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"Raising Hope" (June 20, 2021) Worship Service
For Fatherβs Day, weβll take a deeper dive into what it means to be hopeful. Tom Wyman, author of Infinitely Full of Hope: Fatherhood and the Future in an Age of Crisis and Disaster, and soon to be a first time father, believes that β despite the despair β now is not the time to give up on hope. Rather, we need to cultivate it and keep it alive.
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Mari Magaloni Ramos, Worship Associate
Gregg Biggs, Small Group Ministry
Bobbi Kovac, Small Group Ministry
Rev. Millie Phillips, Small Group Ministry
AndrΓ©s Vera, double bass
My-Hoa Steger, pianist
Brielle Marina Nielson, mezzo soprano
Jon Silk, drummer
Mark Sumner, pianist
Ben Rudiak-Gould, lead
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Lyle Barrere, sound
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design, drums
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Athena Papadakos, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033406/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210620AJSermon.mp3
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033309/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210620.mp3
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"Saying Yes" (June 13, 2021) Worship Service
βTeach us all you can by saying yes,β Nancy Shaffer writes in a poem titled βCalling.β Rather than coming from some booming voice on high, the sort of calling that Shaffer describes is marked by the subtle work of learning to listen- and being willing to respond. Preaching for the last time as our ministerial intern (but not her last time in our pulpit) Meg McGuire reframes this notion of calling and reflects on what it might look like for this community going forward.
Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Richard Davis, Worship Associate
Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate
Cal Ball, chalice lighter
Luanne Schulte, Internship Committee
Reiko Oda Lane, organist
Dr. Mark Sumner, choir director
UUSF Choir
Bill Ganz, pianist
Sarah Rose Cohen, lead
Bill Klinglehoffer, lead
Asher Davison, lead
Ben Rudiak-Gould, lead
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design, drums
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Amy Kelly, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111033052/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210613MMSermon.mp3
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"Dismantling Perfectionism: Bring it on!" (June 6, 2021) Worship Service
There is a whole set of things that Tema Okun argues are part of White Supremacy Culture in her classic article, "White Supremacy Culture". One of them is perfectionism. Ever since I read that article I've thought most of where and how perfectionism shows up. It was one of the ones that didn't make obvious and immediate sense. And it is the one I am more and more excited to dismantle, take apart, keep some bits of and toss the rest. In our lives of spirit and connection, love and liberated life, I think it is the one that will leverage the most transformation!
This Sunday we'll formally welcome new members with a special New Member Recognition Ceremony. And there will be a special video presentation of this year's Rheiner Award. The Rheiner Award was established by the UUSF Board of Trustees in 1989 to recognize and celebrate a member of this Society for social justice activism and community service.
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern
Carrie Steere-Salazar, Board Moderator
Sarah Ellerman, membership
Reiko Oda Lane, organist
UUSF Choir
Mark Sumner, choir director
Maria Roodnitsky, soprano
Brielle Marina Neilson, alto
Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor
Gilead Wurman, baritone
Asher Davison, bass
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design, drums
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Amy Kelly, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032706/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210606VRSSermon.mp3
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032624/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210606.mp3
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032603/https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/060621-mor1.mp3
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Every year, members give Rev. Joanna their questions, and she answers them in this service. Come join us for answers about Unitarian Universalism, Live Oak, and anything else members have curiosity about.
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032436/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL6lVtqD6tQ&feature=youtu.be
As humans, we crave togetherness with others. But the key to the happiest relationships (as well as peace within oneself)Β isΒ learning how to hold healthy boundaries and differentiate between whatΒ isΒ our responsibility, and whatΒ isΒ the responsibility of others. Come hear what Dr. Murray Bowen, and Johnny Castle fromΒ Dirty Dancing, can teach us aboutΒ thisΒ liberating skill.
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032353/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLloD6Pq3Y8&feature=youtu.be
Our musicians continue the amazing work they’ve done in our virtual sanctuary, sharingΒ special music in this worship service dedicated to the power of melody.Β
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032310/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEKg13i8Ip8&feature=youtu.be
Join us online for a worship service full of music, story, and message honoring our UU tradition of the flower communion. Then after the service, from 11-1, come up to Live Oak for a wandering flower communion on our labyrinth and chalice pathway. In case of rain, the flower communion will be a drive-through event, under the porte-cochere by the Sauber building.
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032227/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFSByXYZt7w&feature=youtu.be
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"We Shall Not Sleep, Though Poppies Grow" (May 30, 2021) Worship Service
From an 1865 gathering at the Charleston race track through two World Wars to modern day, collectively remembering our dead remains an important ritual for the living. On the 50th national observance of Memorial Day, what have we learned about communal grief in times of war and peace?
Rev. Mr. Barb Greve, Guest Minister
Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern
Sam King, Worship Associate
Eric Hamilton, guitarist
Maria Roodnitsky, song leader
Ben Rudiak-Gould, song leader
My-Hoa Steger, pianist
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Amy Kelly, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111031909/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210530BGSermon.mp3
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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111031554/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-05-23_Why_should_I_believe_that.mp3
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"Marge and Barb Have Class" (May 23, 2021) Worship Service
The title of the sermon is a set of words my cousin and I saw spray painted on the side of a falling down old shed on a country road one day in Upstate New York. A good place to leap into a conversation on our obsession, perhaps, with the whole wild notion of "class".
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Linda Enger, 8th Principle Testimony
Reiko Oda Lane, organist
Brielle Marina Neilson, alto
Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor
Asher Davison, bass
Wm. GarcΓa Ganz, pianist
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design, drums
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Amy Kelly, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111031511/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210523VRSSermon.mp3
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Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111031051/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-05-16_The_Power_of_Storytelling.mp3
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Love is asking us to live our values, be hospitable and inclusive, educate for liberation, restore and repair, and most importantly, to Side with Love. Join us for this special service featuring stirring music, deep-hearted reflection, and moving testimonies from a range of UU leaders.
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111025306/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgod16_PsZo&feature=youtu.be
If a boundary falls in the forest with no one around, does anyone hear it? Join us for Part 2 of this sermon series, as Rev. Joanna explores the freedom we give to other people by articulating our boundaries.Β Β
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111025220/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfhJvbnU4eo&feature=youtu.be
The word “freedom” has been claimed this past year as a justification for doing as one wishes. But is that really freedom?
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111025136/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0QZ6cwZpKQ&feature=youtu.be
Happy Birthday, Unitarian Universalism! This is simultaneously a very old and a very young religion. How did we get here?
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111025053/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhJpyQ-pLQ&feature=youtu.be
“Tolerance” used to be one of the unifying principles of our faith. Is it still?
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111025010/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIM6y0kkioo&feature=youtu.be
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Rev. Laura Shennum is a guest in our online pulpit this Sunday. Using the Process Theology concept of harmony, she will explore how we can create sustainability in our relations with each other and the world we inhabit.Β
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110235056/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9i8E0VteMY&feature=youtu.be
We have said that we will return to “life as normal” when it is safe. But the whole idea of safety means different things based on our social location. How can we create a world, and a church, where safety may be available to all?Β
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110234946/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zorKW2-Nd2w&feature=youtu.be
We are a liberal religion, seeking wisdom from liberation theology. Join us this Sunday as we explore the continuum of liberal to liberatory, and the religious challenge laid before us.
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110234833/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ8IHF3EaLM&feature=youtu.be
A year ago, Easter brought the dawning realization that our lives might be dramatically changed by the pandemic, and for longer than a couple of weeks. This year, our circumstances are similar … but the hope we now have changes everything.
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110234745/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-FkF7L3p54&feature=youtu.be
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