Feb. 21st Celebration – “Becoming White Allies.” Honoring Black History Month

Barbara Atkinson

shares her experiences and perspective, followed by group reflections on how we as individuals and congregation can stand up for racial justice.

PLUS…

Feb. 28th – Our favorite guru Ramananda John Welshons will be returning with the theme, “The Inevitability of Change: The Power of Acceptance.”

He will offer a talk and guided meditation that deals with our ability to embrace – rather than resist – change. In Buddhist philosophy, change is seen as an inevitable aspect of life. Our happiness is facilitated by how well we adjust to that inevitable change.

Our bodies are constantly changing. Our environment is constantly changing. Our thoughts and moods are constantly changing. Our world is constantly changing. Suffering is created by our resistance to change and our disappointment about efforts to create change when those efforts don’t seem to be producing the results we seek.

We will look at the philosophical frameworks that are utilized in the East to better understand the inevitable changes in life and to let go of the suffering we create for ourselves when things don’t change . . . the way we want them to. We will learn that “acceptance” is not an expression of passivity, but – rather – an expression of active engagement with life . . . and with Reality.

March 7th – Rev. Susan Manning on Spiritual, Emotional Intelligence.

March 14th – Muslim American Sabeeha Rehman and Jewish American Walter Ruby will discuss a new book they co-authored called “We Refuse to be Enemies–How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace One Friendship at a Time.”

Celebration starts at 10:30 am. We are continuing virtual celebrations.

Please join Celebration from your computer, tablet or smartphone.

When joining the meeting, you will be placed in a waiting room until we identify you. To facilitate your entrance to the Zoom meeting, please make your Zoom name something we can recognize. Phone numbers used as name will have to be verified before entrance. If we ask you to identify yourself, please respond or you will not be admitted.