"Becoming One Planet: A Story of Race, Justice, and Power" Destiny Watford. Community activist and Goldman Prize Recipient Destiny Watford describes her journey as a teen, organizing to keep an incinerator from moving into her neighborhood. Join her to be inspired by her own story, and moved to action for our world.

“Becoming Just: Building an Anti-Opressive Community,” Zeb Green, Clergy Intern. This Sunday we will explore what it means to be a justice building community. Justice and anti-oppression work is an ongoing process, always on the cusp, always emerging. It is work that keeps going and has no finish line. We find justice through the continuous struggle to live it.

"Becoming Whole: A Humanist Response to Suffering" Amanda Poppei, Senior Leader. What happens when we experience deep pain--grief, loss, betrayal? Traditional religions might tell us there is a plan or a purpose to our pain. What does humanism have to say about how we emerge from the deepest struggles of our lives, and what, if any, meaning do we take from them? Music from the WES Chorus.

Remember the register in the front of your checkbook, before we paid for everything online? Those entries meant more than just whether you had money in your checking account. Join Amanda as she examines living a “balanced” life. Music from Johnnie Buzek & friends.

What does it mean to persevere-- not through big things, but on a daily basis? Join us as we explore one child's story of perseverance, and discover our own. This special Sunday will bring a dose of beauty and whimsy.

What does it mean to be healthy? Whether from a sudden illness, a chronic condition, or the natural effects of aging, we all face issues of health and healing.  Join us for an exploration on persevering through the struggle of learning to live and cope.

For our annual Pay Attention to Love Day, Amanda will explore what it takes to persevere in love. In any kind of relationship–romantic, familial, friendship–how do we keep on loving when things get hard?

Join Amanda and her colleague Ryane, a leader with the Washington Interfaith Network and founder of The TraRon Center, in this unique platform dialogue. Ryane and Amanda will talk about how we persevere in the fight for social justice, even when faced with insurmountable odds.

Join two WES teens and Global Connections members, Jason & Russell, in an exciting and emotional platform as they share messages from our sister community of El Rodeo and personal experiences of the recent annual delegation trip. Special media productions (i.e. videos), providing a direct line of communication between our communities, will be prevalent!

Join Rev. Archene, Affiliated Minister at Cedar Lane UU, as she reflects on her own experience as a person of color, woman, & lesbian & how that influences the way she works for justice & against oppression. She has invited our own Clergy Intern to join in reflecting on his experience as a white man.