Shannon Lang

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As our children settle into a new normal of regular schoolwork, I hope you will join us in a weekly respite of Sunday School.

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Shannon Harper

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An advent calendar is a lovely way to build anticipation during the holiday season. Who doesn’t love opening those tiny doors each day and getting a tasty piece of chocolate? But a “Reverse Advent Calendar” can do much, much more. It can help a family in need, it can fill your heart with the holiday spirit, and it can teach lessons of generosity that will last a lifetime. This is how it works: Beginning Sunday, November 22, (or whenever you’d like to start!) add an item to a box each day. At the end of the 24-day cycle, deliver your […]

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Shannon Harper

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Shannon Harper

Continue reading "Ideas and How To’s for Practicing Supportive YaEA Ministry"

Shannon Harper

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Christmas Eve Candlelight Services

Tuesday, December 24 | 4:30, 6:00 and 7:30 p.m.

All Souls Annual Candlelight services are held every Christmas Eve for our members, families, and community. Our Candlelight services are for everyone, for all faiths and non-faiths, to celebrate together—united as one. Enjoy incredible choir performances at these intergenerational services in which we will transform the All Souls Sanctuary with the soft glow of candlelight. Families are encouraged to bring cookies to share at the Wassail and Cookie receptions following the 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. services.

We hold three candlelight services to reflect, pray together, and to celebrate our one, human family.

Cherub Choir and YAVE | 4:30 p.m.

Children's Choir and Adult Choir | 6:00 p.m.

Youth Choir and Alumni | 7:30 p.m.

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Feminist efforts have led to some of our most profound cultural changes in this country, such as voting rights, increase in wages, and labor laws that affect quality of life for all workers. So why do vestiges of the historical bondage of women still hang on today? Maybe it’s because of these changes and successes! What if restrictions on abortion have less to do with rights of the unborn child than with the threat to the social order by allowing women the freedom to choose their reproductive lives?   I’m not aware of any legislative body, federal or state, conducting studies to determine […]

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Rhiannon's Lark has a show on 07/21/2019 at 10:00 AM @ First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany in Albany, NY https://www.reverbnation.com/q/7ikl5l  #concert https://www.reverbnation.com/rhiannonslark 

#IStandWithIlhan We believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person! #unitarianuniversalist #UU

Rhiannon's Lark has a show on 06/30/2019 at 10:00 AM @ First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany in Albany, NY https://www.reverbnation.com/q/7i5cca  #concert https://www.reverbnation.com/rhiannonslark 

Rev. Dawn Fortune (@queerpreacher) delivered a moving homily at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly on inclusion. Note the inclusion of the kinky and polyamorous among us. Rev Dawn Fortune on Trim Tabs and Preemptive Radical Inclusion https://youtu.be/r1e24UUpnqI 

Hey, tomorrow morning “Desert Sage” (me) is going to be at the Unitarian Universalist Church of #LasCruces talking about some of my recent writing and responding to questions. Info here: http://www.uuchurchlc.org/events/roundtable-whiteness-as-membership/ …

Rhiannon's Lark has a show on 05/26/2019 at 10:00 AM @ Saratoga Unitarian Universalist Church in Saratoga Springs, NY https://www.reverbnation.com/q/7hf467  #concert https://www.reverbnation.com/rhiannonslark 

Good morning all #unitarianuniversalist

Good morning all #unitarianUniversalist

Wisconsin Sikh Temple massacre, Aug. 5, 2012 The murder of Dr. George Tiller, May 31, 2009 Knoxville Unitarian Universalist Church shooting, July 27, 2008 Three examples in America in the last 10 years. I can’t be bothered digging up all the other ones from Africa/Europe/Asia.

>First Parish Church in Plymouth is a historic Unitarian Universalist church >The congregation was founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth. b-based American pilgrims founding a nation on the foundation of literal paganism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Parish_Church_in_Plymouth …

I'm vaguely looking at Unitarian/Universalist groups tbh

Proceed with caution. Organized religion of the Big Three variety will never be completely affirming. Try a Unitarian universalist place if you really need church.

Thanks so much, Adam! I'd love to hear what you think of the book.

Thanks so much for this, Peter! I have a feeling that there are many Unitarians out there who had similar childhood experiences with fundamentalism.

