UUFSMA: “A Celebration of PRIDE”

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Service

“A Celebration of PRIDE”
Speaker: The Reverend Tom Rosiello

Sunday, June 5, 2022
10:30 am

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/414604040

Password: 294513

By Joseph Plummer

UUFSMA Board Secretary

PRIDE is much more than parades and parties.  What began as a protest to police raids and  harassment at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969, has become an international  movement that not only demands civil rights for LGBTQ+ but also celebrates the lives,  history, and cultural contributions of LGBTQ+ Individuals.

Led by fellowship minister the Reverend Tom Rosiello, this UUFSMA Sunday Service  several members will offer their reflections on the meaning of PRIDE in their personal lives  and the greater community. The music for this Sunday will feature LGBTQ+ composers  with Mauro Ledesma as our pianist and Mexico’s famous and proud trans-woman  Morganna Love singing “Mírame,” a song portraying the experience of being a trans-woman  and written for Love by Mexican composer Ramses Peña.

Pride is celebrated all over the world, usually in the month of June.  As efforts to roll back  hard-won freedoms for LGBTQ+ people are on the rise, this is a particularly important year  for all LGBTQ+ folks and their allies to visibly celebrate PRIDE and renew commitment to  protect same-sex marriage and all LGBTQ rights.

For more than half a century, Unitarian Universalist congregations have welcomed openly  LGBTQ+ individuals as members and ordained them as clergy. Here at the UU Fellowship  of San Miguel, we invite all LGBTQ+ individuals to our services and to find a spiritual home  with us.  Here we will openly and honestly affirm your unique worth and dignity.

To participate in our online Sunday Service, visit www.uufsma.org and click on the Zoom  Service button on the home page. If requested, enter password: 294513. Sign-in from  anywhere Sunday mornings between 10:15-10:25 am CST.

UUFSMA donates fifty percent of its income to support nonprofit organizations that  provide health, educational, and environmental services for underserved communities in  the San Miguel region. Please support this work by clicking on the website home page  Donate button. Now more than ever, your support is essential.

In addition to continuing live Zoom services, UUFSMA has returned to limited in-person  Sunday services. Reservations are no longer necessary. Space permitting, guests who show  their vaccination card can join the in-person service (and be approved for future  attendance). Our Fellowship welcomes people of all ages, races, religions, sexual  orientation, and gender identity. Enjoy previous services at https://www.youtube.com/.  Enter UUFSMA in the search box.