The service this Sunday will be given by the three young women who attended the UU “Activate New Orleans” program this August. Come hear about their experience Just a reminder: the half-plate collection is going to Utah Health and Human Resources (uhhr.org), which provides therapy and other assistance for refugee and asylee victims of human rights abuses.
Cherie Mockli with Utah Health and Human Rights, will be speaking about her experiences assisting refugees cope with the effects of war and related traumas. Her observations on the role of spirituality in surviving, coping, and healing are excellent fodder for considering our own lives and fortunes.
This Sunday, we’ll be talking about how violence and empathy interact in our world, and we’ll explore as a community what we can do to model and teach empathy to make the world a safer place.
Independence Day for many consists of fireworks, parades, and barbecues. As we gather to celebrate our independence from Britain, we contemplate on what freedom means.We will explore this complex subject and how our spiritual community works together to continue to reshape the vision set forth on July 2, 1776.
Make no mistake about it; Women’s Rights are a matter of life and death. It’s important to recognize that when individual women lose, whole communities feel that loss. Let’s take a look at what we’re facing and where we need to act.
The are people in all our lives that are so different from us that they seem absolutely alien. We will be talking about how to connect to, appreciate, and love all people.
