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Death Cafe (10/19)

Death Cafe (10/19)

Saturday, October 19, 2024:
Host: Rev Gordon
We will start the fall sessions on October 19th and meet on a monthly basis for 1.5 hours.

Death Cafe – Session II

Death Cafe – Session II

What will your loved ones say about you? One way to ensure your story is told correctly is to write it yourself. The great writer Flannery O’Connor said, “A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way.” A eulogy — a remembrance speech at a funeral — often includes stories about the departed loved one. Yet how many of us know the whole story and unique path of even those closest to us? It’s not egotistical to write your own eulogy. Many grief counselors and thanatologists encourage people to think about their favorite memory […]

Beyond Beloved Conversations: Resource Library

Beyond Beloved Conversations: Resource Library

Articles: Books:  Television miniseries:  PBS has several documentaries about sexism, including: Movies: Youtube: Ted Talk: Movies That Tell Our Stories: (April 2024) Disney+ Launchpad (These are short stories that have lots of intersectionality): Immigration (These are immigrant stories): _________________________ Ability Asian Gay/Lesbian Latino Trans Black

Beyond Beloved Conversations: Syllabus

Beyond Beloved Conversations: Syllabus

Beyond Beloved Conversations is an online program designed for UU’s and others who are navigating the challenges of dismantling the linked oppressions in a congregational context. Topics covered include: This program gives participants an opportunity to learn more, consider and discuss these issues from different angles and perspectives, to try on some new ideas, to ask some hard questions of themselves and/or each other, and to share some of the concerns these issues raise for them as they work for transformation in their own lives and in their congregations. Details Type Description Name Beyond Beloved Conversations Authors Gordon Clay Bailey, […]