Rhonda Williamson, Author at First Unitarian Society of Denver

0 Full Service – September 6th, 2020 – From the Bottom Up

September 6, 2020 Full Service – From the Bottom UpFor In-Gathering Sunday, we will contemplate, wonder about, and celebrate the Earth’s water as we attempt our first ever virtual Water Communion. Make your offering at https://tiny.cc/fusd-give Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media badges above. If you are not […]

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Locate Your Grace

Locate Your GraceDearest FUSD community, I am writing to you at an unconventional time. It is 5:30 am and I am not a morning person. I’m up because I’ve not really caught much sleep tonight anyway, and so it seems as good a time as any to write a bit about where we are as […]

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September 2020 Ploughshare

Click To Download PDF September 2020 Ploughshare Posted Date: September 1, 2020

0 Full Service – August 30th, 2020 – Cancelled

August 30, 2020 Full Service – CancelledMuch has been made recently about “cancel culture” – the exclusion or boycott of people from a community for beliefs that are considered harmful or not sufficiently informed. How do we as a congregation and as a nation balance protecting the vulnerable, and allowing for education and growth? Make […]

0 Full Service – August 23rd, 2020 – Lies, Looting and Liberation

August 23, 2020 Full Service – Lies, Looting and LiberationOur faith invites us into a “free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” In today’s world, this remains deeply important. As UUs, our faith calls us to be ceaseless in our quest for liberation and interrogating the foundations upon which our country was build. Make […]

0 Full Service – August 16th, 2020 – Culture and Inclusion

August 16, 2020 Full Service – Culture and InclusionAs we continue to consider the new proposed covenant, we’ve invited members and friends of 1st Unitarian Denver to reflect on their experience of the community and the text. Make your offering at https://tiny.cc/fusd-give Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please click on the social media […]

0 Full Service – August 9th, 2020 – The Whole Package

August 9, 2020 Full Service – Being BraveContinuing our series on courage, today we will explore and consider the emotional courage needed to become whole human beings; brave, prophetic, connected, strong, vulnerable, intimate, afraid, ecstatic, tearful, more. “This being human is a guest house…” Make your offering at https://tiny.cc/fusd-give Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this […]

0 Full Service – August 2nd, 2020 – Being Brave

August 2, 2020 Full Service – Being BravePerhaps the most storied and obvious aspect of courage, today we’ll ponder physical courage. Is the person getting cancer treatment or the bullied child who goes to school any less brave than the proverbial soldier? Make your offering at https://tiny.cc/fusd-give Share0 Tweet0 Share0 To share this story, please […]

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Wall of Unitarians

Wall of UnitariansAn open letter by Stu Ferguson What does a wall of Unitarians look like? Putting a faith-based organization behind a protest effort gives mainstream support for Black Lives Matter and the current issue of police brutality. It may encourage other liberal religious groups to join the movement. In last week’s FUSD coffee klatch zoom call, […]