{"id":135514,"date":"2021-10-17T14:57:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T20:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=135514"},"modified":"2021-10-17T14:57:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T20:57:34","slug":"cultivating-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/cultivating-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8801\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-135514-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-10-17_Cultivating_Relationship.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-10-17_Cultivating_Relationship.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-10-17_Cultivating_Relationship.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-10-17_Cultivating_Relationship.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=135514-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-10-17_Cultivating_Relationship.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2021-10-17_Cultivating_Relationship.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Rev. Chris Jimmerson<br \/>October 17, 2021<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">As a faith without creed, covenantal relationship is one of our primary spiritual\/theological resources. We&#8217;ll examine some thoughts about how to cultivate relationship, whether it involves forming new relationships or sustaining and deepening existing ones &#8211; whether it is with family and other loved ones, together with each other in religious community or involves other aspects of our lives.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Chalice Lighting<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Call to Worship<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">We&#8217;re like aspen trees who are mistakenly thought that since we like many trees that is the truth. But under the ground our root system is one. We are fully alive when we we are connected because we are, we were always, part of one another.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Rev. Hillary Christiani<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Affirming Our Mission<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Learn more about Beloved Community at this link. &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thekingcenter.org\/#the-beloved-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The King Center<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Meditation Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">The ancient question, &#8220;Who am I?&#8221; inevitably leads to a deeper one: &#8220;Whose am I?&#8221; &#8211; because there is no identity outside of relationship. You cannot be a person by yourself. To ask &#8220;Whose am I&#8221; is to extend the question far beyond the little self-absorbed self, and wonder: Who needs you? Who loves you? To whom are you accountable? To whom do you answer? Whose life is altered by your choices? With whose life is your own all bound up, inextricably, in obvious or invisible ways?<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">-Douglas Steer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Sermon<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Text of this sermon is not yet available.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Most sermons during the past 21 years are available online through this website. Click on the index link below to find tables of all sermons for each year listed by date (newest to oldest) with topic and speaker. Click on a topic to go to that sermon.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/category\/sermons\/indexes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>SERMON INDEX<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Podcasts of this and other sermons are also available for free on iTunes. You can find them by clicking on the podcast link below or copying and pasting this link. https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>PODCASTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above. Rev. Chris JimmersonOctober 17, 2021First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org As a faith without creed, covenantal relationship is one of our primary spiritual\/theological resources. 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