November 28, 2021
We will host an in-person and virtual worship service on Sunday, November 28th at 10:15 am.
Holding History: The Liberatory Ministry of Joshua Young (winner of the 2016 UU History Convocation sermon prize)
Joshua Young was a Unitarian minister who, with his wife, was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and through serendipity, conducted the funeral of radical abolitionist John Brown. Young’s ministry preached what we today would call “collective liberation;” his story is one that inspires.
Our guest preacher, Reverend Karen G. Johnston is the Settled Minister at The Unitarian Society, a UU Congregation, in East Brunswick, NJ. She has preached here once before. Ordained in 2016, she won the 2019 Dana Greeley Sermon Prize and the 2016 Unitarian Universalist History Convocation Sermon Prize. She is the co-author of the entry on Joshua Young, the focus of the sermon, in the Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography. The heart of her spiritual practice is befriending death; she is the founder of Date with Death Club, a way to explore mortality in community.
A few important notes about participating in-person:
- Everyone over 2 in and around the UCE building will need to be masked.
- We will maintain physical distance, which means, chairs will be spaced apart and seating is limited in the sanctuary to 150. We will have overflow seating in room 3 (30) and room 6 (25), to participate in the service through the livestream.
- Please review our UCE Guidelines for Building Use before Sunday.
Please submit your Joys and Sorrows through this online form. If you submit a message by 9 am, we will try to read it that Sunday. Thank you for your patience as we are adapting to best serve you all! Note there will only be one service time so that we can gather together as a whole community of faith. You can still give to the shared offering through “text to give,” mail a check to the office with “shared offering” in the memo line, or go to our website and hit “give” on the upper right or click here. This Sunday’s shared offering recipient is Renaissance Social Services.