Our #UUAGA Stories, Reflections, Information, & Feelings #uu
I participated in the worship service today which was about our annual meeting, the General Assembly (GA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). You can listen to the audio here and/or read this synopsis.
I told a story during the Time for All Ages about how we had a homeschooling group in our church that was connected with a larger community who met via email 15 yrs. ago. We made a banner using felt and the children traced their hands to put on the banner. Those of use who attended in 1997 marched with that banner in the banner parade which we have at the beginning of every GA. We watched part of this video - the march starts just a few minutes into the video.
The minister starts with an explanation about the basics, but included a quip about the GA when lightning struck our Standing on the Side of Love banner.
Then Liz, our consistent delegate, spoke about the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) service with beautiful music and the installation of Meg Riley who used to head the Faith in Action Washington Office. She talked about how we're spreading out in a human connection using the internet and other technology - it's not just congregations any more - we're a movement. Liz also spoke of the Ware lecture, our keynote speaker, which was Karen Armstrong last year. Karen has written many books, including "A History of God." Liz also tells a little about Karen's interesting life.
Then I spoke for just a minute or so, mentioning my blog - you can click on my tag uuaga11 to see all I wrote about last year's GA with photos. I shared about my biggest experience with the UU minister of Uganda and how much of a difference we can make as a small religious organization. Here's the video I mentioned of the new song we sang, "This is a Promise I Will Keep":
Mike talked about how he goes because he enjoys it and is never a delegate. He tells a personal story about his Greek heritage and how he relates the pilgrimage his family went on to what we do when we go to GA. Then he talked about going to Phoenix next year and how we've had a couple of discussions about the book, "The Death of Josseline" which is a very touching story about the history of migration and what's happening in Arizona.
Rev. Bruce spoke again about themes at our GAs - he noted 3 major themes this last year: our future, theology, justice. He talked a bit about each. It ended with the video by UUA President Morales at the great wall in Arizona - view it here.
I told a story during the Time for All Ages about how we had a homeschooling group in our church that was connected with a larger community who met via email 15 yrs. ago. We made a banner using felt and the children traced their hands to put on the banner. Those of use who attended in 1997 marched with that banner in the banner parade which we have at the beginning of every GA. We watched part of this video - the march starts just a few minutes into the video.
The minister starts with an explanation about the basics, but included a quip about the GA when lightning struck our Standing on the Side of Love banner.
Then Liz, our consistent delegate, spoke about the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) service with beautiful music and the installation of Meg Riley who used to head the Faith in Action Washington Office. She talked about how we're spreading out in a human connection using the internet and other technology - it's not just congregations any more - we're a movement. Liz also spoke of the Ware lecture, our keynote speaker, which was Karen Armstrong last year. Karen has written many books, including "A History of God." Liz also tells a little about Karen's interesting life.
Then I spoke for just a minute or so, mentioning my blog - you can click on my tag uuaga11 to see all I wrote about last year's GA with photos. I shared about my biggest experience with the UU minister of Uganda and how much of a difference we can make as a small religious organization. Here's the video I mentioned of the new song we sang, "This is a Promise I Will Keep":
Click to viewMike talked about how he goes because he enjoys it and is never a delegate. He tells a personal story about his Greek heritage and how he relates the pilgrimage his family went on to what we do when we go to GA. Then he talked about going to Phoenix next year and how we've had a couple of discussions about the book, "The Death of Josseline" which is a very touching story about the history of migration and what's happening in Arizona.
Rev. Bruce spoke again about themes at our GAs - he noted 3 major themes this last year: our future, theology, justice. He talked a bit about each. It ended with the video by UUA President Morales at the great wall in Arizona - view it here.