Past Morning Services

Morning Worship – Today’s Discourse is “Everyone Can Do Something” by Adrian Hinman

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Our speaker Adrian Hinman presenting via video

How I stumbled face-first into the mutual aid networks of my new home in Minneapolis, learned to help and protect my neighbors, and what it looks like going forward.

The Morning Program

May 17, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship – Today’s Discourse is “Post-Truth Society” by Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies

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Democracy cannot survive in a post-truth society. The truth and evidence-based critical thinking matter if we are to develop the shared understanding of reality that makes beloved community possible

The Morning Program

May 10, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship – Today’s Discourse is “Income Inequality” by Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies

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Democracy cannot survive increasing income equality. As the gap between the rich and poor widens so does the inequality in their political power and participation, with fewer and fewer people controlling our economic and political processes.

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May 3, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship – Today’s Discourse is “My Journey” – by Karrisa Hodge

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Karrisa feels it is her duty to her Indigenous Relatives to help create safe spaces where our people can gain knowledge together. To show that we are good allies, please wear red, especially red dresses, if at all possible.

Karrisa Hodge is President and founder of Missing Murdered Indigenous Women Chahta. She has ancestry to 3 Tribal Nations from her mother and fathers’ side, but she is a Tribal member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma to honor her auntie  Wanda and Ibah (ee-bah) David. As a mother of 3 and a bonus to one she strives to be a strong woman role model for her children.  She does this because she knows how influential that can be. Her biggest role models and strongest women that made an impact in her life were her auntie Wanda Querterbitty and her grandmother Elsa Garcia. Karrisa believes especially in the matriarchal tribes she’s a part of, that women are life givers, leaders and influencers. Karissa feels it is her duty to her Indigenous Relatives to help create safe spaces where our people can gain knowledge, together.

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April 26, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship - Today’s Discourse “Emergency Preparedness: Necessary for Survival ” by Emergency Preparedness Team

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Emergency Preparedness is vital knowledge, at home, work, and church. Being aware of your surroundings and knowing what to do in case of a medical or weather emergency or even a hostile situation can give you the confidence to save lives, including your own. We will discuss the various types of emergencies you may face here at church, what to do during those emergencies and what the EP Team is planning to make our gathering place safer for everyone.

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April 19, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship - Today’s Discourse “Would You Like Fresh or Plastic? by Rebecca Crystal

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Combining two near and dear Unitarian Universalist services, Earth Day and our flower communion, we ask everyone to bring at least one flower to share. Discussion will be on how plastic is not evil, but needs to be honored in what it offers to us as well as how we can rethink, renew, reduce, reuse, recycle, and upcycle!

Morning Program

April 12, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship - Today’s Discourse “Reflections on Ibram X. Kendi’s 'Chain of Ideas’" by Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies

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In a world in which those in poverty and persons of color are much more likely to experience environmental injustice, what will it take to attain environmental justice and ensure that all persons have access to clean water, clean air, and nutritious food.

Morning Program

April 5, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship - Today’s Discourse “Environmental Justice is Attainable” by Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies

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April 5 2026 – “Environmental Justice is Attainable” – –  Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies

In a world in which those in poverty and persons of color are much more likely to experience environmental injustice, what will it take to attain environmental justice and ensure that all persons have access to clean water, clean air, and nutritious food.

The Morning Program

March 29, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship - Today’s Discourse “The Dry Bones of Our Democracy” by Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies

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Our democracy is at its weakest point since before the passage of the Voting Rights Act. We are currently characterized as a “flawed democracy” by the Economist Democracy Index, and we are in very real danger of becoming a failed democracy as we continue our fall into authoritarianism. What can be done to bring the dry bones of our democracy back to life?

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March 22, 2026 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Morning Worship - Today’s Discourse “Ways to Remember the Holocaust” by The Worship Team & Walter Norris

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Walter Norris

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This morning’s service is in our 5^th Sunday format, even though it isn’t 5th Sunday.

This format features a speaker, Walter Norris, who is a docent at the Dallas Holocaust Museum and will talk to us about visiting the museum,  followed by an activity – painting stones with names of children who died in the Holocaust for the Upstander Stone Project which will be returned to the project and included in the Holocaust Garden of Hope in Kingwood Texas. Stones have long been and continue to be used as historical grave markers; Jewish people bring small stones to leave on their loved ones’ gravesites, as stones are permanent (as opposed to flowers) and serve as a reminder that memories of our loved ones last forever.

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