{"id":135864,"date":"2022-03-04T14:27:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=135864"},"modified":"2022-03-04T14:27:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:27:50","slug":"widening-the-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/widening-the-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Widening the Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4848\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-135864-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-27_Widening_the_Circle.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-27_Widening_the_Circle.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-27_Widening_the_Circle.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-27_Widening_the_Circle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=135864-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-02-27_Widening_the_Circle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2022-02-27_Widening_the_Circle.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 \/>February 27, 2022<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Liberation theology helps us understand that we all can fulfill our greatest potential when we open ourselves and our institutions to all people &#8211; greater and greater perspectives. Unitarian Universalism proposes that walking together in covenantal community, in the ways of love, is our way toward widening that circle, maybe even bursting it wide open so none of us left on the inside or the outside.<\/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\">Differences are not intended to alienate, to separate. We are different precisely in order to realise our need of one another.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Desmond Tutu<\/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\">A POEM IS BELONGING<br \/>&#8211; Rosemerry Watola Trommer<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And if it&#8217;s true we are alone,<br \/>we are alone together,<br \/>the way blades of grass<br \/>are alone,<br \/>but exist as a field.<br \/>Sometimes I feel it,<br \/>the green fuse that ignites us,<br \/>the wild thrum that unites us,<br \/>an inner hum that reminds us<br \/>of our shared humanity.<br \/>Just as thirty-five trillion<br \/>red blood cells join in one body<br \/>to become one blood.<br \/>Just as one hundred thirty-six thousand<br \/>notes make up one symphony.<br \/>Alone as we are, our small voices<br \/>weave into the one big conversation.<br \/>Our actions are essential<br \/>to the one infinite story of what it is<br \/>to be alive. When we feel alone,<br \/>we belong to the grand communion<br \/>of those who sometimes feel alone-<br \/>we are the dust, the dust that hopes,<br \/>a rising of dust, a thrill of dust,<br \/>the dust that dances in the light<br \/>with all other dust, the dust<br \/>that makes the world.<\/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 22 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. 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Chris JimmersonFebruary 27, 2022First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org Liberation theology helps us understand that we all can fulfill our greatest potential when we open ourselves and our institutions to all people &#8211; greater and greater perspectives. 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