Presenter: Tricia Wessel, Lead Organizer for JUST Pensacola. Our congregation voted to join JUST Pensacola forces for justice with 17 other congregations of different faiths in Pensacola five years ago. Since that time, a lot has happened, including the COVID Pandemic and a few floods and hurricanes. UUCP has come through strong and getting stronger. … Continue reading JUST (Justice United Seeking Transformation) Pensacola
Presenter: Dr. Lusharon Wiley, Executive Director/Equity Project Alliance. The Equity Project Alliance (EPA) grew out of the desire to create a more equitable Escambia where everyone can live well and thrive. The EPA understands that to be successful in bringing about transformative thinking, education and interaction have to take place. James Clear wrote, “Sitting down … Continue reading Equity Project Alliance
Presenter: Reverend Ruth Spears, also known as Chief Iyanifa Osunfemi, a non-denominational Christian minister. Rev. Spears will describe the rituals and practices of Ifa/Orisha as well as its evolution through slavery and into the current day. Ifa/Orisha is a West African spiritual system dating back more than 10,000 years and became one of the most … Continue reading Rituals and Practices of Ifa/Orisha
Guest Speaker: Michael Kimberl, Director of the Alfred-Washburn Center, Co-founder/Director Sean’s Outpost and Satochi Forest, Organizer with Food Not Bombs, and On the Board of Directors of Trinity House and 309 Punk Project Michael Kimberl will speak about “those we serve” and the future of homelessness in Pensacola. Some recent laws were passed that will … Continue reading Homelessness in Pensacola
Guest Speaker: Rosalind Fisher is a retired Sociology Professor who taught Inequality, Social Problems, Women’s Studies, Sex Roles, Race, and ethnicity. She has a B.S. in Psychology, an M.A. in Community Development, and an M.S. in Sociology. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on book banning, a topic that has been a hotbed of debate … Continue reading Banned Books, Free Speech and Parental Responsibility
Presenter: Nate Schweigert, Chaplain The most beauty in the day comes at sunup or sun down. How does this pertain to our humanity as we ebb and flow in constant states of change? Nate is a nature artist and a hospital chaplain who engages spirituality through panentheism and mysticism in the body and the natural … Continue reading The Queerness of the Natural World: Revelations in Liminal Space
Mr. Walter Gulley, Jr. will explain Florida’s Emancipation Celebration. Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrating the date that the enslaved persons in Texas learned that that they were free. Emancipation Day celebrates a similar day in Florida when Union soldiers arrived in Tallahassee on May 20th 1865 to announce and enforce the freedom of the … Continue reading Emancipation Day
Theresa Everett, Licensed Lay Preacher of St Augustine Episcopal Church in Navarre. So… you think you know about Memorial Day? What is it about Memorial Day that you remember? Is it something that happened so long ago that the true meaning is a vague memory? We will take a journey to remember that this holiday … Continue reading Have We Forgotten About Memorial Day?
Trust Yourself Again: Reclaim Your Inner Compass After Leaving Evangelical Subculture Presenter: Catherine Quiring, MA, LMHC, Guest Speaker This program will include 5 steps you can take to complete the healing cycle after leaving an evangelical subculture (or another form of high-control religion): Reflect, Release, Reconnect, Reclaim, and Re-emerge. Self-trust includes befriending your desires, trusting … Continue reading Trust Yourself Again
Prepare to be captivated by the unyielding power of Love. Join Guest Speaker Derail Holcomb, Visiting UU Intern from Frederick, Maryland, for a Unitarian Universalist sermon that dares to challenge the status quo. In a world filled with chaos and uncertainty, Love remains a constant, beckoning humanity to embrace its essence. Join us for a … Continue reading Introducing: Love Unleashed
