May 3 – What would happen if ….

Abolition begins with a question. What if the systems we have inherited—systems of punishment, incarceration, and exclusion—are not the only way? In this reflection, we explore how curiosity can become a spiritual practice: the courage to ask how harm might be addressed through healing rather than punishment, how safety might grow through connection rather than control, how community grows in accountable relationships. Rooted in Unitarian Universalist values of transformation and justice, we can approach abolition not simply as a political idea, but as a faithful curiosity about what more liberated possibilities might be waiting for us to imagine together.

May 10 – What Would Happen If We All Mothered?

Two questions will be explored in this service: 1) How it might feel if we all pitched in to help mothers raise their children, and 2) what recent neuroscience says that would look like.

May 16 – UCF Installation Ceremony for Rev. Leslie Runnels

Please join together to welcome Rev Leslie as our called and settled minister! We will have UU ministers from the region and the country coming to participate in the ceremony, and we are inviting distinguished guests and leaders in our community to join us. Special guest minister Rev Lisa Garcia-Sampson will be delivering the sermon. (Please note this is on Sat at 5pm – come early for easy parking!)

May 17 – When America Becomes Louisiana – and how Unitarian Universalism is the antidote.

Rev. Nathan Ryan, a lifelong Unitarian Universalist and Louisianan, is the Senior Minister of the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge. He is the guest this Sunday as he leads us through an exploration of what is happening in this country. His theory is that if the nation has picked up the worst of Louisiana, maybe there’s something to be learned from Louisianans. This idea leads to the question of how our faith could be the path out.

May 31 – Curiosity as Antidote to Worry and Judgement

We have many opportunites for worry, and plenty of time to be judgemental of ourselves and others. What if curiosity could soften our worry and interrupt our judgment? In a world that urges us to rush to conclusions about ourselves, one another, and the future, curiosity invites us to practice a different way of being. Let’s explore how curiosity opens space for compassion, deeper understanding, and even hope, and how asking gentle questions can become a spiritual practice that draws us closer to one another and to the sacred mystery of life. We will also be having a special Bridging Ceremony for Emily Simon who is graduating high school!