Magic and Miracles
Contemporary American culture is steeped in capitalist notions of productivity and “earning” our worth. Commitments to flourishing and to honoring our inherent worthiness are radical acts that our Unitarian Universalist faith calls us to do. Let’s explore lessons from Disney’s Encanto that illustrate how we can be the magic and miracle for each other. Our Guest preacher is Rev. Beth Monhollen and Ann McCallister is our Worship Associate.
Rev. Beth Monhollen is originally from southeastern Kentucky and she has called Milwaukee, WI home since her teen years. She stumbled upon Unitarian Universalism while engaging in reproductive rights activism more than 25 years ago and joined her home church the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee in 2013, where she discerned a call to UU ministry. Earlier this summer, she completed a two-year ministerial internship in eastern Pennsylvania and graduated with her MDiv from Meadville Lombard Theological School. She’s excited to be reunited with her spouse and their three rescue pets as they prepare for a move to Champaign, Illinois where she has accepted the call to serve the UU Church of Urbana-Champaign.
Rev. Beth’s grounds her theology on experiencing the divine through our interconnections and interdependence with all life and in fostering mutuality in all our relationships.
We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, July 16th at 10:30 am.
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