UUFSMA: “We Would Be ONE” 

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Online Service

“We Would Be ONE” 

Sunday, November 8, 2020

10:30 am

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

Password: 294513

By Joseph Plummer

UUF Secretary

This Sunday’s online service by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende (UUFSMA) is the first after the contentious and stress-filled US Elections and will focus on healing the divides between people with strongly held opposing political views. The theme of the service is “We Would Be One”, reflecting the hope that people can come together and treat each other with dignity and respect and work to address the pressing problem of our time. After months of chaos, hate and shifting truth, resulting in anxiety and exhaustion, we will come together for healing and support and begin to step forward with hope and love.

Despite the current uncertainties of our world – which has been struggling with a global pandemic, intensified economic and racial discrimination, and a seeming loss of compassion –  we will gather to renew our exhausted spirits, find our common humanity, and try to let go of some of the things that have weighed so heavily upon us.

Even with the results of some political races still up in the air, we as a liberal religious tradition wish to begin to recover, to recommit to our UU principles of “justice, equity and compassion inhuman relations” and a “world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.”

For this special service, we will turn to the sustaining power of music and the written word for our messages.  Poems, prose readings and multiple music selections in many different styles will help us let go of the anger and angst of the past months, embrace peace and renew our commitment to treating each other with respect and dignity. To help guide us in doing so, a brief reflection will be offered by the Fellowship’s minister, the Reverend Tom Rosiello.

As our cherished UU hymn affirms, “we would be one in building for tomorrow a nobler world than we have known today. We would be one in searching for that meaning which binds our hearts and points us on our way. As one, we pledge ourselves to greater service, with love and justice, strive to make us free.”

To participate in our online Sunday Service, visit the Fellowship’s website at www.uufsma.org and click on the Zoom Service button displayed on the home page. If requested, enter password: 294513. Sign-in between 10:15-10:25 am.

Through grants and awards, UUFSMA donates at least fifty percent of its budget 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.

Due to the coronavirus, UUFSMA has suspended in-person Sunday services and other gatherings. A growing collection of previous online services can be found on the UUFSMA’s YouTube channel. Go to https://www.youtube.com/ and enter UUFSMA in the search box. The UU Fellowship welcomes people of all ages, races, religions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.