Transforming Ourselves ~ Our Community ~ Our World
West St. Louis County - 73 Strecker Road - Ellisville, MO 63011 - Phone: 636.256.7393

August

August 1, Dr. Kathleen Nigro Topic: "The Strawberry Fields Project: What if What Is,Isn't?" Kathleen invites you to consider the impact of perspective on the way you live your life. Perhaps if you change your thoughts, you can change your world. Special Guest Music: Kevin and Theresa Horth; Guest Pianist: Mark Pedigo

Our minister, the Reverend Krista Taves, returns to our pulpit and will be preaching a series of sermons on, Weaving the Fabric of Diversity. We live in a society that constantly categorizes. We divide ourselves in so many ways - race, age, class, ability, education, sexual orientation, and more. Unitarian Universalists have a history of being very intentional about questioning these divisions. We try to see beyond them and recognize that this takes intentionality and focus. In March 2010 our congregation embarked upon a social justice initiative called the "Love First Project." We asked ourselves, "How are we called to be in this world so that we are agents of justice?" One of the answers we came up with was to focus in a reflective way on diversity, educating ourselves so that we could be those agents of justice and change. Pianist: Todd Painter

On August 8, Rev. Taves and Emerson's Love First Project will begin this six-part series. Every worship service will focus on a different aspect of diversity and will be followed by an adult religious education session focused on that theme. We invite you to participate as fully as you can in this informative and spiritually uplifting series. Pianist: Todd Painter

August 8, Rev. Krista Taves: Weaving the Fabric of Diversity I - Diversity as Spiritual Practice Pianist: Todd Painter

August 15, Rev. Krista Taves: Weaving the Fabric of Diversity II - Disability and Ability Pianist: Todd Painter

August 22, Rev. Krista Taves: Weaving the Fabric of Diversity III - Skin Color in America Pianist: Todd Painter

August 29, Rev. Krista Taves: Weaving the Fabric of Diversity IV - The Way We See Age Pianist: Todd Painter

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