240: Welcoming Congregation Renewal Program
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We chatted on The VUU with Rev. Michael Crumpler about the Welcoming Congregation Renewal Program.
Rev. Michael J. Crumpler began as LGBTQ and Intercultural Programs Manager at the UUA in early 2017. Shortly thereafter, he was ordained to Reverend in the United Church of Christ. Michael lives in Harlem and is very active in social justice ministry at the historic Judson Memorial Church of New York City and the surrounding queer community. He is most passionate about intersectional ministry centered in blackness, queerness, HIV/AIDS, economic justice, and emotional well-being.
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The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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239: ARE: Allies for Racial Equity
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Join us live this Thursday at 11am ET as we chat on The VUU with Lori Stone Sirtosky, Chris Jimmerson, and Elizabeth Carrier-Ladd about ARE: Allies for Racial Equity. Allies for Racial Equity is building an anti-racist movement among white unitarian universalists to confront and dismantle white supremacy in ourselves, congregations, and communities. You can find out more here: https://www.uuare.org/
Our guests:
Rev. Chris Jimmerson is Minister for Program Development at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, where he helped found the Central Texas UU Allies our Racial Equity group. He has been with the ARE steering committee since the fall of 2015.
Lori Stone Sirtosky is a co-founder of the Indiana chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice and is currently a member of the leadership collective of Allies for Racial Equity. She recently moved to Phoenix, Arizona where she works for the CLF as Director of Technology.
Rev. Elizabeth Carrier-Ladd is a 4th generation Unitarian Universalist originally from Boston. She was an active youth leader, culminating in her service as the Youth Observer to the UUA Board of Trustees. She serves at the UU Church of Muncie.
Show links:
ARE Accountability Agreements:
http://uuare.org/page-1440849
More on racial identity development:
More on the analysis that ARE is grounded in:
http://www.cwsworkshop.org/PARC_site_B/dr-culture.html
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The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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Positive Change
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The CLF is deeply committed to serving those who are making positive change in the world. Read more →
Audio Recordings
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Humility
December 2018
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. —Charles H. Spurgeon
Articles
On Humility
From Hasidic tradition we have a little story about Rabbi Simcha Bunim Bonhart, who lived in the Polish village of Peshischa at the turn of the 19th century. Read more »
You Might Be Wrong
I grew up Catholic, even pondered becoming a nun, and studied theology with awesomely radical social justice Jesuits before following the theological thread of my life right into Unitarian Universalist seminary. Read more »
Humility and Hubris
My first impulse in trying to describe the essence and practice of humility was simply to say: Look at the current U.S. president and then think about his opposite in personality and behavior—that will pretty well define humility. Read more »
From Your Minister
Perhaps you watched the comedy special on Netflix by Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby, entitled “Nanette.” If you didn’t, perhaps you’ve seen some of the media coverage about it, using words like “game-changing” and “comedic revolution.” Read more »
Positive Change
The CLF is deeply committed to serving those who are making positive change in the world. Read more »
REsources for Living
What is your favorite Christmas carol? Mine is the English carol “The Friendly Beasts,” which begins… Read more »
Audio Recordings
You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more »
Christmas
It was all so complicated: The questionable parentage, the awkward journey, the not knowing where you will sleep… Read more »
238: Diverse Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries with Rawna Hammamy and Sana Saeed
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In this episode we chatted with Rev. Ranwa Hammamy and Sana Saeed about what’s new with DRUUMM, Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries.
Join DRUUMM! DRUUMM Membership Form: http://druumm.onefireplace.org/page-230814
Rev. Ranwa is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and chaplain. She currently serves as a Chaplain with the Center for Elders’ Independence in Oakland, CA. Raised Muslim, she identifies as a UU-Muslim, and is one of the co-editors for the in-process Muslim Voices in Unitarian Universalism text. Born in the US to Egyptian and Lebanese parents, Ranwa had a “Third Culture Kid” experience, living in-between, as both, and as neither Egyptian-Lebanese and American. One result of this lived experience is her dedication to ministering to the “both/and” – not only by identifying intersectional identities and movements, but also by reaching out to individuals whose multiple identities place them in the margins or outside of their communities. Within Unitarian Universalism, Ranwa has lived this commitment in her ministry to youth and young adult participants of the Multicultural Leadership School/Thrive. When not wearing her ministerial hat, Ranwa finds enjoyment and sustenance singing in a local choir, cuddling with her cats and partner, and dreaming up plans for her anti-Islamophobia baking and community ministry “Shugaria Law.”
Currently, Sana is working on her third graduate degree as a Master of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) pursuing Unitarian Universalist ministry. Born in Manchester, UK she moved to the USA when she was sixteen. As a dual citizen, she grew up in a Pakistani home with the fortune of learning Urdu, Punjabi, as well as, English. Her upbringing inspired her love for traveling. Hence, she has traveled to thirty countries so far. She became interested in Unitarian Universalism, after being hired as a Director of Youth Ministry for the UU Church of Arlington, where she frequently was asked the question, “What is a Muslim doing working in a church?”. Since then she’s been immersed in UU and Muslim communities through various interfaith endeavors and hopes to become one of the handful of UU Muslim ministers’ part of the UU community today.
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The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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237: LREDA with Annie Scott and Sheila Schuh
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On this episode we chatted with Annie Scott and Sheila Schuh about what’s new with LREDA, our Unitarian Universalist Liberal Religious Educators Association.
Annie Scott is the President of the LREDA Board of Trustees and has served multiple congregations as a Credentialed Religious Educator as well as a longtime leader at the district level. Sheila Schuh is a licensed Creative Arts Therapist, a Credentialed Religious Educator and the Director of Religious Education at First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY.
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The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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236: Post-Election Roundup with Alison Miller
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Join us live this Thursday at 11am ET as we chat on The VUU with Rev. Alison Miller about all that’s current in the post-election news.
Rev. Alison Miller is the Senior Minister at Morristown Unitarian Fellowship in Morristown, NJ.
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235: Supporting Our Trans Community
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This week we chatted live on The VUU with Alex Kapitan from TRUUsT and Kris McElroy about ways to support our trans community in these dangerous times. Guest hosting this week was Jaelynn Scott and Dawn Fortune, alongside our regulars Meg and Michael.
Here’s the link to the TRUUsT website: http://truust.wordpress.com.
The VUU is hosted by Meg Riley, Michael Tino, Aisha Hauser and Christina Rivera, with production support provided by Jessica Star Rockers. The VUU streams live on Thursdays at 11 am ET.
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Nominating Committee Seeks Leaders
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The CLF’s Nominating Committee seeks members to run for positions beginning June 2019: Read more →
