Sunday, October 30, at 10:00 am
“¡Feliz Día de Los Muertos!”
Liz Wiley & Sue Walkley, Worship Leaders
In this all-ages celebration of our beloved dead, we will learn about the origins and rituals of this Mexican/Latin American holiday and examine how we as UUs can honor and remember those who have gone before with practices inspired by Día de los Muertos and infused with joy, love, and even humor. Please bring items to place on an altar table that represent your loved ones who have gone to the other side: photos, mementos, recipes, etc. What should you wear? You can go all out and dress as a traditional skeleton (calacas), or wear a fancy dress and feather hat or flower crown like Calavera Catrina with a painted face like the colorful sugar skulls. Whether you don bright colors or all black with reflective-tape bones, or come-as-you-are, we hope to see you all there! Led by Liz Wiley with Sue Walkley, and the choir has a special song just for this day.
Sunday, November 6, at 10:00 am
“To Think That I Saw It On Berry Street”
Rev. Dr. Wayne Arnason, Guest Worship Leader
Wait – isn’t that a line from a Dr. Seuss book about “Mulberry Street”?? Yes, my title is adapted from Dr. Seuss, but the sermon will be about all the diverse characters and insights UU’s have encountered on “Berry Street”, the name of the oldest continuous lecture series in America. The 2022 Berry Street lecture by Rev. Mykal Slack in particular offered us an important challenge to re-examine our covenants and our culture.
The Rev. Dr. Wayne Arnason is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist with a forty-year career of service in UU congregations and institutions. Rev. Wayne served in two long-term parish ministries, at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church in Charlottesville, Virginia from 1984-2000, and with his wife the Rev. Kathleen Rolenz, at the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church from 2000-2016. He retired from full-time ministry in 2016, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. With Kathleen Rolenz, Rev. Wayne Arnason co-authored a widely-read book on UU worship practices, Worship That Works in 2008. In 2013, with Rev. Sam Trumbore, he published a collection of essays on Buddhist Voices in Unitarian Universalism.