UUCP Member Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/topic/uucp-member/ Welcome to UUCP Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:25:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://uupensacola.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Chalice-new-uucp-2-150x150.png UUCP Member Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/topic/uucp-member/ 32 32 The 1776 Sampler https://uupensacola.org/services/1776-sampler/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:49:38 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13880 Joe Vinson will discuss the 1776 Sampler, an innovative public history project to celebrate the America 250 commemoration locally by focusing on the individuals living in and converging on West Florida around the time of the Revolution.

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]]> 13880 What is Safety While In a Diverse Community? https://uupensacola.org/services/what-is-safety-while-in-a-diverse-community/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:09:47 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13824 How do we embody our values as UUs in an intentional community with people from diverse backgrounds? From culture to civic alignment, to even simply etiquette around expression, how are we stewarding the next generation while fully exploring what it means to be human? Presented by Honor Bell III (they/them), CRE and Admin. Fifth Sunday: … Continue reading What is Safety While In a Diverse Community?

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]]> 13824 Tending the Spark: A Women’s History Month Service https://uupensacola.org/services/tending-the-spark-a-womens-history-month-service/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:08:09 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13822 “And we will care for each other / as the world around us unravels / And we will tend to the spark / of hope that lives within our grieving hearts.” These are the words that started our first FemFest Song Circle gathering one year ago and the group has met monthly ever since at … Continue reading Tending the Spark: A Women’s History Month Service

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]]> 13822 Thinking Backwards, Thriving Forward: Enhance UUCP Community, Internal Intimacy, Caring, Adult Education, Retention! https://uupensacola.org/services/thinking-backwards-thriving-forward-enhance-uucp-community-internal-intimacy-caring-adult-education-retention/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:06:18 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13820 Long-time UUCP Member Dr. Dolly Haik-Adams Berthelot will present. Let’s all put our minds and hearts together to help our Beloved Community flourish in the future. Personal and professional perspective from a 40+ year PUUF/UUCP member, author, former journalist, teacher, professor, communication and organizational development consultant/workshop leader.

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]]> 13820 Reimagining the Sacred: Metta Valley Gospel and the “Good News” We Need https://uupensacola.org/services/reimagining-the-sacred-metta-valley-gospel-and-the-good-news-we-need/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:04:45 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13818 In this talk, Zachary Helton will share the story behind his new novel, Metta Valley Gospel—what it is, where it came from, and why it feels urgently needed in this cultural moment. What happens when we retell the stories that formed us? What new possibilities emerge when compassion becomes the center of the narrative? Join … Continue reading Reimagining the Sacred: Metta Valley Gospel and the “Good News” We Need

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]]> 13818 The Individualist Fallacy https://uupensacola.org/services/the-individualist-fallacy/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:03:02 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13816 UUCP Member Joe Vinson will explore how a key part of American identity was weaponized to weaken society and exploit the vulnerable. Plus: Ministry Team Minute: Fuun and Fellowship

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]]> 13816 The Big Adventure https://uupensacola.org/services/the-big-adventure/ Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:37:00 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13727 The Big Adventure, this thing we call… LIFE! Join us for a talk with Ric Kindle about his travels around the country with Hazel Nuts. He will share lessons learned from traveling and others ‘relearned’ about this Life!!

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]]> 13727 “Do justice”: the Prophetic Critique and reclaiming religious identity as an active force for good https://uupensacola.org/services/do-justice-the-prophetic-critique-and-reclaiming-religious-identity-as-an-active-force-for-good/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:10:47 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13649 Presenter: Joe Vinson, UUCP Member. Politicians are more than happy to use the Bible as a proof text for discrimination, hatred, and violence in ways that are truly baffling. If America were truly a “Judeo-Christian nation,” what would that look like? What can the 8th century prophets teach us about reframing divine authority for social … Continue reading “Do justice”: the Prophetic Critique and reclaiming religious identity as an active force for good

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]]> 13649 A Sustaining Faith https://uupensacola.org/services/a-sustaining-faith/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:06:29 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13644 Presenter: Dr. Lauren Anzaldo, Member UUCP.  Although we are inundated with public proclamations of religiosity, we as a nation seem to have lost a shared moral order for determining right from wrong. Meanwhile, Unitarian Universalism provides a framework of shared values imbued with a living legacy of moral witness and prophetic voices. In this talk, Lauren … Continue reading A Sustaining Faith

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]]> 13644 Unitarian History from the Revolution to UU https://uupensacola.org/services/unitarian-history-from-the-revolution-to-uu/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:51:22 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13505  “History of the Unitarian church in the USA from the Revolution through the union with the Universalists in 1961.” Mark Swaney (UUCP member since 2023) has taken a “deep dive” into the history of the Unitarians and Universalists since beginning his tenure with our congregation. He has provided several decades of information on several Sundays … Continue reading Unitarian History from the Revolution to UU

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