Wavelengths: A WUU Podcast

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When it comes to our work for social justice, we know external actions are important: To vote, to protest, to advocate. In this week’s service, we will, with musicians Jane Ferguson & Annette Adlerlook, look to the process of deconstructing the internal patterns of thought and emotion that continue to hold the culture of white supremacy and patriarchy in place.

Joan Gavaler has been a professional dance and theatre practitioner for 38 years and a somatic practitioner based in the Alexander Technique (AT) for 27 years. As Artistic Director of Aura CuriAtlas and a Dance Professor at William & Mary, she has created 85 original works, relishing collaborative discovery with poets, visual artists, composers, actors, acrobats, physicists, and neuroscientists on dance and theatre projects. She uses her AT background to help people who seek self-understanding, authentic expressiveness, and support for processing challenging thoughts and emotions. She has been invited by 80 organizations to present and teach in the U.S. and internationally, most recently somatic workshops supporting self-care for climate activists in St. Andrews, Scotland. Seven years ago, she became part of the Alexander Technique Liberation Project. The AT Liberation Project “supports, empowers, and advocates for equitable access for all who seek embodied freedom. We look to advance AT as an anti-oppression tool. We commit to decolonizing the practice and teaching of AT by promoting initiatives toward unearthing overt and implicit biases. We assist those who are developing AT programs that de-center the white, patriarchal Western European lens of its origins.” Joan is currently re-developing her AT course at W&M to be a somatics course supporting social justice.

• Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
• Joan Gavaler, Guest Worship Leader
• Arden Walker, Piano
• Jane Ferguson & Annette Adler, Guest Musicians

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Join us as we explore the powerful connection between belief and creation. We'll journey from Renaissance Italy to the Great Awakening in the American colonies, and on to our own time, examining acts of courage and faith that transformed the world. Seth Merritt has been a WUU member since 2014, and a resident of Williamsburg since 2005. He has been a “remote” employee of several organizations engaged in nonprofit fundraising and advocacy, and recently joined William & Mary's development team. He is a husband, father, and professional amateur.

• Liz Wiley, Worship Associate
• Seth Merritt, Worship Leader
• Heidi Sousa, piano
• John Chowning, Guest Musician

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Join us one and all, large and small! Together we will create group mandalas using elements from nature: petals, leaves, shells, pine cones (materials will be provided). The whole service comes full circle, framed by our beloved Flower Communion: bring a flower or flowers, if you can, and at the end receive a flower to take with you.

• Liz Wiley, Worship Chair
• Susan Fournier, Worship Associate
• Heidi Sousa, piano

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When it comes to singing Billy Taylor’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” (as popularized by Nina Simone) as one of our hymns — #151 in Singing the Living Tradition — some urge caution to those who enjoy white privilege on the basis that we don’t know what it’s like not to be free. As the Rev. Kimberley Debus puts it, “we don’t have, in our living memory, a deep, soul-rooted knowledge of what it means to be in chains. We just don’t.” Given the ways in which racism and other oppressions ultimately deny everyone’s humanity, though, do we actually know how freedom feels?

• Welcome, Greeting, Nan Hart Worship Associate
• Rev. Andrew Millard, Guest Worship Leader
• Leslie Fabian Worship Associate
• Heidi Sousa, piano

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Did you know that people who identify as LBGTQ are two to three times as likely to have a substance use disorder? As part of PRIDE month, let’s talk about why, and what we can do to be a welcoming, health-promoting and life-affirming community for people with a variety of lived experience.

• Welcome, Greeting, Nan Hart Worship Associate
• Natalie Miller Moore, Guest Worship Leader
• Announcements, Liz Wiley
• Chris Mooney, Music Director
• Heidi Sousa, piano
• David Hamilton, piano
• John Keating, guitar

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A service woven of 7 strands: the songs of John Chowning, the piano music of David Hamilton, the poetry of Kim McHugh, a From the Heart by Donna Stanford, a contemplation on the natural world, crystal singing bowls played by Liz Wiley, and a brief moment from our WUU history

• Welcome, Greeting, Nan Hart Worship Associate
• Announcements, Liz Wiley
• Chris Mooney, Music Director
• Heidi Sousa, piano
• David Hamilton, piano
• Liz Wiley, crystal singing bowls
• John Chowning, guitar

Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.

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Come join us for our annual May Day celebration! We will weave the colorful ribbons round the Maypole in this favorite all-ages tradition. Wear bright garments! Dance a circle round! Drum, sing, and feel the rhythm of the earth! Bring friends!

• Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
• Liz Wiley, Worship Leader
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
• David & Cathy Doersch, Music
• Chris Mooney, Music Director

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For this final Sunday of National Poetry Month, the Sunday following Earth Day, we will engage actively with the poetry of Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. Come, let the experience of Joy Harjo’s creative writing open you to spaces within and beyond yourself.

• Nan Hart, Worship Associate
• Liz Wiley, Worship Leader
• John Keating, music

The YouTube version is here

Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.

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Spring is the rebirth of the natural world around us, of which we are an interconnected part, but it is also a time to re-emerge from our homes and busyness to reconnect with each other. Join us for a service that celebrates early Christian communion, the melting process on the way to butterfly-hood, and the spirit of play. Egg hunt and flower painting to follow.

• Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
• Natalie Miller Moore, Guest Worship Leader
• WUU Choir, directed by Chris Mooney, Music Director
• Heidi Sousa, piano
• Liz Wiley, Worship Chair

The YouTube version is here

Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.

Permission to reprint, podcast, and/or stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-735438. All rights reserved.

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In this Sunday service, WUU member Anne Stevens will discuss changes in creative direction. Join us in person or online at 10 am!

Anne Stevens joined WUU in 2004. After 12 years as a worship associate, she now serves as Caring Team Chair. A 1975 graduate of William & Mary, Anne earned her MS in occupational therapy in 1996. In between, she worked in the restaurant business for 20 years, during which time she studied pottery post-graduate at William & Mary. Anne retired from the WJCC school system in 2018. She is married to WUU member Clay Blanton. Anne raised two sons, Carson and Dean

• Leslie Fabian, Worship Associate
• Anne Stevens, Guest Worship Leader
• Liz Wiley, Worship Chair
• Heidi Sousa, Piano
• David Hamilton, Reading

The YouTube version is here

Thank you for listening. For more information about the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, or to join us on Sunday mornings, visit www.wuu.org.

Permission to reprint, podcast, and/or stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-735438. All rights reserved.