June 17: Rev. Brendan Hadash
“Sebastian Castellio, The Father of Unitarian Universalism”
June 24: GA Worship Service at UCM, Montpelier
Rev. Susam Frederick Gray, preaching from Kansas City, Missouri at General Assembly
July 1: Ginny Sassaman
“Happiness for Everyone: Our Moral Obligation to Change the Economic Paradigm”
July 8: Rev. Liz Banjamin
“Let Life Live Through You”: Through pain, fear, sorrow or feeling stuck, how do we move toward contentment and strength. A few reflections on a huge topic.
July 15: Rev. M’ellen Kennedy
“Blessing of the Devices: Technology and Turmoil.” The burgeoning of technology has changed our lives fundamentally—in some ways a blessing and in other ways a curse. Let’s explore why this is a pressing spiritual issue and what we can do about it. Please bring your device, if you choose, for a “Blessing of the Devices,” to help us be more careful and responsible with the immense power of these gadgets in our hands.
This is an intergenerational service. School-age kids are welcome to stay in the service and participate. This is a critical issue for of all of us, particularly our kids! (The documentary, “Terms and Conditions May Apply” is very relevant to this worship service.) You’re invited to stay after the coffee/lunch for a Friends on the Path small group discussion on the theme of the service.
July 22: Charlotte Root
topic TBA
July 29: Rev. Joan Javier-Duval
Rev. Joan Javier-Duval is the Minister at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, a large and growing congregation. We are delighted to welcome her back to our pulpit. Her topic: “Welcoming the Stranger.”
Our friend Nora Zablow will provide our music that Sunday.
August 5: Kate Plummer
Kate is a member of the Lifespan Spiritual Exploration Committee at U C Montpelier, is an accomplished speaker, particularly interested in group and individual faith formation and the work of healing. She has spent the past 20 years as a nurse and midwife, along with raising a daughter to adulthood. She is considering the ministry and considers herself lucky to have attended this year’s UUA General Assembly as a delegate, along with Charlotte Root.
August 12: Rosanne Hebert
Rosanne is a “Spiritual Practitioner, Musician and Registered Nurse” with a MDiv. from the Episcopal Divinity School. She is an alum of Berklee College of Music and holds a nursing license in the state of Vermont. She and her spouse, Rev. Elisa Luccozi who is the settled pastor of United Community Church, live in St. Johnsbury with their cat, Benchen. They moved to Vermont when Rosanne came to help run the Milarepa Center (a Buddhist retreat center in Barnet).
Rosanne has recently returned from a 3-month journey to India and Nepal where she completed a 30-day silent solo retreat at a monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. Rosanne also worked at the Shakyamuni Community Health Clinic as a nurse in Bodhgaya, India and then spent time at the Ganga J Music School, located at the Assi Ghat on the bank of the Ganges River in Vranasi, India. While at the music school, Rosanne’s primary focus was the study of Bhakti yoga, which is a practice of chanting devotional prayer and learning to play the harmonium. When not traveling and working as a nurse, Rosanne enjoys playing piano in her jazz band, cooking and volunteering with the Poor Peoples Campaign and the Vermont Workers Center. Her sermon title will be “Operation Beautiful.” Should be remarkable!!
Ron Cameron, pianist and pump-organist extraordinaire, will provide our music.
August 19: Deb Robinson
Deb is well known as a past member of the Washington UU Congregation. She is a former Methodist minister who is currently a member of the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, where she has served in many roles, including chair of the church Board. Deb served as the Finance Officer for the State Colleges of Vermont, has now retired and devotes much of her time to her family.
Deb’s sermon is entitled “Entanglement.” Entanglement is a surprising reality in the subatomic world, like with electrons. But it also reflects the deep interconnectedness of life, where changes in one species can affect the environment for others. Within the human community, our entanglements that exist are family, amongst friends and communities. But in today’s world we are experiencing entanglements that cross borders and touch everyone on earth. How can these entanglements inform our path in the changing world? Where do we need to build new entanglements to better enable us to be agents of change to a more healthy future for the human family and the earth?
The engaging Stephen Brown will provide music on his magical keyboard.
August 26: Rev. Joan Javier-Duval
topic TBA
