This morning, we continued our month of reflections on Renewal with a message from our wider UU community.
Outside our own services, the UUA shares this reflection by Martha Durkee-Neuman, who found herself thinking about the apocalypse --- the end of the world, and the beginning of something new --- just when a personal relationship apocalypse and then the covid pandemic struck. She writes:
"Everything about my personal world and the world around me changed in the span of a week. Then the pandemic hit and the world changed again (and again). So many things ended; so many new things began. We're learning to live on shifting grounds. How long will this last? What will life look like on the other side? What will normal become? [...]
"Despite it all, [in author Octavia Butler's words,] God is change. And despite how painful, this change is holy. As I repeat these words to myself, grounding myself in the divinity of this only lasting truth, more of Octavia’s words come to me—'God exists to be shaped'—and I begin to work on shaping this change, reckoning with the knowledge that it is holy because it is mine to make."Renewal can be intentional healing, or it can be change that bursts upon us unwelcome, but we need not be victims of it. We can embrace the holiness of change, and our ability to participate in that sacred process.
Outside our own services, the UUA shares this reflection by Martha Durkee-Neuman, who found herself thinking about the apocalypse --- the end of the world, and the beginning of something new --- just when a personal relationship apocalypse and then the covid pandemic struck. She writes:
"Everything about my personal world and the world around me changed in the span of a week. Then the pandemic hit and the world changed again (and again). So many things ended; so many new things began. We're learning to live on shifting grounds. How long will this last? What will life look like on the other side? What will normal become? [...]
"Despite it all, [in author Octavia Butler's words,] God is change. And despite how painful, this change is holy. As I repeat these words to myself, grounding myself in the divinity of this only lasting truth, more of Octavia’s words come to me—'God exists to be shaped'—and I begin to work on shaping this change, reckoning with the knowledge that it is holy because it is mine to make."Renewal can be intentional healing, or it can be change that bursts upon us unwelcome, but we need not be victims of it. We can embrace the holiness of change, and our ability to participate in that sacred process.
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Submissions for our July newsletter are due TODAY. Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP ([email protected]).
An independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
This Friday, June 28th is our monthly Salvation Army meal. Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.
This Saturday, June 29th, our building is reserved for a private event from noon to 5 pm. Contact Gennifer Monteer.
Our building is reserved by a community group Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
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And remember all our ways to stay in touch! You can visit our website at uufjc.org. You can also join our open-posting "UUFJC Cafe" Google Group to chat with other members and friends via e-mail and receive additional announcements and reminders (contact the Administrator at [email protected] to join).
Submissions for our July newsletter are due TODAY. Please email any last-minute items to Laura Gilkey ASAP ([email protected]).
An independent Insight Meditation group taught by Joe McCormack meets at our building Thursday nights at 7 pm. For more information, contact Bob Antweiler.
This Friday, June 28th is our monthly Salvation Army meal. Please contact Bob Antweiler if you can help provide food for those in need.
This Saturday, June 29th, our building is reserved for a private event from noon to 5 pm. Contact Gennifer Monteer.
Our building is reserved by a community group Wednesdays and Saturdays starting at 6 pm. If you have access to our building, please allow privacy at these times.
For more events, see our online calendars:
UUFJC EventsVirtual Gatherings
Affiliated Events
Religious Education
Building Use (other)
Community Events
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