Please join us this Sunday at 10:30am for a discussion led by Coe Huckabee. DEFUND FEAR, Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment—– by Zach Norris is our UUA common read for this year. The assigned reading is Chapter 1: Who and What Harms Us? It turns out that this book is about a lot more … Continue reading Defund Fear
Please join us on Sunday, January 23rd at 10:30 AM for our service “Glimpses of a New World” led by our minister, David Soliday. MLK had a dream of a more just society, he called the beloved community. Much public debate this past week about the difference between that dream and current reality. David Korten … Continue reading Glimpses of a New World
Please join us this Sunday for a worship service presented by our pastor, David Soliday. In the summer of 2020, there were protests in streets around the world. Where is the Black Lives Matter movement now? At the 2020 UUA General Assembly, the Commission on Institutional Change, after three years of research and study, presented … Continue reading Practicing our 1st Principle
The UU Common Read is an annual event which invites participants to read and discuss the same book in a given period of time. A Common Read can build community in congregations and the UU movement by giving diverse people a shared experience, shared language, and a basis for deep, meaningful conversations. The UU Common … Continue reading UU Common Read: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States – Part 3 of 5
Please join us this Sunday, as we continue to understand and dismantle all kinds of oppression. Racism and white supremacy are systemic, structural issues in our society. Such issues cause trauma to people every day–Capital “T” Trauma, like the murder of George Floyd and so many others, and little “t” trauma, like the constant fear … Continue reading Racism, Protest, and Trauma
The UU Common Read is an annual event which invites participants to read and discuss the same book in a given period of time. A Common Read can build community in congregations and the UU movement by giving diverse people a shared experience, shared language, and a basis for deep, meaningful conversations. The UU Common … Continue reading UU Common Read: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States – Part 2 of 4
The UU Common Read is an annual event which invites participants to read and discuss the same book in a given period of time. A Common Read can build community in congregations and the UU movement by giving diverse people a shared experience, shared language, and a basis for deep, meaningful conversations. The UU Common … Continue reading UU Common Read: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
The UUA selects a Common Read for all Unitarian Universalists every year; this year’s selection was Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Environment, edited by Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Jennifer Nordstrom (Skinner House Books, 2018). Pastor David Soliday will lead us in examining the truths that this book … Continue reading Justice on Earth
Join us in celebrating Native Americans as we approach a holiday in which these people historically played an essential and often distorted role. Coffee and conversation will take place after the service with refreshments provided by Tracy. The service will be held offsite at the Second Ward Community Initiative at 50A Ross Street in Delaware. … Continue reading Indigenous People
Join us this Sunday at SWCI, as Pastor David Soliday shares historic and contemporary perspectives on Beloved Community. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King famously strove for this ideal. His Beloved Community is a society based on justice, equal opportunity, and love of one’s fellow human beings, a global vision in which all people can share the … Continue reading Beloved Community
