online on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 Joys and Sorrows Introduction We come together today with full hearts. This is the time to share the sorrows, concerns and worries we feel as well as the occasions and reasons for joy and gratitude on our minds. Using the chat function, you may begin writing your sorrows,
Former member Gerry (Gerald) Douglas passed away Sept. 4, with his son, Robert, at his side. Before moving to long-term care options, Gerry lived in the Sacramento house where he had grown up, on 48th near Folsom Blvd. During and after his career as a social worker, he had a passion for reading fiction, nonfiction,
Sacramento County is developing a Countywide Active Transportation Plan. Where do you like to walk, bike, and roll in the county? What could make walking, biking, and rolling better for you? Share your thoughts by taking this survey. The goal of the Active Transportation Plan is to focus on: Solving infrastructure problems for people who
I’m hosting Wellspring Wednesday this week, and the topic is UU elevator speeches. This is the idea– in a non-pandemic era, you are getting on an elevator in a high rise building. Someone asks you, “What is Unitarian Universalism?” What would you say on your way down to the ground floor, before the doors open?
Music Moment (choral) : I got a bit tearful hearing this yesterday, because our choir sopranos and altos (and Tom Derthick) sang it twice! It’s “Wanting Memories” by Ysaye Barnwell (songs by this Sweet Honey in The Rock alum are in our teal songbook). I first found it via the great Hawaiian musician Keali’i Reichel.
Spiritual Moment: One of my summer reads was Sacramento native Dr. Cornel West’s memoir “Living & Loving Out Loud.” “Brother West” debunks the idea of a post-racial America, but notes that we can and are forming (slowly, painfully) a “less racist” America. I like how he emphasizes that as a teacher, Christian, scholar, and African-American
