Taraxacum: Tomorrow Tucked Into Seeds

Lyn Cox, Interim Leader.

Dandelions are underrated as pollinators, medicinal plants, and examples of beauty and color. In an era that calls us to be resilient and hopeful, we can learn from the dandelion’s ability to adapt to different circumstances and to inspire others as it ensures the future. Let us celebrate the hidden beginnings of abundance.

In Motion

Lyn Cox, Interim Leader

In a tradition that calls for deeds, not creeds, we know that our active choices to live out our values matter. We are people who move. Where do we move? How do we move? How do we find the energy and power to move? Physics metaphors might give us some ways to think about the traditions and movements of which we are a part.

Keep on Moving Forward: Learning from UU & Humanist engagement with the civil rights movement.

Lyn Cox, Interim Leader.

During the later half of the twentieth century, UU congregations and Humanist communities both engaged boldly in racial justice and missed opportunities to be the people they aspired to be. What can we learn from the way our movements responded in that time?

Pay Attention to Love Day

Lyn Cox

Feminist scholar and poet bell hooks wrote, “To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.” What might we learn about life and liberation from a broad practice of love?

"Reckoning With History: Sharing the Truth About Sundown Towns"

Stephen Berrey

We will learn about the history of sundown towns—towns and suburbs that have intentionally excluded some racial groups in the past and, for some, in the present. We will also learn how we can research potential sundown towns to contribute to an online public history and social justice project begun by James Loewen (https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/).

"The Wisdom of Broken Things"

Kimberley Debus

Rev. Kimberley Debus is a Unitarian Universalist community minister based in Takoma Park, inspiring an artful and art-filled faith. She consults with congregations and religious professionals around the world. She is affiliated with the Unitarian Church of Lincoln, Nebraska, and has previously served at the Church of the Larger Fellowship as well as congregations on Long Island and Key West.

In "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., responded to criticisms from the white moderate about the urgency, timing, and techniques of the campaign for racial justice. In our times, how are responding to the fierce urgency of now?

Resolved

Lyn Cox, Interim Leader

After a week or so of the new year, how are we doing on our resolutions? Any time of year, there are ways of framing our efforts to help us stay committed to our highest values and shared goals.

Fire Celebration

Lyn Cox

How shall we re-imagine the year ahead? Bring your intentions for letting go and your intentions for fresh beginnings as we kindle a flame for the new year.

Winter Fest

People of all ages are invited to help bring winter-themed poetry to life in this hybrid adaptation of one of WES’s favorite celebrations. We’ll lift up peace, hope, love, joy, and giving in creative and collaborative ways.