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Giving Water to the Thirsty Now Officially a Crime: No More Deaths Volunteers Convicted - Unitarian Universalist Service Committee https://www.uusc.org/giving-water-to-the-thirsty-now-officially-a-crime-no-more-deaths-volunteers-convicted/ …

Rhiannon's Lark has a show on 01/11/2019 at 07:00 PM @ Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany in Albany, NY https://www.reverbnation.com/q/7e5tn9  #concert https://www.reverbnation.com/rhiannonslark 

What Does it Mean to be a Unitarian Universalist? (part 3) http://grumbleflap.shannonmcmaster.com/2011/03/30/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-unitarian-universalist-part-3/ …

What Does it Mean to be a Unitarian Universalist? (part 2) http://grumbleflap.shannonmcmaster.com/2011/03/30/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-unitarian-universalist-part-2/ …pic.twitter.com/gNeTCVYz3s

What Does it Mean to be a Unitarian Universalist? (part 1) http://grumbleflap.shannonmcmaster.com/2011/03/29/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-unitarian-universalist-part-1/ …

‘Dear America’ is a contemplative and comprehensive 3-part series that explores the current state of race relations in America. The third installment features Unitarian Universalist, Rev.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTCEh2lrdF/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=6r563eoia1xj …

Did You Know: The classic Christmas song "Jingle Bells" was written by James Pierpont Jr. in 1857 while he was serving as organist at Savannah’s Unitarian Universalist Church on Troup… https://www.instagram.com/p/BrqH3BmnVl0/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=41ngxrid9oek …

Mandisa Thomas was proud to be chosen to receive the Person of the Year Award from the Unitarian Universalist Humanist Association, and to represent BN's amazing work at the event. We even capped off the year with our second annual Convention at Sea! #BNChangesLivespic.twitter.com/f3FJh9ajSW

UUs FTW! [image: photo of Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura sign reading “Build a longer table, not a higher wall. Welcome. Sun 10 AM”] https://twitter.com/abbykadabby12/status/1053769975700176896 …

Proud to be a #uu #unitarianuniversalist

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Welcome to the Freedom section of our hymnal, perhaps one of the most fraught sections – not because the songs aren’t good, or important to preserve, but because there’s no guiding language in the hymnal that helps us use the music with due diligence, and thus we wind up with misappropriation and colonization and a ... More → Welcome to the Freedom section of our hymnal, perhaps one of the most fraught sections – not because the songs aren’t good, or important to preserve, but because there’s no guiding language in the hymnal that helps us use the music with due diligence, and thus we wind up with misappropriation and colonization and a ... More →

The Annual Report is out. And here's the first number I look for. And it's 2699. The membership of Unitarian churches in Britain is down once again. Down by 129 people.  Here's what the numbers look like over the last few years I've been counting:  2005: 3952  2006: 3754 2007: 3711 2008: 3642 2009: 3658 2010: 3672 2011: 3560 2012: 3468 2013: 3384 2014: 3179 2015: 3095 2016: 2966 No The Annual Report is out. And here's the first number I look for. And it's 2699. The membership of Unitarian churches in Britain is down once again. Down by 129 people.  Here's what the numbers look like over the last few years I've been counting:  2005: 3952  2006: 3754 2007: 3711 2008: 3642 2009: 3658 2010: 3672 2011: 3560 2012: 3468 2013: 3384 2014: 3179 2015: 3095 2016: 2966 No

You are composed of three things: body, breath, and mind. Of these, the first two are yours only in care. Only the third is truly your own. If you separate from yourself everything that others say and do, and if you separate from the things that you have said and done in the past; and … More Marcus Aurelius, from Exhortations to Himself You are composed of three things: body, breath, and mind. Of these, the first two are yours only in care. Only the third is truly your own. If you separate from yourself everything that others say and do, and if you separate from the things that you have said and done in the past; and … More Marcus Aurelius, from Exhortations to Himself

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#HAGP Movie Night: Spotlight Saturday, March 4, 2017 7:00PM BuxMont Unitarian Universalist 2040 West Street Rd Warrington, PA pic.twitter.com/lUPMuFnrUM

#HAGP Movie Night: Spotlight Saturday, March 4, 2017 7:00PM BuxMont Unitarian Universalist 2040 West Street Rd Warrington, PA pic.twitter.com/lUPMuFnrUM