2022 - 2023
| Date | Discussion Topic | Suggested by | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun-Sep 4, 10AM | No Service | ||
| Wed-Sep 7, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome Bring your own food |
| Sun-Sep 11, 10AM | A study of the book Atomic Habits by James Clear.
[video] |
Tanya Busailah | ● Master WINNING habits by doing this! click [0:58]
● Proven Way to Build AWESOME HABITS & Break Bad Ones click [10:24] ● How to become 37.78 times better at anything | Atomic Habits summary (by James Clear) click [28:10] |
| Sun-Sep 18, 10AM | "The Value of Being Unitarian Universalist"
Welcome back for the new church year. We will have a water ceremony where we symbolically come back from our summer experiences and gather together, again. |
Rev. Beverly Seese | Ten Great Reasons to Join a Unitarian Universalist Community
You will find inspiration and support to… 1 ~ lead a life of integrity through universal principles that uplift courage and compassion 2 ~ expand your heart and mind by learning from ancient wisdom, modern science, and the world’s great prophets and teachers 3 ~ join a centuries-old liberal tradition of reason and imagination 4 ~ embody worthiness and liberation for yourself and everyone you meet 5 ~ make your religious home in a community that accepts and cares for your whole beautiful self 6 ~ build relationships with people of all ages, identities, beliefs, and backgrounds 7 ~ cultivate gratitude for the beauty and power of life’s moments and milestones 8 ~ resist injustice and work for a better world, alongside friends who share your values 9 ~ become your best self and help others in your community do the same 10 ~ appreciate the interwoven nature of the universe and trust that none of us travels life’s journey alone. Get ready for an extraordinary adventure in Faith! We welcome all of who you are. |
| Wed-Sep 21, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome Bring your own food |
| Sun-Sep 25, 10AM | Reflections on a trip down the Danube | Chris Paszkiet | . |
| Sun-Oct 2, 10AM | Racial Progression in our Generation by Rev Mike Smith
[TEDx Talk] |
Stephen Ewbank | An alternate title would be "Why I stopped using the "N" word." Mike Smith grew up in the South. He ran away from home at 17 and although white and non-religious, he enrolled in a black ministerial school and became a minister. In a congregation of thousands, he is one of only a handful of whites, and has picked up the nickname "White Mike." He reflects on how he still has to contend with an inner racism that came from his childhood. [click] |
| Sun-Oct 9, 10AM | Folklore and Legends of October Mt | Sandy McDowell | History of October Mountain- Part 2: Folklore & Mysteries [4:58]
Michael Jackson - Thriller [13:42] |
| Sun-Oct 16, 10AM | Talking to strangers: If Not Now, Tell Me When | Rev. Beverly Seese | [NY Times] Why Strangers Are Good for Us
[book] The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World |
| Wed-Oct 19, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Oct 23, 10AM | Whales | Sandy McDowell |
What Sperm Whales Can Teach Us About Humanity [4:01]
How Sperm Whales Learned to Outsmart their Hunters [7:12] Farewell To Tarwathie Judy Collins [5:47] |
| Sun-Oct 30, 10AM | History of Halloween | Sandy McDowell | ● The Celtic Origins of Halloween - Samhain - LibGuides at The Westport Library
● Halloween History | National Geographic - YouTube [3:11] |
| Wed-Nov 2, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Nov 6, 10AM | Zoomba - how to for beginners | Sandy McDowell |
● 10-minute Indoor Walking Workout for Seniors, Beginner Exercisers [13:04]
● Brandi Carlile - Mainstream Kid [4:19] |
| Sun-Nov 13, 10AM | Why do we believe things that are not true? | Steve Ewbank | [Philip Fernbach | TEDx][15:50] |
| Wed-Nov 16, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Nov 20, 10AM | National Absurdity Day | Sandy Mcdowell | The shared experience of absurdity [12:04] |
| Sun-Nov 27, 10AM | Let's Talk Turkey | Rev. Beverly Seese | Biden pardons turkeys Peanut Butter and Jelly |
| Sun-Dec 4, 10AM | Greeting the day | Sandy Mcdowell | 2014 Winter Solstice Sunrise at Stonehenge [11:16]
Oliver - Good Morning Starshine [3:42] |
| Dec. 5 - Dec. 11 - CHALICA | |||
| Wed-Dec 7, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Dec 11, 10AM | Anticipation | Rev. Beverly Seese | TBA |
| Sun-Dec 18, 10AM | Christmas carol: Good King Wenceslas | Sandy McDowell |
Who murdered Good King Wenceslas...? [12:04]
Origins of The Good King Wenceslas Carol [10:24] Good King Wenceslas from "A Castle Christmas" [2:15] Mannheim Steamroller Christmas - Good King Wenceslas [3:34] |
| Wed-Dec 21, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Dec 25, 10AM | Yule traditions
NO SERVICE TODAY MERRY CHRISTMAS |
Sandy McDowell | Yule: Word History Connections [9:43]
Boar's Head Procession [1:06] Wassailing the Apple Trees [2:46] |
| Sun-Jan 1, 10AM | Happy 2023, wherever you are!
