Sunday, February 19, at 10:00 am: “You Might Just Be a Humanist!” led by Gene Roche, Guest Worship Leader
In this service we reflect on the role of inquiry and science in shaping Unitarian Universalism thought. Humanism is an important part of UU’s history as Unitarian ministers and theologians were the primary designers of the 1933 document launching contemporary religious Humanism in the United States. National surveys have found that as many as half of UU’s identify as Humanist. Might you be one?
Gene Roche retired from William & Mary after 22 years as Director of Academic Information Services and professor in the School of Education. During his career, he has been a member of the Association of Professional Futurists, visiting scholar for University Libraries and a fellow in the Center for Innovation in Learning Design. In 2019, he received William & Mary’s Aceto Award for exceptional excellence to the campus community. He’s been a Humanist since 1969.
Sunday, February 26, at 10:00 am: “Love the Body You Are In,” led by Rev. Adam Lawrence Dyer, Guest Worship Leader
In today’s racialized climate, it can be tough to love the body you are in. Let’s talk about that.
Rev. Adam Lawrence Dyer is currently in the Graduate Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia studying for a PhD in Modern and Contemporary Religious Thought. Previously, he was the lead minister at First Parish in Cambridge, and a Unitarian Universalist chaplain at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. He is the author of Love Beyond God and maintains a blog, Spirituwellness.org. In addition to contributing to several creative collections, scholarly work has appeared in the Harvard Kennedy School LGBTQ Policy Journal (2021). He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Pacific School of Religion.