Knowing What is Right…
It feels pretty easy to understand what is wrong and what is right in any given situation. Yet it can be confusing when we receive missed messages from a consumer society that is trying to steer and manipulate us to always want more. To seek the perfect <insert your own compulsion> that will just make our lives so much better. Is it the newest piece of technology, education, clothes, friends, home, car… the possible list goes on and on. Knowing when enough is enough may be knowing what is right but knowing what is right may also go beyond the accumulation and glorification of stuff. Knowing what is right may be sorted around what to say, how to behave, how to relate to others, who to accept and embrace and who to avoid. Join, Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty and the Congregation of First Parish in defining and claiming what is exactly right.
Read MoreWalking the Road to Justice…
Indigenous People’s Day – Let us take this Sunday to understand how the short- comings of our ancestors displaced the people who inhabited Massachusetts before immigrants arrived. Columbus wasn’t a good guy, in his wake befell trauma, tragedy and destruction. The indigenous people who lived here were decimated by disease, murder and warfare. How do we move forward from our history based on acquisition and greed? Is there a way to heal the divide that still exists in our relationships with our native brothers, sisters and two-spirit? Join Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty as she endeavors to grow beyond the ways of the ancestors to define another way of being together outside of the broken paradigm of conquest and empire.
Creating Justice…
How do the covenants we make to one another extend beyond our immediate community? At UU Mass Action we center the leadership of those who are directly impacted by injustice and work within coalitions to build the power needed for systemic change in our Commonwealth. Join Laura Wagner, Executive Director of UUMass Action Network, to learn about what’s happening and how you can get involved.
Read MoreUnity: An Act of Courage…
“The People United Will Never Be Divided/Defeated” has been a battle cry for those who have fought for social justice around the world. It takes an act of courage to work towards unity in a world filled with privilege based on difference or does it? How do we imagine ways to work, live and play together based on a system that inherently excludes or includes based on one’s identity? Join, Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty and the Congregation of First Parish of Sudbury in better revealing, understanding and dismantling systems of oppression and privilege.
Read MoreSpeak your Truth in Love…
In a country where hateful rhetoric is being flung back and forth on social media one has to wonder where is the “high ground?” How can we speak our minds and share our beliefs in meaningful ways that are not offensive or aimed to exclude rather than include? This Sunday join, Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty in finding ways to share our beliefs in patient and peaceful ways.
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