Sunday, July 2, at 10:00 am: “Make the Wounded Whole,” led by roddy bell-shelton biggs, Guest Worship Leader
Featuring old-time Appalachian music by Meetinghouse String Band (Jane Ferguson, David Beals, & John Trindle)
We often hear the wounded narrative painting over the painful reality hidden in the shadows we dare not look. How can we heal as a nation and Make the Wounded Whole if we are always running from a dark and shameful past? Can We Make the Wounded Whole? In the words of bell hooks, “How do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet, at the same time, remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?” As we “Do Justice and Love Mercy” -Micah 6:8: Join us Sunday, online or in-person, as roddy bell-shelton biggs, a Queer, bipoc, Nonbinary seminarian, and aspiring Public Theologian, challenges us, invokes us, and leaves us with a powerful call to be a transformed accountable faith.
roddy bell-shelton biggs (lowercase preferred) is a Queer, BIPOC, Nonbinary person using they/them pronouns. roddy is a Meadville Lombard Theological School seminarian and an aspiring Public Theologian. They are currently the intern minister for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fredericksburg. Owning the Christian faith and the spiritualities of thier ancestors, roddy is grounded in Unitarian Universalist faith communities by choice. roddy is called to lead radical Love, care, and sanctuary movements, simultaneously disrupting patriarchy and all systems of oppression plaguing our world. When roddy is not working or studying, they love being out in nature, traveling, eating good vegan food, and all things theater.
Sunday, July 9, at 10:00 am: Fierce Meditative Drone Pop + Poetry Drop
A Music and Poetry Experience
Featuring music by Høly River and poetry by UU poets and others
Laney Sullivan and Jameson Price make up the indie folk band Holy River, based in Richmond. Their Earth Folk music carries the message of humanity’s need to find balance with nature. Mystically political and whole heartily grassroots, this DIY band finds themselves playing on large festival stages as well as at the backyard fire pits of intentional communities across the country.