NO SERVICE TODAY |
Bev Seese | No service at our building |
| Wed-Jan 4 NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Jan 8, 10AM | Evolution of Morality (part 1) | Doug Eglen | Will research this topic and come up with a power point presentation. |
| Sun-Jan 15, 10AM | Evolution of Morality (part 2) | Doug Eglen | Will research this topic and come up with a power point presentation. |
| Wed-Jan 18, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Jan 22, 10AM | Who decides what you think, not you?.... | Ted Wetekamp | Ted Talk by Staffan Ehde [18:02]
Hypnosis, Finally explained [11:19] |
| Sun-Jan 29, 10AM | In the Deep Mid-Winter | Rev. Beverly Seese | TBA |
| Wed-Feb 1, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Feb 5, 10AM | Coping With Uncertainty | Sarah Stevens | Subject material from Sheila Kennedy's blog |
| Sun-Feb 12, 10AM | Darwin's birthday & Theory of Evolution | Sandy McDowell | Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science #22 [13:09] |
| Wed-Feb 15, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | Howard County Library SOUTH
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Wed-Feb 15 | Get posession of 1704 W. Boulevard St. | ||
| Sun-Feb 19, 10AM
Last Sunday on Market St. after 18 years |
Black History Month and Civil Rights | Rev. Beverly Seese | When Did the Civil Rights Movement Begin? Reconstruction & the Civil Rights Act of 1875 [10:50]
The Legacy of Caring By Thandeka Despair is my private pain Born from what I have failed to say failed to do failed to overcome. Be still my inner self let me rise to you let me reach down into your pain and soothe you. I turn to you to renew my life I turn to the world the streets of the city the worn tapestries of brokerage firms crack dealers private estates personal things in the bag lady’s cart rage and pain in the faces that turn from me afraid of their own inner worlds. This common world I love anew as the life blood of generations who refused to surrender their humanity in an inhumane world courses through my veins. From within this world my despair is transformed to hope and I begin anew the legacy of caring.
Source: "Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood" About the Author Thandeka - The Rev. Dr. Thandeka is a Unitarian Universalist theologian, journalist, and congregational consultant who leads the "We Love Beyond Belief" project. She was given the Xhosa name Thandeka, which means "beloved," by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1984. |
| Wed-Feb 22 | Move Out of Market St. | ||
| Sun-Feb 26, 10AM
First Sunday at 1704 W. Boulevard St. |
DISCERNMENT | Beverly Seese | Sermon III in the Year-Long Series “12 Gates to the City: Spiritual Pathways For Entering the Holy City of Your Own life”
Rev. Scott W. Alexander, Unitarian Universalist Church of Reston, VA. Sunday, February 5, 2023. |
| Wed-Mar 1, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Mar 5, 10AM | How to Integrate Suffering into Your Life and Understand It | Tanya Busailah | ● How To Keep Your Heart Open In Hell - Ram Dass [13:44]
● “Signs from the creator.” - Dr. Joe Dispenza [11:34] |
| Sun-Mar 12, 10AM | Unitarian Universalist Understanding of Tolerance | Rev. Beverly Seese | Torda450 - Celebrating the Anniversary of Religious Tolerance [readings] |
| Wed-Mar 15, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Mar 19, 10AM | Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) | Sandy McDowell | 1964: Predictions of the future. [12.05] |
| Sun-Mar 26, 10AM | Diverse American English Accents | Sandy McDowell | ● Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents [21:32]
● The Hokey Pokey Song with Actions [2:25] |
| Sun-Apr 2, 10AM | Mindfulness - Rev. Scott Alexander, Sermon 1 in the 12-part series “Twelve Gates to the Holy City of Your Own Life.” | Beverly Seese | Mindfulness
