Healing Our Nation, Healing Ourselves
Sunday, November 1
with The
Reverend Gordon Clay Bailey
As a spiritual, religious, covenantal community, when we come together we can model and create the Beloved Community. We have an opportunity to develop a culture of Love where we can all thrive. This nation of ours, this world of ours is in crisis. The crisis is so much more than the pandemic, this election season, or even the climate issues facing us all. We can no longer afford not to work together in a holistic way. Let this service be a beginning for reconnecting the values espoused by sages and profits from across the ages. Together we stand and divided we fall. Let's get to work UUCLV - our community and world needs us!
#UUCLV #UU #UnitarianUniversalist #UnitarianUniversalism #UUCLVEvent #SundayService #Connections #Healing #Community
Sunday, November 1
with The
Reverend Gordon Clay Bailey
As a spiritual, religious, covenantal community, when we come together we can model and create the Beloved Community. We have an opportunity to develop a culture of Love where we can all thrive. This nation of ours, this world of ours is in crisis. The crisis is so much more than the pandemic, this election season, or even the climate issues facing us all. We can no longer afford not to work together in a holistic way. Let this service be a beginning for reconnecting the values espoused by sages and profits from across the ages. Together we stand and divided we fall. Let's get to work UUCLV - our community and world needs us!
#UUCLV #UU #UnitarianUniversalist #UnitarianUniversalism #UUCLVEvent #SundayService #Connections #Healing #Community
Service Details
Introduction & Zoom Orientation
Ringing the Bell
Invocation
Chalice Lighting
Reading:
Ringing the Bell
Invocation
Chalice Lighting
Reading:
| Spiritual healing is about working with illness, dis-ease and dis-harmony from multiple angles. When using spiritual healing to address illness, we focus on bringing harmony back to reinforce a person‘s whole body-heart-mind health. In modern society, we expect quick fixes. Western medicine focuses on curing people through surgery, pharmaceuticals and other medical interventions. Many treatments focus on curing symptoms. However, long-term reliance on only treatment can inhibit healing or create dependence on the treatment and even create additional illness and disease. For example, anti-bacterial medications often create an imbalance in the gut. Healing is not symptom-relieving nor is it always curing. Addressing only one element of an illness rarely leads to healing. We aim to transform the cause of the illness/disease and grow beyond the problem. That is healing! from the website on Spiritual Healing |
Hymn #123 Spirit of Life
Welcome
Hymn #1021 Lean on Me
Welcome
Hymn #1021 Lean on Me
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Of Our Hearts
Story for All Ages: Mr. Wadham’s Vote For Our Future
Story for All Ages: Mr. Wadham’s Vote For Our Future
| Lean On Me Bill Withers, John Legend, Stevie Wonder Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on Please swallow your pride If I have things you need to borrow For no one can fill those of your needs That you won't let show You just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on I just might have a problem that you'll understand We all need somebody to lean on Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on You just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on |
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Offering and Silence
Sermon: Healing Our Country, Healing Ourselves
Sermon: Healing Our Country, Healing Ourselves
| Healing Our Country, Healing Ourselves - Audio Click on this to listen to the sermon or right click to download How, then, shall we be healed? What will it take to heal our nation? What does it mean for us as religious liberals to talk of healing in a spiritual/religious context? What does it mean to talk of healing in a world where illness and disease are understood more clearly than ever before, but where adequate health care for most of the world's people remains inaccessible? What does it mean to talk of healing when medical and spiritual models of wellness don't speak much to each other? What does it mean to talk of healing when all too often the best we can do with all our knowledge and power and technology is not enough? How shall we be healed? In order to change the world, our nation, our state, our county, our city, our congregation our selves we must see the whole picture. Look to this day. This moment in time and decide maybe just maybe it it time to do things differently or more collaboratively or maybe in a radically new way. The key I think is seeing, hearing, listening and paying attention to the entirety. That means all of us. Black and White, Latinex and Asian, native Americans and all of the indigenous people of our country and the world Here are a few