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Services start at 10:30 a.m.
Our services are also available live via Zoom. Please send a request to [email protected] for the link.
May 5, 2024
Speaker – Kimberly Belew
Biography:
Kim Belew is an award-winning songwriter, a national speaker, and an activist. A survivor of sex trafficking as a child, Kim has made it her purpose to educate and give voice to help eradicate this industry. She gave a TEDx Talk about this issue in 2021. Kim is the part-time spiritual leader of New Thought Unity in Cincinnati and travels the country sharing messages of inspiration and authentic living. www.kimbelew.com
Topic: The Four Agreements As a Way of Life
In this talk Kim will share about the book “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz and how it creates a world where we can live in more harmony and peace with each other.
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Pam Ricker
Biography:
Pam Ricker has been a NCUU member since 2008. She is very active in volunteer and committee work in our fellowship. She was also very active in her former Unitarian Universalist church in Grafton, MA for 35 years. NCUU and UUism is her home.
Topic: Remembering Mom
Today we will honor our Mothers and their influence on our lives. As elders, we now see the big picture. Several members of NCUU will share their remembrances.
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Speaker – UU Rev Ben Bortin
Biography:
Rev. Ben Bortin graduated from the University of California with a major in history, specializing in Asian history. He is also a graduate of Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California. He has served as minister for UU congregations in Duluth, Minnesota, and Staten Island, New York, and as Membership Coordinator for the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, New York. Currently, he is a chaplain at Queens Medical Center in Queens, New York, and serves on a part time basis as minister of the UU Fellowship of the North Fork, in Jamesport, NY. His denominational and community involvements have included serving as President of the UU United Nations Office and on the board of Project Hospitality, an organization serving homeless and other limited people in Staten Island, New York. He is also part of a Social Action Committee with the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, which has worked recently on an affordable housing project. He also serves on the “Caring Circle” of his 40 apartment UU Complex, Hadley House.
Topic: Truth, Half-Truth, and Something but the Truth
We live in an era and a country flooded with “disinformation.” So claims lawyer, news commentator, and author Barbara McQuade, in her recent book, Attack from Within. It’s sobering and unnerving to realize how many can be convinced of that which is patently false. And tragically, we have witnessed at times in history what Voltaire said two and a half centuries ago — when people believe absurdities, they can commit atrocities. Ours is a truth-seeking religious movement. How do we determine if a statement is true, and what are the moral imperatives in pursuing truth?
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Speaker – Nancy Kennedy
Biography:
Nancy Kennedy is a Christian who seeks to share stories of faith, hope and grace through her writing. She has been writing for the Citrus County Chronicle since 1992 as a feature writer and columnist. Her column, Grace Notes, also appears in about a dozen newspapers throughout the Southeast. She likes cats, cute and comfortable shoes, coconut cake and reading psychological thrillers. She’s also a member of Seven Rivers Church in Lecanto.
Topic: Mercy Changes Everything
Mercy is powerful and life changing. The most merciful people, the ones who show the most compassion and kindness to others, are often the ones who were broken and who were shown mercy. Mercy begets mercy, and the world needs more of it. Nancy Kennedy’s perspective on mercy is through the lens of Christianity. Jesus told his followers, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.” Christianity also teaches that mercy comes from God.
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