{"id":6574,"date":"2023-03-20T17:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T00:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/?post_type=uu_services&p=6574"},"modified":"2023-04-27T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T18:51:20","slug":"even-though-the-body-keeps-score-you-can-thrive","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/services\/even-though-the-body-keeps-score-you-can-thrive\/","title":{"rendered":"Even though the body keeps score, you can thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chuck Spence, our speaker for this Sunday, will talk about being abused as a child\/adolescent and how he overcame it and finally accepted being gay.<\/p>\n

Chuck has been an active UU for 50 years. He founded one fellowship and served as board president at 4 other churches\/fellowships and chaired the UUSC board.\u00a0He served as president and chancellor college systems for 30 years, and then spent 15 years as a board member (and CEO) of high tech higher education companies and founded a new company 5 years ago. He serves as board chair.<\/p>\n

He has been active in anti-violence associations and was a founder of Male Survivor which focused on healing for men who had been abused.\u00a0 He appeared on Oprah to discuss these issues.<\/p>\n

He is married to Neil Kennedy, a ceramicist, and moved to Sedona 5 years ago.\u00a0 Chuck is active in support of the Arts, Unify Sedona and Northern Arizona Restorative Justice. \u00a0He has three children and 4 grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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This in-person service takes place in the sanctuary at the JCSVV, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive.<\/p>\n

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