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Rev. Chris Jimmerson
January 30, 2022
First UU Church of Austin
4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756
www.austinuu.org
We tend to think of our identities as clearly defined and stable over time. Research shows though that our identities are complex, sometimes self- contradictory, and adaptable, as well as that they evolve over time. And that may be advantageous. We’ll explore this and claiming our full identity as individuals and as a religious community.
Chalice Lighting
This is the flame we hold in our hearts as we strive for justice for everyone. This is the light we shine upon systems of oppression until they are no more. This is the warmth that we share with one another as our struggle becomes our salvation.
Call to Worship
One of the major shifts in human understanding has been a move away from seeing ourselves as solitary independent agents in charge of our own destiny toward a more complex awareness that we are in a direct function of who we are with. We are relational creatures. Everything about us is shaped by our connections or disconnections with those around us.
– Rev. Ken Herto
Affirming Our Mission
Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.
Learn more about Beloved Community at this link. – The King Center
Meditation Reading
IMPERFECTLY DIVINE
By Alix KlingenbergSpirit of Life, Earth and Sea and Sky,
Place of deep longing in my hearts
Find your way from silence to voice
Give me strength and courage to speak truth through my life
For I am a creature of the Universe, small but infinite
A momentary body in the sea of life, and also the sea itself
I am a gathered bit of energy, and one who gathers
A creation and a creator
Let me not hold too tightly to one form and lose the other
For we are not form but process, ever-changing and ever-renewing
Help us see that we are neither the beginning nor the end,
but something perfectly natural and imperfectly divine.
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