{"id":8456,"date":"2025-01-28T20:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T03:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=8456"},"modified":"2025-04-28T08:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:33:04","slug":"woke-and-proud","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/services\/woke-and-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke and Proud (with audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s world, the word &#8220;woke&#8221; has evolved into a rallying cry for awareness, justice, and compassion\u2014values that resonate deeply with Unitarian Universalist principles. Yet, it has also become a term of controversy and misunderstanding. What does it truly mean to be \u201cwoke\u201d in this moment, and why should we, as Unitarian Universalists, take pride in embodying its spirit? Join us as we affirm our identity as a community rooted in awareness, courage, and collective pride in living our faith authentically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading: \u201dThe Central Task,\u201d by Rev. Mark Morrison Reed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe central task of the religious community is to unveil the bonds that bind us All<\/p>\n<p>Once felt, it inspires us to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click below to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">listen<\/span> to the recorded sermon from today&#8217;s service.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8456-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Woke-Proud-edited-4.4.25-Susannah-Gary.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Woke-Proud-edited-4.4.25-Susannah-Gary.mp3\">https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Woke-Proud-edited-4.4.25-Susannah-Gary.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s world, the word &#8220;woke&#8221; has evolved into a rallying cry for awareness, justice, and compassion\u2014values that resonate deeply with Unitarian Universalist principles. Yet, it has also become a term of controversy and misunderstanding. What does it truly mean to be \u201cwoke\u201d in this moment, and why should we, as Unitarian Universalists, take pride &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/services\/woke-and-proud\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Woke and Proud (with audio)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"uu_service_speaker":[161],"uu_service_topics":[],"class_list":["post-8456","uu_services","type-uu_services","status-publish","hentry","uu_service_speaker-rev-anthony-mtuaswa-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/8456","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=8456"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/8456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8729,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_services\/8456\/revisions\/8729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uu_service_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_service_speaker?post=8456"},{"taxonomy":"uu_service_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uu_service_topics?post=8456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}