This in-person service was held in the sanctuary at the JCSVV, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive, and featured live singing by our musician Susannah Martin.<\/p>\n
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Constellations of Our Lives<\/strong><\/p>\n Humans make maps of stars, choosing some stars, ignoring others, Humans make constellations by connecting stars. Let us imagine the stories of our lives as a starry universe above our heads.<\/p>\n As leaders of this congregation, we are tasked and trusted May the stories we connect draw constellations — Karen G. Johnston, settled minister at The Unitarian Society in East Brunswick, NJ.<\/em><\/p>\n ******<\/p>\n Based on recommendations from our Covid Safety Response Team, the Board has decided to ease the requirement for wearing masks during our in-person services, beginning with this week’s service. This also applies to making announcements and expressing Joys and Concerns from our community microphone. You may read their complete report here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Thank you to team members\u00a0Jim Loomis,\u00a0Penny DeJarnette, and\u00a0Rev. Anthony for continuing to monitor the situation and for their thoughtful consideration; and to everyone for being aware of the ongoing risks and for doing everything possible to protect yourself and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On this Sunday we recognized Chris & George Bein and Tom Roen, members of our Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, who shared personal stories of how they discovered Unitarian Universalism – or how it discovered them – and what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist. Their inspiring stories led some of those gathered to request … Continue reading SUUF and Me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"uu_service_speaker":[187,188],"uu_service_topics":[],"class_list":["post-5995","uu_services","type-uu_services","status-publish","hentry","uu_service_speaker-chris-george-bein","uu_service_speaker-tom-roen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/5995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uu_services"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5995"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/5995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6704,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/5995\/revisions\/6704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uu_service_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_service_speaker?post=5995"},{"taxonomy":"uu_service_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_service_topics?post=5995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nto project our imaginations onto the heavens.
\nThese maps shift over time, across cultures.
\nNames change for the same assemblage of bright points:
\nDrinking Gourd, Big Dipper, Plough,\u00a0Lost Hunters, Saptarishi.<\/p>\n
\nHumans make meaning by connecting stories: story to story to narrative to story.
\nSome blaze bright, some are faint. Most are backdrop to the great and mundane human unfolding.<\/p>\n
\nto draw constellations in this, our beloved, small universe.<\/p>\n
\nthat reflect a shared ministry that calls out the best in us.<\/p>\n