Jim Wood (along with Jacksonville CUUPS) presents “Lughnasadh – Festival of the First Harvest” About our Service: Jim Wood along with members of our own Jacksonville CUUPS will present the history, folklore and customs of this ancient Celtic Fire Festival and its relevance to today. Join them as we explore our own personal “harvests” through … Continue reading Lughnasadh – Festival of the First Harvest
The Reverend Elena Rigg presents “The World Needs Our Presence…and our Absence” About our Service: “In order to understand the world,” wrote Albert Camus, “one has to turn away from it on occasion.” More than anything else, we must be fully present to both the beauty and the brokenness of the world, if we are to help redeem … Continue reading The World Needs Our Presence…and our Absence
Ev and Michelle Corum present “Adam and Eve According to Mark Twain” About our Service: Join us this Sunday to see Ev and Michelle share Mark Twain’s “Diaries of Adam and Eve.” About our Speaker: Ev and Michelle Corum are members of BBUUC. Michelle works as the Morning Edition host and Radio Reading Service manager at … Continue reading Adam and Eve According to Mark Twain
Dr. Jeff Hess presents “Deafening Silence” About our Service: Join us for a quiet talk about silence. We’ll explore our often fragile and sometimes contentious relationship with quiet and its inherent, communicative power. About our Speaker: Dr. Jeff Hess holds a Master of Arts degree in Speech Communication from Eastern Illinois University and a doctorate … Continue reading Deafening Silence
Bethany Crawley presents “Opening Through Mindful Exploration of Relationship” About our Service: We are often compelled to protect ourselves, emotionally, physically, and energetically, from one another. Circumstances, personal history, culturally imposed competition, and environments, at times, require that we strive against one another, leaving us feeling potentially isolated and separate from one another and our … Continue reading Opening Through Mindful Exploration of Relationship
Jennifer Stokes presents “The Seven Principles and Patriotism” About our Service: Can you be a “good” Unitarian Universalist and still love, honor, and defend your country? Jennifer will take a look at where the UU faith intersects with traditional patriotic values, and where we are at odds with love of country. About our Speaker: Jennifer … Continue reading The Seven Principles and Patriotism
Ev Corum presents “Inspiration” About our Service: Ev will address what sources of inspiration we might seek when it seems that we live in a world that does not offer us much about which to be inspired. About our Speaker: Ev is on the faculty of Mandarin High School, where he teaches dual enrollment Humanities … Continue reading Inspiration
Basma Alawee presents “#whereRtherefugees” About our Service: Basma, a refugee herself, and now the Florida Refugee Organizer for the Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) will speak about the refugees crisis around the world, refugees’ contributions in the US and how our community can help. About our Speaker: Basma Alawee came to the United States from Iraq in … Continue reading #whereRtherefugees
Sarah Clarke Stuart presents “No Hard Feelings” With Guest Musician David Murphy About our Service: This is a talk about addiction, families, and the power and pain of letting go. It explains what it means to surrender to the present moment, but it’s not a how-to guide. It’s just one family’s ongoing story of learning to … Continue reading No Hard Feelings
Rabbi Merrill Shapiro presents “How the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism were heard at Mount Sinai” About our Service: The Revelation at Mount Sinai, seven weeks after the Children of Israel achieved liberation from bondage in Egypt, was a formative experience for the Jewish people and foundational to the very existence of Judaism even to … Continue reading How the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism were heard at Mount Sinai
