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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Venice

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Venice

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Venice
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw Humility is a virtue, but why? How humble is too humble? How proud is too proud? Let's talk about humility, pride, and the culture of today.
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw The holy month of Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic lunar calendar. It is a month of fasting, worship, service, communal gathering, and spiritual development. Fasting in Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The values and practices of Ramadan can lead to a deepening of spiritual life, so lets learn about them together.
Book Signing & Library Ribbon Cutting Celebration! Join us on Saturday, February 28 at 2pm for a joyful afternoon celebrating UUCOV authors and the official ribbon cutting of our UUCOV Library! ✨ Meet and connect with our talented UUCOV authors ✨ Special honoring of beloved authors who are no longer with us ✨ Library ribbon cutting & photos ✨ Light refreshments ✨ Browse our beautiful, growing library collection This free community event takes place in Waters Hall at UUCOV (2300 Edmondson Rd., Nokomis). Come celebrate creativity, community, and the written word with us. Bring a friend!
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw The Jurassic Park books and movies provide a frightening view of what happens when cloning goes wrong. Cloning of mammals from adult body cells has been possible for 30 years, and amphibians were first cloned over 65 years ago. Can cloning really cause disasters like Jurassic Park? Is it legal? Ethical? Moral? Let's talk about this branch of scientific enquiry and it's implications.
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw A single song can change the world. Let's talk about the power of musicians, and the ways in which music can reshape the politico-social landscape
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw It's a week until Valentines Day, so let's talk about love as the cord which binds our lives and pulls us forward into growth and change.
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw Christian Nationalism is not Christianity, and today we're going to talk about why you cannot be both a Christian and a Nationalist!
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw Names in multiple parentheses? Pepe the Frog? The OK symbol? 14/88? What's wrong with writing 13/52 or 13/90? Don't we want the "sun to rise again"? Wouldn't everyone love "6 million cookies"?
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream of peace and equality for all people. What would that dream look like if we created it today?
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw Does a computer construct have a soul? What exactly is AI? What can it do and not do, and, more importantly, what can we do with it. Let's explore artificial intelligence and it's ethical, moral, and spiritual implications for all of us.
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw What would you look and act like if you were inventing yourself today? What's keeping you from being the you you imagine? Let's talk, as Jimmy Buffet says, about "changes in attitude, changes in latitude" and changes in the life you want to live in this new year.
Pamela Palmer We all celebrated the immigrants story, politicians would brag about their family immigration story, but now there seems to be dishonor to those stories. What happened? The immigrant has become the scapegoat for this nation's ills. I want to celebrate again. As Walt Whitman said, These States are the amplest poem, Here is not merely a nation but a teeming Nation of nations.
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw Joy to the world as hope and love are born anew. All are welcome for this warm Christmas Eve service. The service will begin at 4pm, and will feature traditional Christmas carols and sacred readings.
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw The wheel of the year turns, and we turn with it. Welcome to the return of the light!
Rev. Dr. Amy Petrie Shaw We stand at the end of the year, and we hold onto the fire of the now and the not yet. Join us for this service which explores Hanukkah and the light which refuses to die.
Amy Petrie Shaw<br />“Please join us for this warm service celebrating the mothers , and moms, mamas, and nanas who made us who we are today."
Amy Petrie Shaw<br />“It's time to move past toxic masculinity and begin to support men as they explore all of the ways healthy masculinity can present itself. Let's talk about healthy masculinity, and supporting the masculine people in our lives and our community!"
Dennis Higdon<br />“A spiritual path using genetics, string theory, buddhism and other religious beliefs to a suggest there may be a universal mind of all living creatures."
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