Speaker: Rachelle Burns, Chair of the EscaRosa Suicide Prevention Coalition Connectedness is the number one protective factor in preventing suicide. Rachelle will explore how we can all engage in suicide prevention by truly connecting with others and what that can look like in our daily lives. Our Fifth Sunday recipient for May will be the … Continue reading The Power of Connectedness
We are not alone, though sometimes we forget that truth. We are woven into one cloth, one gorgeous blanket, designed for use, for comfort, to sustain and to love… —Rev. Dr. Sarah Lenzi “Woven in a Single Garment of Destiny” is a full-length video worship service exploring and celebrating hallmarks of our Unitarian Universalist theology. … Continue reading Woven in a Single Garment of Destiny
“Heroes: Myth or Reality?” Sunday Service with Guest Speaker Ellis Jones, director of the General Chappie James Museum in Pensacola. Mr. Ellis will focus on the concept of heroes. He will discuss a few of the common interpretations and meanings of “hero.” He also will consider the heroic actions of U.S. Air Force Gen. Daniel … Continue reading Heroes: Myth or Reality?
“Family Promise,” a Sunday Service with community organizers Donna Jacobi, MD, and Danielle Woods, institutional and organizational psychologist. A Fifth Sunday collection will be gathered during this service to benefit the local program Family Promise in support of their good work to address Escambia County’s housing needs. Family Promise is an organization present in 43 … Continue reading 5th Sunday: Family Promise
Local historian and storyteller Robin Reshard is an author, interviewer, public speaker and community educator. She is Executive Director of The Kukua Institute, a place to grow and share the cultural, intellectual and economic abilities and contributions of African Americans.
Rick Harper, Ph.D., economist and professor of economics at the University of West Florida, will talk with us about the state of labor in the Northwest Florida area. Join us in-person in the sanctuary for this enlightening service.
In keeping with our theme this month, Embracing Possibility, our service will center around a sermon from the Rev. Beth Dana of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas. With the constant changes we face these days, we do best if we can get comfortable with — embrace — the unexpected. Rev. Dana talks about this … Continue reading Courage and Improvisation
A sermon by the Rev. Angela Herrera given November 26, 2017 at First Unitarian Church in Albuquerque; an engaging and thoughtful explanation of the definition of religion and Unitarian Universalism’s place in human religious history. Join us via Facebook for a service with both live and recorded elements, broadcast from the sanctuary. This service was … Continue reading What Is Unitarian Universalism?
The service planned for August 29, 2021 – “Making a Difference in Under-Resourced Pensacola” with Rodney Jones—has been cancelled due to the dangerous weather associated with Hurricane Ida. Stay tuned for it to be rescheduled.
The July 11 service is provided by The Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society. Please come and enjoy the delightful story of UUs working together for The Inherent worth and dignity of every person “My Muzungu Eyes Are Improving” This is above all a humour service—with funny stories of lions and cross cultural misunderstandings. It’s also a … Continue reading Humor: My Muzungu Eyes Are Improving
