The Trail of Tears is a phrase that refers to many trails and many tears, as the U.S. Government forcibly removed multiple Native American tribes from their rightful lands in the early 1800’s. In 2018, Rev. Lauren had the opportunity to journey on a 10-day pilgrimage on the Cherokee Trail of Tears, from North Carolina […]

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 “𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦” 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 “𝐮𝐬’𝐬” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬” 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 “𝐈𝐬𝐦𝐬”. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 “𝐈𝐬𝐦𝐬” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬? 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦? 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 […]

“𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙’𝙨 𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚” 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 “𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧” 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 – 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 […]

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲; 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. Please refer to Thursday’s newsletter or the UUBridge website for information on logging on for this week’s service!https://uubridge.info/

Stars have been used for eons to help chart humanity’s course when traversing land or sea. Setting intentions – whether collective or personal – can provide similar guidance as we chart the course of life. In my own life, choosing personal values has helped to guide and direct my choices and actions. Over the last several […]

Sermon by Phil Lund & facilitated by Will Daniels This video sermon is by Phil Lund, of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Congregational Life Staff. Phil relates confronting in his own ancestry people who committed unjust or cruel acts. He believes that as UUs, we should also confront the times when our predecessors in the faith […]

Join us for a service that honors friendship in multiple forms – those which dance between us, and our connection with the natural world. We will enjoy nature’s bounty and partake in freshly baked bread and apple cider, special treats of the season! Please refer to Thursday’s newsletter or the UUBridge website for information on […]

Up to now during Gary’s meditation talks, we’ve been focusing on the breath, which helps us to be aware of our minds and bodies. We’ll continue our exploration by introducing some lovingkindness practices. Please refer to Thursday’s newsletter or the UUBridge website for information on logging on for this week’s service!  https://uubridge.info/hybrid-services/

Caring for one another is a fundamental part of being human, and spiritual communities like UUBRidge serve as pathways for providing this care. The connections formed when we support one another are ultimately the “glue” of our community. Join us as the UUBRidge Caring Committee shares a revitalized vision for how we can all give – and receive […]

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Del Price is a longtime resident of Luray, VA, who has a deep interest in genealogy and local history. Part of the conversation will portray an important historical figure, Bethany Veney, who is Ms. Price’s relative by marriage. Bethany Veney was an enslaved woman of Luray who authored a memoir titled Aunt Betty’s Story: A […]

𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 – 𝐀 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 ~𝐑𝐞𝐯. 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐔𝐔𝐁𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐑𝐞𝐯. 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 […]