Wavelengths: A WUU Podcast

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As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm that all of our voices matter, and our questions are as valuable as our certainties. Today, you're invited to bring your questions about religion, spirituality, ethics, or anything else keeping you up at night. Rev. Laura will respond to as many as time allows, and all of us will have opportunities to share our own answers after the service.

• Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
• Nan Hart, Worship Associate
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
• Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano

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Last month, eight WUUs got online along with nearly 5000 other UUs to participate in the UUA General Assembly, the largest annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists. Today we'll share what we learned and what we're committing to going forward.

• Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
• Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
• Ellie Ransom, Reflection
• Music from the 2021 UUA General Assembly

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This sermon strives to answer two simple questions. Do others really see us, as we see ourselves? And two, how do people muster the strength and fortitude to live into the best of oneself?

• Rev. Kaaren Anderson, Guest Worship Leader David Hopkinson, Worship Associate Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano Neva Tayler, Music

Rev. Kaaren Anderson has been a UU minister for the past 26 years. She has served congregations in MA and NY, most recently at First Unitarian in Rochester, NY. She is a visual artist who draws with sharpie on paper, most often capturing the humor and quirk of the animal kingdom. In August, she starts as the new 2 yr. interim minister in Vero Beach, FL.

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We are thrilled to be joined again today by guests from the Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha. Sangha member and our Quaker Neighbor Friend Darrell Key will share the story of his journey from growing up in the deep South to his life in the United States military to his world today in Williamsburg.

• Darrell Key, Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha, Guest Worship Leader
• Mary McGovern, Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha, Guest Worship Leader
• Susan Childs, Williamsburg Buddhist Sangha, Guest Worship Leader
• Nicki Peet, Worship Associate
• Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
• John Chowning, Music

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Playing games, telling jokes, having fun--the lighter side of being human, right? And maybe something more: today we'll explore the deeper meanings of play as resistance and deep spiritual connection.

• Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
• Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
• Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education

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Most Unitarian Universalists are surprised to learn that we are the religious descendants of the Puritans and that the foundation of our living tradition comes from the Puritans’ interpretation of the Bible. Indeed, The Cambridge Platform of 1648 not only gave us freedom from kings and bishops but also placed us in mutual relationship with one another, both as individuals and as congregations.

• Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
• David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
• Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education

The YouTube version is here

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With Covid 19 restrictions being lifted, we are faced with a post pandemic reality very different from the life we led before the March 20 shutdown. How will we negotiate that crossing? What will we leave behind? What will we create that's new and life affirming? Coming as we are from a year of isolation and drastic societal changes?

Most Unitarian Universalists are surprised to learn that we are the religious descendants of the Puritans and that the foundation of our living tradition comes from the Puritans’ interpretation of the Bible. Indeed, The Cambridge Platform of 1648 not only gave us freedom from kings and bishops but also placed us in mutual relationship with one another, both as individuals and as congregations.

• Rev. Andrew Clive Millard, Guest Worship Leader
• Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education

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The Rev. Andrew Clive Millard has served the Mission of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Peninsula in Newport News since 2010. Born in England, he came to the United States to be a physicist and then found religion by way of environmentalism. Andrew lives in Gloucester with Allison and their apparently pre-teen daughter, Olivia. He looks forward to returning to WUU for his fourth pulpit swap with Rev. Laura.

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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With Covid 19 restrictions being lifted, we are faced with a post pandemic reality very different from the life we led before the March 20 shutdown. How will we negotiate that crossing? What will we leave behind? What will we create that's new and life affirming? Coming as we are from a year of isolation and drastic societal changes?

The life we enter will seem strange as we take baby steps into the open air. Learning to breathe in this new atmosphere; overcoming our fear of both disease and one another? How do we pass from one shore to the other with awareness and good intention?

• Nicki Peet, Guest Worship Leader
• Nan Hart, Worship Associate
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
• Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
• John Chowning, Reading

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UU principles call us to "a free and responsible search for truth and meaning." In this time of "fake news" and lying for the sake of power, how can we contribute to rebuilding a culture of truth?

• Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
• Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano

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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 celebrate with our high school seniors at our annual "Bridging" service!

• Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
• David Hopkinson, Worship Associate
• Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
• Dave Robbins, Assistant Director of Music, Piano
• Emma's Revolution, "Swimming to the Other Side"

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.