Sunday, June 16, at 10:00 am: “Supporting & Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Pride”
In observance of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the Welcoming Congregation Team will lead the service. There will be music performed by guitarist/singer/songwriter Tret Fure! In addition, our own David Welch will sing accompanied by pianist Heidi Souza.
Tret Fure’s award winning career spans 53 years, releasing 17 albums in that time. She has garnered such honors as receiving the 2023 Phil Ochs award for her outstanding contributions to social and political justice through her music, winning the South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition in 2 out of 3 categories, the prestigious Jane Schliessman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Music, a Posi Award for her song “In This Circle,” as well as taking second place in the “Musicians United To Protect Bristol Bay” song contest with her song “The Fishermen of Bristol Bay” from her 15th CD Rembrandt Afternoons. These are just a few of the many accolades and recognition that Tret has received through the years.
Sunday, June 23, at 10:00 am: “Weaving Our Lives,” UUA General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship Watch Party
We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care?
Rev. Molly Housh Gordon will be joined by Violet Vonder Haar, Jamila Bachelder, Rev. Leon Dunkely, Rev. Eric Kaminetsky, Rev. Joan Javier-Duvall, Rev. Jordinn Nelson Long, Rev. Aaron Wisman, Rev. Sadie Lansdale, and Rev. Sarah Oglesby-Dunegan.
Featuring musicians: Natasha Steinmacher, GA Music Coordinator; Lea Morris; Francisco Ruiz; beheld; Violet Vonder Haar; Paul Winchester; and choirs from All Souls Unitarian Church, Indianapolis, IN; First Parish in Concord, MA; First Parish UU in Lexington, MA; First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, MI; UU Fellowship in Athens, GA; UU Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, NY; UU Church in Cherry Hill, NJ; UU Church in Reston, VA; and UU of Minnetonka, MN.
A lifelong Unitarian Universalist from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Rev. Molly Housh Gordon is the minister of the UU Church of Columbia, Missouri, where she is currently suing the state of Missouri for their unconstitutional abortion ban alongside 13 other multi-faith clergy co-plaintiffs. Molly is passionate about red-state UU ministry, community organizing, and mutual aid. In addition to her ministry and organizing work, Molly is a published essayist and poet completing a Doctor of Ministry in Creative Writing and Public Theology. Alongside her wonderful spouse, she is the delighted parent of two very fierce young children and one very chill old dog.
Sunday, June 30, at 10:00 am: Sunday service led by Rev. Michelle Collins, Interim Minister
Please join us for our Sunday morning service, either in person or online. All are welcome!