UUBRidge

This video presentation by Bryan Stephenson—an American lawyer, social justice activist, law professor at New York University School of Law, and founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative—is about the incarceration of innocent people. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, 70,000 Virginians are currently incarcerated. Black people make up about 20% of the […]

This is the third in a series of services on meditation. Gary will briefly review the meditation techniques that he previously shared. He will then discuss some long-term effects of regular meditation practice and identify a few problems that may arise and how to deal with them.

Today’s world, with its daily examples of greed, self-interest, and cruelty, can be frightening. Some of this fear, which can veer toward despair, arises from our perception that there is nothing individuals can do to push back on behalf of a kinder world. This video, by the head of TED, Chris Anderson, points to a […]

“My mission to change the narrative of mental health,” a video from TED, was a welcome reminder that mental health has become a subject we feel able to talk about more freely. Some people in public life, such as Sen. John Fetterman, have led the way by talking about their own struggles, and that has […]

Spring Equinox is a time to reconnect to Earth, in all her budding glory. One way of doing this is through the growing of green things and reconnecting to the food we eat. Instead of centering our worship around a sermon, we will be performing a seed planting ceremony to honor our connections with Earth […]

Lee will make the case that vegetarianism is now a human necessity. In the past it has been a free choice in most cultures. Today, the global consequences of not being a vegetarian culture are much too dire to ignore. By the year 2025, two years from now, 2 of every 3 humans on earth will […]

Here in Virginia, we’ll be able to observe a partial solar eclipse on April 8. At the peak of the partial eclipse here, the moon will cover about 87% of the sun. Tepp will describe how an eclipse occurs, where the path of totality is, at what times on April 8 we’ll be able to […]

Hearthstone School has been a longtime presence in Rappahannock County, offering an alternative educational philosophy compared to public schools. Three of the Hearthstone staff will relate the founding and history of the school, as well as the essentials of Waldorf education. The topic should be of special interest to members of UUBRidge, as we have […]

This little talk translates Plato’s cave scene into a more up to date view of the difficulties we encounter in attempting to “go beyond” or to transcend the knowledge provided more directly by the senses. By more graphically picturing the human mind’s freedom, we may come to understand more easily why some people don’t agree […]

This is a time for the Board of Directors to provide updates and information to the congregation for consideration and discussion.  Agenda: State of the Congregation Pledge Drive Update Presentation of the Proposed Budget Presentation from Nominating Committee – BoD Candidates Article 2 Change Discussions Next steps – we will vote on the above items at […]

Karen Allen will present this sermon, which was given by Rev. Erica Baron of the UUA Congregational Life Staff in the New England Region. Reverend Baron asks us to consider: How can the practice of covenant help us to navigate relationships in our lives and in our congregations? And, how do we practice covenant when […]

Memory is at once our most essential mental tool for daily living and the wellspring of our identity. The talk will explore the practical and deeply personal aspects of our memory and will also discuss the memories we share as groups, the public side of memory.