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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.
Sept. 7, 2025
Speaker – Anthony D. Kopka
Biography:
Anthony Kopka is the former executive director of Daystar Life Center of Citrus County from 2014 to 2021. He also previously served as chairperson of the Governing Board for the Mid-FL Homeless Coalition (over four counties).
Topic: We work, we give, we help until the Daystar rises in your hearts
Daystar Life Center is recognized as a primary resource for the poor, the homeless and struggling families with children. Daystar serves Citrus County residents regardless of religion or creed, race or color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, age, physical or mental ability, ethnicity or national origin, or military or veteran status. Anthony Kopka will share with us information about the services Daystar Life Center provides and the current state of those experiencing homelessness in Citrus County.
“We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.” (2 Peter 1:19)
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025
Speaker – UU Rev. Dr. Brock Leach
Biography:
Brock lives in Sarasota and works for the Unitarian Universalist Association as a consultant for emerging ministries, helping develop and lead denominational support for religious innovators.
In Sarasota, Brock volunteers on the boards of Children First, Sarasota County’s Head Start agency, the Education Foundation of Sarasota County, the Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition, and Protect Our Defenders, a national organization that supports victims of sexual assault in the US military.
He teaches a leadership course at Meadville Lombard Theological School and recently completed a Doctor of Ministry program at Boston University’s School of Theology. His doctoral research project was to design a system of support for accelerating multiculturalism in Unitarian Universalist congregations.
Topic: Nurturing the Spirit to Meet the Moment
The need we all feel to be grounded in shared human values in communities that nurture our spirits has never been greater, and no tradition is better poised to meet it than Unitarian Universalism. We just need to have a little faith in one another.
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025
Speaker – Vanessa Fuller-Brown
Biography:
Vanessa Fuller-Brown is a lifelong student, educator, and practitioner of the Wisdom Traditions, with personal practice, ministry and services dedicated to transformation through the sacred arts and sciences. A professional fine artist, visionary and social artist, she is a minister of sound, certified drum facilitator and sound healing practitioner. Vanessa integrates science, spirit and cultural heritage into ‘creation’ curriculums, pioneering experiential arts programs that gather, transform and strengthen communities of all ages.
Topic: Congregational Drum Circle
As drum circles grow increasingly popular, science is realizing the ever-increasing health benefits of drumming, and the advantage of drumming in a group. The facilitated drum circle will introduce the spirit of drumming and rhythm as an instrument for well-being, resilience, empowerment, celebration and community building.
Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025
Speaker – UU Rev Phil Schulman
Biography:
Rev. Phillip Schulman graduated from UU seminary (Thomas Starr King School for the Ministry) in 1989. He has served five congregations as minister and has been a leader in the advocacy of human rights, nonmedical and peer support alternatives in mental health communities. He has enjoyed a spectacular recovery from a 2017 a near fatal truck collision left him badly disabled.
Topic: Fresh Look at Religious Leadership
This will be an encouragement of participation in the religious leadership of your UU congregation with a focus on the particular qualities and spiritual values that consist in this task. How to contribute to the religious life of your community.
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