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2022 - 2023

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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

We Would Love to Have You Visit Soon!

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