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JUL 1
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Gaia, Mother Earth, and the Oneness of Everything
given by Jim Scott
The idea of Mother Earth or “Gaia” being a living organism with
the same physical attributes (heart, lungs, circulatory system) as humans
leads us to a deeper connection with our life support system. With the
spirit of life on Earth in crisis, churches can offer a necessary spiritual
response. Jim Scott intersperses original songs and readings with his
personal reflections on a spiritual ecological awareness, leaving
participants with a vision and inspiration to take healing into our own
hands. As former co-chair of the UU Seventh Principle Project, Jim Scott
helped create the UUA’s Green Sanctuary program. His songs of Earth have
educated and inspired audiences across the United States and the world, and
his “Earth and Spirit Songbook,” supported by a grant from the Fund for
Unitarian Universalism, is becoming widely acclaimed by UU congregations.
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JUL 8
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The Localvore’s Dilemma: The
Spiritual Implications of Eating Within Your “Foodshed”
given by Chrissy
Fowler
How does local food fit into our individual and collective
lives as UUs?
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JUL 15
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Resourcing our Source
given by Annie
Doherty
Annie will reflect on what feeds, revitalizes, and heals our
essential Being.
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JUL 22
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The Power of Prayer
given by Carmine
Pecorelli
Carmine will share two stories that express what prayer can
move.
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JUL 29
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UUs and Technology
given by Ian
Howard
Why is technology important for our liberal faith? How is it
playing a role now to shape our church community, and what will its role be
in the future? Why must we embrace
these changes for the growth of our faith?
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AUG 5
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Restorative Justice Goes Global: How Can We Play a Role?
given by Joanne
Boynton
Drawing upon a seminar on Global Education for Peace and
Justice that Joanne attended in Ballyvaughan,
Ireland, in June, Joanne will propose that the practice of restorative
justice a promising approach to resolving global conflicts—and one that we,
as a church or as individuals, can
encourage.
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AUG 12
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El Rio Fluye (The River is Flowing)
given by Laura
Campbell
Laura (Sylvia Sims’s daughter) will take us on a journey to the
Peruvian Amazon, where Adam Stone has been working.
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AUG 19
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Meditation: It Isn’t What You Think!
given by Steve
Collins
The journey of the seeker is a process of learning to live in
this moment. Steve, a longtime Buddhist, will share his perspectives.
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AUG 26
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Nature in Human
Nature
given by John Cardano
Spiritual qualities
that we enjoy in nature become part of us, in the form of such human
emotions as joy and peace. John is a teacher/facilitator of bio-energetic
arts, which harmonize and bring health to the entire being.
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SEPT 2
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Cesar Chavez and
the United Farm Workers!
given by Cris Hughes
Cris volunteered
with the United Farm Workers (1972-1975), at the height of its nonviolent
struggle for decent labor contracts. She will share her experiences in
nonviolent organizing and encapsulate the movement’s history, from its
origins to the present day.
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