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The presidential election is past, but there are still two critical races left that will determine the control of the U.S. Senate. The state of Georgia, which has a widely documented history of voter suppression, will hold January 5 runoff elections for two U.S. Senate seats. On November 3, none of the candidates in the two…
Bob and Bev McGaughy knew their time with mainline Christianity was over when their young son Danny pointed to a cross on a church steeple and said, “That’s where the Jews killed Jesus.” This led to twenty years at All Souls UUC that better fit their religious understanding. They moved again when their daughter Ay…
Erica Anderson grew up Catholic in northeastern Pennsylvania, but Catholicism had never held much meaning for her. After a time of being unchurched and now out of college she began looking for the community that a church provides. Erica found the UU Fellowship of Centre County in State College, Pa. which was much more in…
The Southern Baptist world knew that Tamara Bowman, age 12, was trouble when she added Christianity to a comparative mythology paper. For many years, after going off to college, Tamara was happy to be free of religion. That was until her daughter Elise, age 4, started asking questions, such as why her friends couldn’t do play dates on Sunday and who was…
Veronika Martin grew up in a non-religious household in Germany, which was not unusual. When her family moved to the US in 1976, she was somewhat surprised that people were always asking her to come to church with them. Over time her response became that she was a universalist with a small “u” as most spiritual practices “were a valid path to…
The first thing you notice about Steve Hirsch is his smile. It is a lovely smile delivered with a glint in the eye whether he’s talking about his latest (non) hairstyle or the long hard slog of the Search Committee. At its core it shows a delight in learning and working with people, two hallmarks…
Jake Ryder does not remember a time growing up when he wasn’t attending UUCSS. Kids RE, OWL, Coming of Age and YRUU were all tucked away before starting at Rochester Institute of Technology. While pursuing degrees in networking and cyber security he developed a real interest in criminal justice, particularly concerning the unequal treatment of…
Mary Beth Lerner grew up in a household committed to social justice or as she put it “it was the air I breathed.” For many years social justice work took a back burner to an acting career in New York followed by teaching high school English and raising three children in the DC area. Attending…
Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt Online Worship Service for Candidating Week April 26, 2020, 11:00 a.m.
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