Worship Service: "Say Their Names" by Rev. Ian White Maher

Black Lives Matter. Our nation, founded on the toxic ideologies of colonialism, enslavement, and capitalist exploitation, has journeyed through the night to this moment. None of what we are seeing and experiencing should be a surprise as the system is only delivering on what it was designed to deliver. But the future remains unwritten. We cannot return to what is "normal." Normal is toxic and, quite literally, murder for too many of our fellow citizens.

You can attend this service from your home using a computer, tablet or smartphone to connect to the Zoom Meeting on the Internet.

See the "On Sunday on Zoom" message sent to Ashby UU News for the Zoom link, or send an email to info@ashbyuu.org.

Worship Service: "Try to Praise the Mutilated World" by Rev. Ian White Maher

So often, when we are facing overwhelming problems, we want answers that come from a technical perspective—what are the structures we need, the policies that guide, the groups that will administer—technical answers sound really attractive. We all want an instruction manual for our lives because it seems like it's the lack of knowledge that is keeping us from achieving the vision of the future that we hope for. But technical fixes will not solve our race problem, which is not to say we shouldn't implement technical changes in our system, but they will not solve problems with a spiritual origin.

You can attend this service from your home using a computer, tablet or smartphone to connect to the Zoom Meeting on the Internet.

See the "On Sunday on Zoom" message sent to Ashby UU News for the Zoom link, or send an email to info@ashbyuu.org.

NOTE: This is the last Sunday worship service of our spring semester. During our summer vacation, there will be occasional lay-led services from Soul Matters. Watch Ashby UU News emails, our website, and our Facebook page for announcements.

We expect to return with regular weekly services on the first Sunday after Labor Day, September 13.

Worship Service: Water Communion

Bring water collected from places near and far during the Summer to the first service of our new church year.