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June’s Theme is Freedom.
This month’s theme is Freedom. The Fellowship offers many opportunities and invitations to explore and practice the theme. We will be exploring the theme through out the month in worship and Religious Exploration.
June 1 “The Audacity To Be Free” with Rev Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs
In a world that seeks to control, erase, or contain us, claiming freedom is an act of spiritual defiance. Freedom is not granted—it is lived, loved, embodied, and insisted upon.
June 8 “Free as a Bird” with Rev. Dr. Pippin Whitaker
People have long admired the freedom that birds embody in flight. Yet there is more to freedom for birds and people. What sets us free, and what freedom must we protect?
June 15 “Remembering Fathers” with Herb West and Myrna Adams West
As we observe Father’s Day, let us explore the concept of “fatherhood.” Does it mean today what it meant upon the conception of the observance in 1910? Are we free to redefine it?
June 22 “Meet the Moment” with Rev. Dr. Pippin Whitaker
Global and national foundations are shifting, yet our faith continues to rise to meet the challenges of our time. Committed to liberating love, what is our Unitarian Universalist faith making possible?
June 29 “Sing Out Love” with UUFA Music Director Amber Fetner
The UUA has a new virtual hymnal, Sing Out Love! We’ll explore this new resource, which will include hymns and songs, new and old. Come sing out love!
Reflection Ideas and Questions
Are you seeking more ways to explore the theme of Freedom?
Consider reflecting on these quotes:
The bird you put inside a cage, you will have to find it another name, for it is no longer a bird. – Shenaz Patel
Juneteenth exists as a counterpoint to the Fourth of July; the latter heralds the arrival of American ideals, the former stresses just how hard it has been to live up to them. – Jelani Cobb
To be free…You must know, not that you
can do whatever you want… You
must know instead, that inside you are entire
Universes [and]… you must fight for the entire
Universes inside of everyone else… – Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto
Nobody’s free until everybody’s free. – Fannie Lou Hamer
Some questions you may use as a prompt for conversation or for a journal entry follow:
- What has life taught you about being imprisoned without realizing it?
- What story from your life best captures your understanding of freedom?
- Are you stuck in an old survival mechanism that isn’t needed anymore?
- Have you ever been trapped in someone else’s story?
- Would living more simply bring you more freedom?
