How might we renew our relationships with our community partners as part of our “new normal”? And what is required of us as Unitarian Universalists to rise to the call to accountability and solidarity? 

Our guest, Antonio J. Serrano, is the chairman of Juntos. You can find out more about Juntos, including how to donate or purchase their fundraiser shirts at juntoswyoming.com 

Check out these articles for more: 

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/16/support-for-black-lives-matter-has-decreased-since-june-but-remains-strong-among-black-americans/

https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c

PS -- Before anybody writes in, I do realize that Roxbury is a neighborhood of Boston rather than a suburb. My apologies for misspeaking! 

How can our shared past be a source of renewal without defining us? And how can our Unitarian Universalist faith help us wrestle with this question? 

To keep wrestling with this question, visit uucheyenne.org for more information! 

How are you renewing your commitment to democracy and the democratic process this fall? Join us as we wrestle with this question, including guest appearances from Britney Wallesch, Marcie Kindred, and Rep. Sara Burlingame. 

As a note, Rep. Sara Burlingame serves House District 44. The audio got cut for a moment during recording, so we wanted to clarify that info here! 

Learn more about how to engage with this question and more at uucheyenne.org/uucc-fall-program 

Is unrest destructive or productive? As protest and unrest erupt across our country, we’ll pause and reflect on the history of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the Stonewall Riot, and how movements for liberation have dealt with police brutality and other state-sanctioned violence in our national history. Check out the reading from the Rev. Theresa I. Soto here and the piece by Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray here. The quote from the reading that gets cut off at the beginning is, "Being free is not a license, but a promise." 

These hard times call us to action - but how do we act faithfully? How do we engage the spirit of life in our acts of compassion and justice? Join our guest preacher, Rev. Kimblerley Debus, for this sermon! 

Have you ever felt like people are just talking past one another? Like we might even be speaking different languages? Perhaps you feel that now more than ever, as our communities struggle with the grief and outrage at the ongoing impacts of racist policy and policing on Black lives in the United States. The Christian festival of Pentecost invites us to see the possibility in these cacophonies, and we might even find some distinctly Unitarian Universalist calling of the spirit in the midst of the noise. The reading we reference is Acts 2:1-18. 

Ramadan, one of the 5 pillars of Islam and an important milestone in the Muslim year, is coming to a close this weekend. Ramadan is a time of inner reflection, reconnecting with the sacred, and charity. Perhaps there may be some lessons for our current socially distanced reality? Join our guest preacher, Camellia El-Antably, and find out more! 

What might it actually take to shift outcomes around climate and other catastrophes? Listen as Rev. Hannah reflects on the topic set by our youth. The reading we reference by Thom Hartmann is here. 

Life is filled with transitions and changes — birth, adoption, adolescence, partnering, separating, retirement, aging, death, and more. How does the holy show up in these moments and changes? And how can we approach these thresholds with spiritual grounding and grace? The poem we talk about is "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins. 

It takes a great deal of courage to show up in a new community for the first time. It takes even more to feel like you can share your authentic presence in that community. Listen in and reflect on how we show up in community together. And check out the story of Old Joe here.