As Ralph Waldo Emerson once wisely said, “Only that day dawns to which we are awake.” |
| Wed-Apr 5, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Apr 9, 10AM | Women in History | Beverly Seese | ● Denied A Stage, She Sang For A Nation [7:51]
● The best of Mae West [2:14] ● Elle King, Miranda Lambert - Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) [4:03] ● 6 Famous Women Who Were Secretly Spies | History Countdown[8:52] ● Blue Danube [2:36] |
| Sun-Apr 16, 10AM | Living by the Golden Rule: Is it Possible? | Rev. Beverly Seese | ● The Golden Rule by Pato Banton & The Now Generation [5:48]
● Charter for Compassion [3:31] |
| Wed-Apr 19, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Apr 23, 10AM | "Fitness" This is sermon II in the sermon series, “12 Gates to the Holy City of Your Own Life.” Rev. Scott Alexander | Beverly Seese | ● I Sing the Body Electric - BY WALT WHITMAN
● Regular exercise protects against fatal covid, a new study shows ● These 2-minute exercise bursts may be better than your regular workout |
| Sat-Apr 29, 2pm | UU Women's Connection "Tea & Talk" - Beltane (May Day) [zoom] | announcement | See announcement for links to Zoom |
| Sun-Apr 30, 10AM | Near Death Experiences | Tanya Busailah | Man Dies; Shown Shocking Truth About Creation And Why We're Here [26:22] |
| Wed-May 3, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own lunch |
| Sun-May 7, 10AM | "The Interdependent World in Which We Live - Fostering Open-hearted Engagement" | Rev. Beverly Seese | “Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.” Robin Wall Kimmerer - Author |
| Sun-May 14, 10AM | Why Are We Here? | Beverly Seese | “Five New Reasons NOT to Be a Unitarian Universalist” - Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter First Unitarian Church of Dallas |
| Wed-May 17, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own lunch |
| Sun-May 21, 10AM | Flower Communion Sunday
Closing Service for the regular church year |
Rev. Beverly Seese |
● Bring some blossoms ● Annual Meeting of Members ● Carry-in lunch |
| Sun-May 28, 10AM | No Service | ||
| Sun-Jun 4, 10AM | Truth and Authority: What Do We Know for Sure? | Sarah Stevens | Building Your Own Theology (BYOT) – Session 1 |
| Wed-Jun 7, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Thr-Jun 8, 7pm | Game Night | Rev Seese | Bring your favorite games to the church at 7:00 and enjoy fellowship and light snacks |
| Sun-Jun 11, 10AM | Unity in Diversity: What Holds Us Together? | Sarah Stevens | BYOT – Session 2 |
| Sun-Jun 18, 10AM | The Nature of Spirituality: What is Holy? | Sarah Stevens | BYOT – Session 3 |
| Wed-Jun 21, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Jun 25, 10AM | Sin and Salvation: Are We Saved? | Sarah Stevens | BYOT – Session 4 |
| Sun-Jul 2, 10AM | Open Forum | Sarah Stevens | Discussion of topics from participants |
| Wed-Jul 5, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Jul 9, 10AM | Eschatology: Do We Account for Evil? | Sarah Stevens | BYOT – Session 5 |
| Thr-Jul 13, 7pm | Game Night | Rev Seese | Bring your favorite games to the church at 7:00 and enjoy fellowship and light snacks |
| Sun-Jul 16, 10AM | Justice and the Beloved Community: What is Our Place in the World? | Sarah Stevens | BYOT – Session 6 |
| Wed-Jul 19, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Jul 23, 10AM | Gathering in the park | Sarah Stevens | Bring food to share |
| Sun-Jul 30, 10AM | Individualism and Community: What is the Role of the Church? | Sarah Stevens | BYOT – Session 7 |
| Wed-Aug 2, NOON | LUNCH BUNCH | Rev. Beverly Seese | 1704 W. Boulevard
Everyone welcome ● Bring your own food |
| Sun-Aug 6, 10AM | Suffering and Meaning: Why Do Bad Things Happen? | Sarah Stevens | BYOT – Session 8 |