Manny Andrade presents “World AIDS Day 2024: Reflections on 35 years of Service to the HIV-Positive Community” Jennifer Bacmeister, Worship Leader Dr. Gary Smart, Accompanist Garret Kaplan, Piano, Guest Musician The people we serve invariably become our best teachers. This sermon will explore lessons in compassion and service. About our Speaker Manny Andrade is a lover … Continue reading World AIDS Day 2024: Reflections on 35 years of Service to the HIV-Positive Community

Manny Andrade presents “LGBT Allies, A celebration of decades of support, mutuality and respect.” Linda Mowers, Worship Leader Dr. Gary Smart, Accompanist Timothy Edwards, Violin, Guest Musician Since the Stonewall Riots in 1969, LGBT allies have been at the forefront of the movement. We will examine the important role allies have played in the forefront … Continue reading LGBT Allies, A celebration of decades of support, mutuality and respect

Manny Andrade presents “Christianity without Dogma” Kris Kines, Worship Leader Gary Smart, Accompanist Macus Dickman, Guest Musician, Euphonium, along with Gary Smart on Piano Let’s re imagine, Christianity. We know that compassion and a conscious awareness of self and others are at the core of the world’s great religions. However, dogmas may become outdated, misguided, … Continue reading Christianity without Dogma

Manny Andrade presents “Cultural Humility” Donna Zimmerman, Worship Leader Sydney Crisp, Accompanist Cultural Humility is a practice of self-reflection on how one’s own background and the background of others, impact teaching, learning, research, creative activity, engagement, and leadership. In the interdependent web of life in which we find ourselves, this tool can help us communicate … Continue reading Cultural Humility

Manny Andrade presents “Censorship and Book Burnings Then and Now, a Reflection for LGBT Pride Month” Elizabeth DeCoux, Worship Leader with the Welcoming Congregation Ministry Eileen Morrison, Accompanist Lynn Wadley, Guitar and Mountain Dulcimer, Special Music We will explore historical parallels of censorship of the LGBT community yesterday and today. Don’t forget to bring your … Continue reading Censorship and Book Burnings Then and Now, a Reflection for LGBT Pride Month

BBUUC’s Annual PRIDE Worship Service Led by BBUUC’s Rainbow Welcoming Ministry Manny Andrade presents “Blessed are the Queer:  A Spiritual Manifesto”  Elizabeth DeCoux, Worship Leader Dr. Gary Smart, Accompanist Special Music by Sarah Jane Young on flute Inspired by a poem written by HP Rivers, the DRE of the UU Church in Tallahassee, FL, and … Continue reading Blessed are the Queer: A Spiritual Manifesto

Manny Andrade presents  “Faith Submerged” With Elizabeth DeCoux as Worship Leader “Faith Submerged” will explore the pattern of communities of faith to submerge and erase the visibility and contributions of LGBTQ people. This disenfranchisement historically and in the present is not limited to a few movements. We will explore the importance and value of Queer … Continue reading Faith Submerged

Manny Andrade will present World AIDS Day Observance:  Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility With Donna Zimmerman as Worship Leader Every year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People worldwide unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS. In 2020, … Continue reading World AIDS Day Observance: Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility

Donna Zimmerman will lead our worship with a sermon by Manny Andrade entitled “The Gospel of Prosperity.” The Gospel of Prosperity, is a new development that flies in the face of of the basic teachings that 2 thousand years ago inspired a movement of rag tag oddballs. We will explore the basic tenets of the … Continue reading Video Service: The Gospel of Prosperity