Side With Love Sunday Worship
Save the Date – Side With Love Sunday is February 13!
All Unitarian Universalist congregations are invited to participate in this annual tradition! This year, Side With Love will offer a free-use worship service featuring stirring music, deep-hearted reflection, and moving testimonies from a range of UU leaders. The service will be available for use as a whole, or as individual videos for your selected use.
Side With Love Sunday 2022
What If I Only Had 30 Days to Love?
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Chalice Extinguishing and Closing Words
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Additional content: Behind the Scenes conversation featuring Revs. Anya Sammler-Michael + Ali K.C. Bell.
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About the Participants
In Order of Appearance
The Rev. Susan Frederick Gray (she/her) is the President of the Unitarian Universalist Association. During her tenure, she has been most proud of the Association’s ongoing response to the pandemic, the centering of antiracist work, and the national impact of UU the Vote.
The Rev. J.Q. Henry (he/him) is an ordained Church of God In Christ minister, movement organizer, and leading scholar in Black Church Studies and hymnody of the Christian Church. He is a graduate of Morehouse College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Emory University.
The Rev. Ashley Horan (she/her) serves as the Organizing Strategy Director at the UUA, where she leads the team that holds all the outward-facing justice work of our Association under the banner of Side With Love. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner, the Rev. Karen Hutt, and their two young children.
The Rev. Dr. Rodney Lemery (he/him) serves Mount Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church in Walnut Creek, California as its part-time justice minister. He also volunteers as a correctional chaplain in the neighboring Solano County.
Lauren Wyeth, CRE (she/her) has served as Director of Children, Youth, and Family Ministries at First Universalist Church of Minnealpolis since 2012. Lauren believes in leveraging our Unitarian Universalist theology to shape communities that values authenticity, interdependence, and liberation.
The Rev. Byron Tyler Coles (they/he) is a native of Roanoke, VA and the only child of Monica and Terry. Inspired by the good news of Unitarian Universalism, Tyler believes the best of our collective ministry strives to conjure the Beloved Kin-dom on earth as it is in heaven.
The Rev. Ali K.C. Bell (he/they/Ali) lives into his faith values by strengthening the interdependent web through prophetic ministry, service in the margins, and loving the hell out of the world. He is a Chaplain Resident at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia where he lives with his partner and two children.
The Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael (she/her) serves in a co-ministry with a staff team among incredible leaders in a mission centered congregation that has passed the eighth principle. She works to embody the liberation and love she preaches and is helped by the grace of a theology of imperfection.
E.N. Hill (all pronouns welcome) is a military veteran, a social justice activist, a spoken word artist, and an aspiring Unitarian Universalist minister. In the near future, E.N. plans to publish an anthology of poetry and short stories detailing their mystical journey of connecting with their ancestors and God.
Special Thanks To
Rev. Duncan Teague, David Thurman, Lori Stone, and the congregation of Abundant LUUv in Atlanta, Georgia for their generosity, talent, technical support, and use of their equipment;
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Erin Scott, Graphic & Content Specialist, White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church, Mahtomedi, MN for editing and video production.