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To conclude our recent series on being a community of lifelong learners, Rev. Nic will explore the ecosystem needed to grow as individuals and collectively. Now is the time to plan and plant so as the summer ends and the harvest comes, we can prepare for a nourishing year of continued learning in 2024-2025.

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“This is the real secret of life—to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” ~ Alan W. Watts

In today‘s service you are invited to connect with your playful side and deepen your understanding of how play can help us heal, learn, grow and thrive through hands on experiences. We hope you leave here with joy and renewal and a newfound sense of fun!

Minister Emeritus, Rev. Dennis McCarty will return to discuss "What is Epistemic Justice, and Why Should We Care?" Epistemology is the study of human knowledge. Terms such as "testimonial epistemic injustice" sound WAY too complicated. But what if we think we know something--that just just isn't true? What if we think that without even realizing we're thinking it? That's how ethnic and gender bias work. Rev. Dennis will explain this complex-sounding study in real-world terms. We all have room for self-examination on this one.

You can find the written service on Substack!

When the last bell of the semester rings and the school buses depart for a final time, that is when class truly begins. Well, spoiler, as Unitarian Unviersalists, we are committed to being lifelong learners, year-round, year-over-year. Why? Because it is not only a central value of our living faith tradition, but it is also a counter-cultural, revolutionary rebuke to the passivity and resignation that "this is it." We have so much to learn in order to live. So as we live, may we choose to learn.

You can find the written service on Substack!

50 years ago, a group of black, feminist, lesbian socialists came together to form the Combahee River Collective. Meeting from 1974-1980, this group challenged the narrowness of both white feminism and the misogyny of the Civil Rights Movement. A half century since its first gathering, Rev. Nic will reflect on the lasting call to engage in intersectional justice work today and into the future.

Join us to sing, celebrate, and recommit ourselves to being stewards of this beautiful planet we call home.

If you are curious about Unitarian Universalism, this is a great Sunday to join us and learn more about our values and practices, as well as how we live our values through courageous action.

You can find the written service on Substack!

The beauty and work of interfaith community building is undeniable when we witness what is possible when we meet on the bridge of our shared values. It is important to remember however that interfaith community is a hyper-contextualized endeavor. Just as we focus on the here and now, on this world, rather than the next life or another plane of existence, so too must we understand how to live out our interfaith principles in society. Rev. Nic concludes his series on Becoming Bridge Builders with a reflection on the impact this interfaith ministry can have on our wider society.

Being an interfaith leader requires an acknowledgement that we will mess

Over the final three Sundays of the Becoming Bridge Builders series, we will explore the skills for fostering relationships across religious traditions. On this Sunday, we are learning three interfaith fundamentals that will help us learn to see, hear, speak, and ultimately better connect with our neighbors on and beyond the Columbus Interfaith Campus.