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Shine Your Light
February 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Online Only Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson
I love that question, “if you were a superhero, what would be your power?” Yet, we do have power — we are just often afraid of it. What does it mean to claim your power? To shine your light into the world? To live fully? As we enter this month focused on the theme of power, we’ll explore this question.
We will Share the Plate with Rockford Urban Ministries
Founded in 1962, RUM (as Rockford Urban Ministries is affectionately known) is the outreach of more than twenty faith communities working together on social justice ministries. In its nearly years RUM has had four clergy directors. Since 1985, lay director Stanley Campbell has had the pleasure of doing the work. Click Here to Donate
Being An Anti-Racist Church
The Board and leaders of the church are moving towards articulating that being on a continuous journey toward being an “anti-racist and multicultural church” is important to us. What does that mean? Let’s figure that out.
To get us together in this work, we want every member of the congregation to attend one of the four sessions we are offering on “being an anti-racist church.”
The sessions are:
Wednesday, Feb. 9th, 7pm, on zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82720790087.
Sunday, Feb 20th, 11:30am, in Deale Hall – masks required. (watch for any change to location).
Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color are welcome to attend any of these sessions AND/OR to attend a session for BIPOC folks ONLY on Wednesday, Jan 19th, at 5:30pm at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82720790087. co-led by Rev. Matthew and Rev. Joyce.
The other sessions will be led by Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson. All the sessions are identical in content, choose one.
The sessions will be 1 hour. This is a high-level overview. We will work through a list of the characteristics of an anti-racist and multicultural congregation. Please plan to attend one of these sessions.
Our congregation’s Accessibility and Inclusion Ministry, AIM Team is meeting on Thursday, February 10th at 6:00pm.
The AIM Team strives to welcome individuals with disabilities and their families into the congregation. The main purpose of the team is to keep track of the big picture of the congregation’s welcome and accessibility, address issues of concern and possibly develop strategies to address these concerns.
AIM team meetings will be held quarterly, February, May, September, and November. Each meeting will last about an hour and a half. We may organize workshops, or guest speakers at other times of the year.
Consider being part of the AIM Team at UU Church Rockford. If you have questions, please give me a call. We will meet via Zoom on Thursday, February 10th at 6:00pm.
If you plan to join us, please let me know. There is a report and other information to review prior to the meeting.
The Board of Trustees:
President: Amanda Tapfield
Clerk: Bob Spelman
Vice-President: Judy Gustafson
Treasurer: Teresa Wilmot
Trustees: Khanh Oehlke, Sarah Greer, Jami Edmonds
The Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, IL | 4848 Turner St., Rockford, IL 61107 | 815-398-6322 | uurockford.org |
