Tag Archives: Interfaith
Listening Party with Bishop John Selders
Spearheaded by the UUS:E Social Justice Committee, this series celebrates art and its diverse makers, forms, and functions. SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, January 19, 7 – 9PM at UUS:E “Hymns and Other Spiritual Songs: A Listening Party and Performance with … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Culture
Tagged AIDS/HIV, Amistad UCC, antiracism, Arts Mash, Bishop John Selders, Congregational, Gospel Music, Hymns and Other Spiritual Songs, Interfaith, Josh Pawelek, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in Manchester, Nones, Social Justice, Spiritual but not Religious, Unitarian Universalist, UUS:E, welcoming congregation
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Transgender Day of Remembrance at HartfordFAVS
On Tuesday evening, (Nov. 20), approximately 100 people observed the Hartford area’s 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Participants gathered at the Charter Oak Cultural Center and marched north on Main Street to a vigil at the Hartford Public Library. Speakers at the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Community Events
Tagged church, Connecticut, Faith, Interfaith, liberal religion, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in Manchester, MCC Hartford, Metropolitan Community Church, Nones, Rev Josh Pawelek, Rev. Aaron Miller, Rev. Jan Nielsen, Spiritual but not Religious, TDOR, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Unitarian Universalist, Unitarian Universalist Society: East, Universalist Church of West Hartford, UU, UUS:E, welcoming congregation
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“Would You Harbor Me?”
During the 2012 Hartford-area Kristallnacht Commemoration at the Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartt School dance instructor, Bonita Weisman, improvised to Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “Would You Harbor Me?” Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post share via Reddit Share with Stumblers … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Culture
Tagged Arts in Worship, Beloved Community, Bonita Weisman, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Holocaust, Interfaith, Jewish History, Josh Pawelek, Judaism, Kristallnacht, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, love, Rabbi Donna Berman, Rev Josh Pawelek, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UU, UUS:E, uuseast, Would You Harbor Me?
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People Who Speak Now
It is an honor to to speak at this evening’s Kristallnacht observance. I’m grateful to Rabbi Berman for the invitation and excited to say a few words on this somber yet ultimately hopeful occasion. It goes without saying, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged antiracism, Arts in Worship, Beloved Community, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Concentration Camps, Confessing Church, Faith, God, Hitler, Holocasut, Interfaith, Josh Pawelek, Judaism, Kristallnacht, liberal religion, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, love, Martin Niemoller, Nazi, Night of Broken Glass, Rabbi Donna Berman, Rev Josh Pawelek, sermons, Social Justice, Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt, Theist, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UUS:E
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Sharp Shards Glistening (a poem for Kristallnacht, 2012)
Broken glass littering the streets; sharps shards in the cold November morning, a thin layer of frost, wet now, glistening as the sun rises on cities and towns in shock at what has happened, cities and towns embarrassed at inhumanity, … Continue reading
Posted in Prayers & Meditations
Tagged Beloved Community, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Faith, God, Holocaust, Interfaith, Josh Pawelek, Judaism, Kristallnacht, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, Night of Broken Glass, Peace, Poem, Repair the World, Rev Josh Pawelek, Social Justice, Unitarian Universalism, UUS:E
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September 11, 2011 — What Have We Learned
My dear colleague, the Rev. Carolyn Patierno, minister of the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation in New London, CT, offered this reflection on the September 11th, 2001 terrorists attacks last year. Still relevant a year later . . _______________________________________________ Peter … Continue reading
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Tagged 911, All Souls New London, Beloved Community, Carolyn Patierno, Connecticut, Edward Everett Hale, Faith, Interfaith, liberal religion, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in New London, Never Forget, Peter Gomes, September 11th, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, UU, UUS:E
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No Greater Love (or Not Your Kind of People)
Last month the rock band Garbage released its most recent album entitled “Not Your Kind of People.”[1] The lyrics to the title track seem so relevant to what I want to say this morning that I’ve decided to share them with … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheist, Beloved Community, Borders, church, Curiosity, Exceptionalism, Faith, Garbage, Humility, Interfaith, Josh Pawelek, liberal religion, Liberal religion Hartford, liberal religion in CT, liberal religion in Manchester, Liberal religion Manchester, Lionsgate, No Greater Love, Not Your Kind of People, Religious Exceptionalism, Rev Josh Pawelek, Rev Josh Pawlek, sermons, Thomas Nelson, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, Universalism, UU, UUS:E, uuseast, welcoming congregation
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THOUGHTS ON HEALTHCARE AT THE 2012 OCCUPY HARTFORD MAY DAY RALLY
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Tagged church, GHICEJ, Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice, Hartford, Hartford Organizing Group, health care public option, health care reform, HOG, ICEJ, Interfaith, Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care, Josh Pawelek, Liberal Religion CT, Liberal religion Hartford, Liberal religion Manchester, May Day, Occupy, Occupy Hartford, public option, Rev Josh Pawelek, Social Justice, sustinet, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist Society: East, Universal Health Care, UU, UUism, UUS:E
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