7/6/08 - Dvorak's Dream: the New World
7/6/08 - Dvorak's Dream: the New World (2nd Service)
7/13/08 - : Lumos: It's Better to Light a Wand than to Curse the Darkness
7/13/08 - : Lumos: It's Better to Light a Wand than to Curse the Darkness (2nd Service)
7/20/08 - Contributionism Prophecies: a Shift in Consciousness
7/20/08 - Contributionism Prophecies: a Shift in Consciousness (2nd Service)
7/27/08 - Who Tells the Story?
7/27/08 - Who Tells the Story? (2nd Service)
8/17/08 - A Gathering of Waters and People
8/17/08 - A Gathering of Waters and People (2nd Service)
Jul 6th 2008
9:30 am & 11:15 am
In his Ninth Symphony, Antonin Dvorak expressed his dream of the New World, using melodies he learned from Harry T. Burleigh, an African American composer whose music was loved by many New Yorkers and Unitarians on Martha's Vineyard. In this sermon, The Reverend Dr. Marie deYoung will meditate on the evocative power of Dvorak's music - of all music -- to help us shape a world that is filled with tenderness, reverence, vitality and love.
Jul 13th 2008
9:30 am & 11:15 am
The staff and children of our Hogwarts Summer Camp, led by Religious Education Director Jessica Zebrine Gray, will share their exploration of light with the congregation. This participatory service will include music, stories, readings, dance and more from the week of summer camp. It is sure to be an enLIGHTening morning. The congregation will also be invited to tour the Hogwarts facility after each service.
Jul 20th 2008
9:30 am & 11:15 am
The Reverend Jim VanderWeele will examine Process Theology, as taught by Charles Hartshorne in A New World And New World View, and the Revolution in Human Consciousness, presented by Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth. These two authors share an insight into how the progress of humanity is pointing toward something new, bold, and different and it is just around the corner.
Jul 27th 2008
9:30 am & 11:15 am
The Reverend Melanie Morel-Ensminger asks us how does our historical memory of the past help us make sense of the present, and develop hopes and plans for the future? It all depends on whose memory forms the basis of that history. Who gets to shape the present by the retelling of the past is powerful indeed? Whether the issue is racial, economic, or cultural justice, or whether it is about the history of a congregation, or even family memory -- who has the power to tell the story is important.
Aug 17th 2008
9:30 am & 11:15 am
The water ceremony is a specific Unitarian Universalist ritual where individuals in the congregation join together after the summer and pour waters collected from their summer travels into a single vessel, symbolizing our coming together as a community. The Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge has practiced the Water Ceremony in September every year since 1990. However, this is late in comparison to our Religious Education year, which starts in mid-August with Ingathering. This year we are taking a new approach by combining Ingathering and the Water Ceremony. Also, our church continues to offer full programming through the summer, so the Water Ceremony represents more than just “where I went on my summer vacation.” It will be a gathering of waters and people, finding a deeper meaning in our connections to one another through an exploration of beginnings, journeys, endings, and healings. So, gather your waters while you travel, or while you stay close to home. We look forward to this time of blessing, sharing, and communion.
