 Greetings fellow UUs and supporters! We are meeting IN PERSON and on Zoom until further notice. Our theme for June is 'Working Toward a Better Future'. The world -- as wonderful as relationships and the natural world are -- is in trouble. Protecting our planet calls for justice work -- the call to preserve and repair the world. The foundation for this was done by the Rev. Richard Gilbert in which he explored the connections between spirituality and social action. This call for us to do justice work is termed 'A Prophetic Imperative.' --- Sunday, June 12th Service:
 Standing on the Side of Love is an interfaith public advocacy campaign inspired by the 2008 shooting at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church -- targeted because we support the LGBTQ community. Launched in 2009, the campaign's goal is to challenge exclusion, oppression and violence against free expression of sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration satus, race, religion or any other identity. This is its story...presented by Kiera Frey. Service Outline Service slides Sermon text Facebook Event Please visit us either in person at 1119 Johnston St. or on Zoom: tinyurl.com/zoomuulala or via the link at uulala.org. We visit with coffee and snacks from 10:30-11 am. The service runs from 11 am until 12 noon. After the service we will have a potluck dinner. Everyone is invited! --- Last Sunday's service recap: This Sunday's sermon by Victoria E Safford and presented by Chris Menard examined the ten steps that have been involved in some part to subvert democracies around the world. You may recognize evidence of attempts to implement some of them in our country as well. Dictatorships have risen with no single actions but slowly and stealthily by advancing these oppressions without alarming the general populations. She identifies fear as a major force enabling injustices in our societies. We, as Unitarian Universalists, have a history of being oppressed and choose reason and compassion as the motivation in human relations and for implementing policies that affect the welfare of all. --- View past Services slides (with links to sermon texts or videos when available) ---  This Saturday, June 11th, join us downtown on Jefferson Street for the pride parade uu meetup. Wear your UULaLa shirt if you have one and meet us at 221 Jefferson St. Anytime from 8 am - till. We need volunteers to hand out our red cards. Call Mary 337 519-8553 if you can help.  We will be having a potluck lunch every second Sunday of each month. Everyone is invited! ---  --- Touchstones Journal for June Note: We have chosen this month's theme to be the more relatable 'Working for a Better Future' rather than the suggested theme 'A Prophetic Imperative' but they both focus on justice work.  Read it now! (PDF Format) (Word Format) --- |