things I've been gleaning about self care, leading to healing and possibly then leading to movement from the self out into the world. Nourishing the Mind, Body and Soul During the Pandemic- 1. Schedule your meal times. It is so easy to engage in boredom-eating and increased snacking while at home close to the kitchen and fridge! Remember you are what you eat. Eat well! 2. Keep a regular exercise schedule. Maybe you used to go to the gym before or after work. Schedule that time for home workouts! Moving regularly is a great way to boost endorphins and feel-good hormones, and a good excuse to get out for some fresh air. Even if you can’t dedicate a lot of time, consider having movement breaks during your day. 3. Drink plenty of water. Often, we mistake thirst with hunger. Being dehydrated can increase snacking or grazing and make you feel more fatigued, weak, and can affect concentration. Drink calorie-free beverages throughout the day, like water or seltzer. 4. Try to maintain a normal sleep cycle. Sleep is so critical for our mental and emotional health and directly impacts our behaviors around food. Continue going to sleep and waking up at a typical time, or try to use this time to establish a better sleep cycle of seven to nine hours a night. 5. Stay connected. It is so easy to feel isolated and lonely when stuck inside and you are not able to get together with friends and family or participate in social events. Reach out regularly over the phone, meeting platforms like Zoom, or through social media and FaceTime! A sense of togetherness and community is crucial right now, and virtual gatherings can be very uplifting. Come to all of the UUCLV events you can. We are here for you! 6. Learn something new. If you find yourself with more time on your hands, think about activities you have always wanted to do, books you wanted to read, podcasts you wanted to listen to, etc. Do them! 7. Practice gratitude. Take a minute every day to be grateful for something. It restores us to think about what we have, and not just on what we have lost. 8. Relax. Try to curtail your mind from catastrophizing by engaging in activities that make you happy and relaxed. Get up and dance, listen to your favorite song, do a puzzle, meditate, and focus on serenity whenever possible. 9. Be kind to yourself. Do not put too much pressure on yourself. We are in a time of change and worry. Do not add to your stress by creating unattainable expectations or burning yourself out. 10. Perform small acts of kindness. Doing for others is a proven way of making yourself feel good. Drop off a book for your neighbor to read, pick up groceries or donate food to someone in need, or send an encouraging text, card, or letter to someone to let them know you are thinking of them. 11. Remember you are a part of a faith community that has supported its membership since before this was a nation. Our forbearers survived the revolution, the civil war, the flu of 1918, WW1, WW2, the 1960s , etc. Please know that although times are unsettled and potentially stressful, this is temporary and some level of normalcy will resume at some point in the future. HOLD ON! In closing - Heal the world. Make this a better place. For you and for me and the entire living planet! In hope, in faith in our abilities to grow and change love for us all, Rev Gordon |
Musical Interlude by Sky
Let's Talk About It
Questions to discuss:
What is your experience of healing?
How do you heal others who are different from you?
Closing Song: We Shall Be Known
Let's Talk About It
Questions to discuss:
What is your experience of healing?
How do you heal others who are different from you?
Closing Song: We Shall Be Known
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Extinguish the Chalice
Benediction
Benediction
| We shall be known by the company we keep By the ones who circle round to tend these fires We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth It is time now, it is time now that we thrive It is time we lead ourselves into the well It is time now, and what a time to be alive In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love We shall be known by the company we keep By the ones who circle round to tend these fires We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth It is time now, it is time now that we thrive It is time we lead ourselves into the well It is time now, and what a time to be alive In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Karisha Michele Longaker |
| We leave this gathered community, But we don’t leave our connection, Our concerns, our care for each other. Our service to each other, to the world, and to our faith continues. Until we are together again, friends, Be strong, be well, be true, be loving. For Remember that all of our lives we are in need AND Others are in need of us. by Rev. Cynthia Landrum |
Postlude by Sky
Invitation to Virtual Social Time
Invitation to Virtual Social Time
