For decades, Unitarian Universalists throughout the country have been wrestling with our aspirations to build an anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural society—beginning with our own congregations. In the current era of hyper-consciousness about how prevalent white supremacy ideas and practices are in our national history and institutions, these aspirations seem ever more urgent—and challenging. Summit’s emeritus … Continue reading Draw the Circle Wide
What is the Lie? Which one? There are so many. What was it before MLK and the Civil Rights movement? What did it become? How has it morphed? How do we perpetuate any part of the living Lie that still exists? What is ours to do? Rev. Dr. Andrea Travers is an Interfaith Minister, Restorative … Continue reading Be-Coming Aware: The Lie of Whiteness
In our last service during a month in which we focused on Imagination, we turn to imagine the Beloved Community, as envisioned by Martin Luther King, Jr. What would a world founded on justice, equity, and love look like? How can Summit take part? And as we enter Black History Month, what can we commit … Continue reading Imagining Beloved Community
Social Justice in Action (SJIA) Members will share their vision for putting justice into action with an emphasis on addressing homelessness and participating in the Shelter Program. There is no recording available for this service.
A recognition and brief introduction of members of the board, and an explanation of what the board does. Also including an overview of the different main committees, what they do, and how to explore how members can be of service as well. There is no recording for this service.
If we, as members of the Summit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, believe in the need to create a more just and compassionate world; if we believe that all of us are part of an interconnected web of life, should we not also understand that even the act of voting our values is a spiritual act, affirming … Continue reading Voting as a Spiritual Act
The pandemic will be affecting us for a long time. Likewise, movements for social justice have long stretches where law and public opinion seem to be motionless, punctuated by moments where all the preparation pays off. In these and other fallow periods, how do we maintain hope and take care of ourselves in order to … Continue reading In It for the Long Haul
Today—in large measure due to Covid-19—we are confronted by our society’s fundamental lack of concern for the plague of poverty we now face, and the false moral narrative that has perpetuated and rationalized its existence as an inescapable and necessary condition. Together, people concerned to see a world of love and justice realized, can do … Continue reading A Call For Moral Revival
What are the spiritual and moral implications of how women are being regarded and treated in our society today? On this Social Action Sunday, worship will revolve around a personal and intimate sharing by one Summit member, and how her life has been impacted by her experiences with our country’s legal system.
Why should I love my enemy? How can I possibly act with care toward those who violate and harm me and others? In this winter of our discontent, rising hate speech and destructive partisanship reflect an ignorance of how to answer such questions. As a result we find ourselves in danger of justifying hateful actions … Continue reading Hating the Haters
