{"id":135906,"date":"2022-03-22T08:20:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=135906"},"modified":"2022-03-22T08:20:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:20:34","slug":"water-communion-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/water-communion-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Communion 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8854\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-135906-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-03-22_Water_Ceremony.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-03-22_Water_Ceremony.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-03-22_Water_Ceremony.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-03-22_Water_Ceremony.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=135906-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-03-22_Water_Ceremony.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2022-03-22_Water_Ceremony.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Rev. Meg Barnhouse<br \/>March 20, 2022<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">A year ago, during the freeze, many of us lost our water for many days on end. Others of us who had water filled up containers to give to our neighbors and friends. We bring water to the service and share a couple of sentences about about our experience of the freeze last year as well as what water means to us.<\/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\">THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS<br \/>By Langston Hughes<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I&#8217;ve known rivers:<br \/>I&#8217;ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">My soul has grown deep like the rivers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.<br \/>I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.<br \/>I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.<br \/>I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I&#8217;ve seen its<br \/>muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I&#8217;ve known rivers:<br \/>Ancient, dusky rivers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">My soul has grown deep like the rivers.<\/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\">Water knows no boundary. Though we may draw it on a map, say this is where the water starts and where it ends, it is not true. Water knows the way into the Great Mystery. It is not afraid of going underground. Water is not afraid of dams or dry creeks, bridges or brick walls. It is patient. Water understands time. It will find a way.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Thomas Lloyd Qualls, Painted Oxen<\/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. 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. Meg BarnhouseMarch 20, 2022First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org A year ago, during the freeze, many of us lost our water for many days on end. 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