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
Honoring Black History Month: “The Struggle and Triumph of Black History: Overcoming Adversity with Faith” Guest speaker Derail Holcomb, Visiting UU Intern Minister from Frederick, Maryland, will examine the challenges and struggles faced in the fight for justice, both then in history and now in our modern day. We will reflect on the importance of … Continue reading The Struggle and Triumph of Black History: Overcoming Adversity with Faith
It’s a commandment common across nearly every major spiritual tradition to “love our neighbor as ourselves,” but far less common is any practical instruction on how that’s even possible. Let’s face it: Some people are undeniably hard to love. Are we supposed to white-knuckle our way to love? Fake it ‘til we make it? In … Continue reading Turning People Into Trees
Veteran Ericka Streeter Hodge will be our guest speaker. A talk on being more than what others think of you. A tribute to the armed forces and those who served will be included. Watch this service on our YouTube channel.
Guest Speaker: Henry Neufeld, scholar of Biblical and Cognate languages. Conversations often fail because while using the same words, we sometimes speak different languages. We need a deepened respect for the stories of others, not just the exciting, easily relatable stories, but those that stand behind what we truly mean by what we say. Interfaith … Continue reading Communicating Across the Gaps: An Interfaith Linguistic Perspective
What comes to mind when you think about loving your neighbors, as you would yourself? Is it enough to just sympathize with their lives or what they may be experiencing, or do we just chalk it up that this just must be their lot in life? Together we will explore what it may mean to … Continue reading Loving Our Neighbors as Ourselves: What Does Compassion Look Like for You?
