls people who have lost their lives because of their gender identity. And it gives us an opportunity to reflect on how to transform hate to compassion — in ourselves and in others. Can we increase the amount of love and care in our lives and in our world? Direct … Continue reading “Transforming Hate to Compassion: Transgender Day of Remembrance”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. The power struggles waged by White Supremacy and Christian Nationalism are played out on bodies: women’s bodies, trans bodies, disabled bodies, Black, Indigenous, and of Color bodies… On the anniversary of Roe v Wade, we consider how besieged bodies can also be sites of beauty, courage, and joy, and … Continue reading “Brave and Besieged Bodies”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. “There is a quiet courage that comes from an inward spring of confidence in the meaning and significance of life. Such courage is an underground river, flowing far beneath the shifting events of one’s experience, keeping alive a thousand little springs of action.” — Howard Thurman ‘Quiet’ and ‘courage’ … Continue reading “Quiet Courage” (Part One)
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. This service is co-created with the Radical Welcoming Team in honor of LGBTQ+ History Month and National Coming Out Day. We celebrate the many quiet and not-at-all-quiet, courageous ways 2SLGBTQIA+ people live their authentic lives. Your name is not a song you will sing under your breath. Your pronouns … Continue reading “Your Life” — Coming Out Sunday
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 link to YouTube stream HERE. At this time in our country’s history, First Unitarian’s social justice mission is essential. Join us for our first lay-led service of the summer to learn about the goals and purposes of our different social justice teams and find out how you can get involved!
Direct link to YouTube Stream is HERE. Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility. This service is planned and led by the Radical Welcoming Team.
