Elizabeth DeCoux presents a sermon by Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees
“Surrender Like a Duck”
Alyssa Halliday, Worship Leader
Gary Smart, Accompanist
Mike and Emily Rose Ludwick, Guitar and Vocals
Change can make us feel so vulnerable. But change also means that things are still possible. Change creates opportunities – both good and bad. New beginnings emerge from past losses. As some dreams come to an end, the excitement of new ventures arises… The atrocities in the world call for compassion. Trust means realizing how to embrace these opportunities and make something of whatever situations confront us…
About our Speaker/Sermon Author
Elizabeth DeCoux spent her career practicing law and then teaching law. She is BBUUC’s Certified Animal Chaplain, available to help members and their companion animals with any spiritual and pastoral needs related to animals. Elizabeth was selected as the recipient of the 2019 UU Animal Ministry’s Albert Schweitzer Sermon Award for the best sermon regarding our responsibilities to animals. She is active in the Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry (UUAM), and serves as a Trustee on their Board of Trustees.
About Our Sermon Author
Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees is a poet and minister. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Shippensburg University, a Master of Arts degree from Syracuse University where she studied creative writing, and Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Lancaster Theological Seminary. Her passion is fostering connections between writing and spirituality. Sandra loves exploring our own inner wisdom, connecting more deeply with others in small groups and expanding our creative capacities. She has published several of her poetry collections and is past poet laureate of Berks County (PA). As a Unitarian Universalist minister, Sandra has served two Pennsylvania congregations in Reading and Harrisburg. She currently offers ministry services, such as preaching, officiating at weddings and funerals, and other programs, on a consulting basis.
About our Member-Musicians
Enamored with the music of the 1960s, “Firepit” Mike Ludwick taught himself to play guitar as a teenager. Making music and singing have been life-affirming spiritual practices for him, which he uses to help bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice, love, and peace.
Emily Rose Ludwick is a 9th-grade public school teacher at Creekside High School who enjoys music, art, and writing. She’s a D&D nerd, obsessed with exploring characters, over-analyzing narrative themes, killing the part of her that cringes, and building community through shared storytelling. She’s been singing as long as she’s been able, but singing with her dad, Michael Ludwick, has always been her favorite. She loves indie folk, syrup-voiced crooners, and the soundtrack of Trolls 3. Her favorite groups to listen to right now are The Crane Wives and Hozier!