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
Organizers of the service: Crys Brockway, Marybeth Ramsey, and Brett Ramsey In honor of Pride month, this service will have a panel discussion with several UUCP members and friends. They will share some of their insights and experiences about their preferred pronoun changes and how it has affected their lives. Watch this service on our … Continue reading Why are Pronouns So Important?
Nancy Hagman, UUCP member, will present some of the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Pensacola. In the past few years the History Museum began to explore more deeply the roots planted here in Pensacola. There is a rich history that has not been well known.
Nancy Hagman, UUCP member and a member of Sunday’s Child non-profit will present this service honoring LGBTQ+ month. This service will introduce the non-profit organization Sunday’s Child, which funded the Council on Aging to create a beautifully done video. The video “Someone Waits for Me” will be shown, highlighting the aging LGBTQ+ community. Two former … Continue reading Someone Waits for Me
On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 10:00 am, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola will hold our Candlelight Memorial Service to honor the transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming individuals we have lost in late 2021 and 2022. Many lost their lives due to violence and nonacceptance. Please join us to hold them in the light. Crys Brockway, member of … Continue reading National Transgender Day of Remembrance
Sunday June 12, 2022 we will be honoring Pride Month. We are pleased to have three or four youth join the service to give their knowledge and experience with the Rainbow Community as friends, at school and other settings. The legislature is significantly making decisions that will impact us and the younger generation as well. … Continue reading The Rainbow Community and Connection
Language to indicate that a congregation is “welcoming” and “inclusive” varies among denominations and different faith communities. For more than twenty years, the Welcoming Congregation Program has helped Unitarian Universalist congregations design their own unique program to engage in the deepest way possible with the question of how to intentionally welcome individuals, families, and communities … Continue reading The Welcoming Congregation
National Coming Out Day is celebrated each year on October 11. The first observation was in 1988, on the one-year anniversary of the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, in which 500,000 people participated. By 1990 it was being celebrated in all 50 states. The Human Rights Campaign reminds us “Coming out in … Continue reading Living Openly and Authentically
The Power of Pride and Love, a Sunday Service with Rev. Alice Syltie, Carol Cleaver, and Simon with music from Denise D’Angelo and Laura Keith King. In honor of Pride Month, Carol Cleaver and her 18-year-old son, Simon, join Rev. Alice to share their stories. We hear how different the experience of coming out was … Continue reading Virtual Service: The Power of Pride and Love
