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“New Prophets for the Church of the Real World” the rev Dr. Christine Tata, speaking

THE MORNING PROGRAM: https://redriveruu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TMP-02-07-DMS-study-.pdf New Prophets for the Church of the Real World Here’s a glimpse of Christine’s thinking: The Morning Program (will appear here on Saturday afternoon/evening) Since the middle of the twentieth century, this country has struggled to throw off its beginnings as an apartheid state and live up to its promise. The post-World … Continue reading “New Prophets for the Church of the Real World” the rev Dr. Christine Tata, speaking

All Music Sunday with singers Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron

Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron: “Who Is Our Neighbor” With singer/storyteller Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron THE MORNING PROGRAM:  PLEASE NOTE:  Because we support Tom’s music and his membership in the American Federation of Musicians, Tom’s video program with us will be on our YouTube channel for only 24 hours.  Normally concerts must be ‘live’ … Continue reading All Music Sunday with singers Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron

“How I’d Fix the Whole Shebang in My First 100 Days As President”

THE MORNING PROGRAM (coming Saturday afternoon/evening) SNEAK PEAK (coming soon) January 24, 2021: “How I’d Fix the Whole Shebang in My First 100 Days As President” Come on, admit it—deep down, we all believe that if they’d just put us in charge, for crying out loud, we could cut through the nonsense and fix this mess … Continue reading “How I’d Fix the Whole Shebang in My First 100 Days As President”

Another Fine Apocalypse

January 10, 2021: “Another Fine Apocalypse”   the Rev. Dr. M. Christine Tata, speaking THE MORNING PROGRAM 69 second promo about Sunday’s discourse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjPZlrEwikY Well, here’s another fine apocalypse we’ve gotten into! An “apocalypse,” from the Greek apokálypsis, just means disclosure and revelation, as when the events of 2020 “revealed” how our society was built on toxic racism, violence, and inequality. … Continue reading Another Fine Apocalypse

A Ritual for the New Year

A RITUAL FOR THE NEW YEAR The Worship Team Marla Loturco, leading Sneak Peek:  https://youtu.be/bZlpRkOJDuI A Ritual for the New Year – For five thousand years, or more, more than fifteen thousand generations of human beings have been invoking spiritual power. We will be touching that spiritual power by letting go, metaphoric cleansing, setting of intentions and, … Continue reading A Ritual for the New Year

A Time to Share

DOWNLOAD the morning program:  https://redriveruu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TMP-12-27-DMS-study-CORRECTED.pdf   Join us online Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube channel or our Facebook Page Online Coffee Hour:  Join is via Zoom, starting immediately following the Morning Assembly here Sneak Peek:   A Time to Share The Entire Congregation! Our annual sharing Sunday is time for everyone to bring a 3-5 minute reading you feel the … Continue reading A Time to Share

Holy Is The Longest Night

DOWNLOAD the morning program (arriving here on Saturday) Join us online Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube channel or our Facebook Page Online Coffee Hour:  Join is via Zoom, starting immediately following the Morning Assembly here Sneak Peek about Dr. Tata’s upcoming morning with us: Holy Is the Longest Night  – the Rev. Dr. Christine Tata Dark energy, scientists have … Continue reading Holy Is The Longest Night

Existentialism in a Time of Existentialist Threat

DOWNLOAD the morning program: Join us online Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube channel or our Facebook Page Online Coffee Hour:  Join is via Zoom, starting immediately following the Morning Assembly here Sneak Peek about his remarks: In this discourse I will explore the philosophical perspective known as existentialism which found popularity in the thought of thinkers like Simone de Beauvoir, … Continue reading Existentialism in a Time of Existentialist Threat

“The Once and Future Tabernacle”

THE MORNING PROGRAM SNEAK PEEK ABOUT CHRISTINE’S DISCOURSE: In these pandemic days, our congregations have changed, challenged to find new ways of being together and of remaining faithful. We are becoming more like loosely knit communities of prophets crying in the wilderness, relying only on the spirit–and adequate bandwidth–and some of our churches may never … Continue reading “The Once and Future Tabernacle”