UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS OF SARASOTA, 3975 FRUITVILLE ROAD, SARASOTA FL 34232, TEL. 941-371-4974
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Upcoming Sundays

This Sunday, July 13:
Service at 10:30 am:​
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Eastern philosopher and spiritual guru Baba Ram Dass teaches that loving awareness moves us from the ego to the soul while loving all beings unconditionally.  In loving awareness, we accept our thoughts and feelings as a part of our human experience.  We are a living witness – not here to judge or fix or even resist – but to witness, to be aware, to love. Recently, Rev. Culbert was blessed with the sacred task of being loving awareness for her friend in the last week of his life.  She will share how this practice replaces worry and pain with peace and comfort when facing terminal illness, death and beautiful challenges of daily life. 

Sermon by Rev. Katie Culbert

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Rev. Katie Culbert
Music:
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Joni Adno, vocals, guitar & keyboard
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Christine Bruno, piano
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Joe Bruno Sr., trumpet
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​Religious Education for Children and Youth at 10:30 am:
​After the Time for All Ages in the service, children and youth will join their teachers in the West Wing for fun activities. 

All Ages: A month of Kindness- Being There

We'll explore how sharing our time with others, especially our elders who may be losing their memories, is a gift.  We'll make cards for delivery to our elder members.   This supports our UU value of showing care and compassion. 
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NURSERY CARE IS PROVIDED FOR INFANTS TO 5 Years.  For more info, contact Catherine Bonner at [email protected]​

Forum at 9:15 am:
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​​What Are Effective Nonviolent Actions?
To follow up on the No King’s Day peaceful protest, we will be presenting, on video, “What Can We Do?  The Top 10 Most Effective Nonviolent Actions to Meet This Moment.”  The Franciscan Action Network and Pace e Bene explain the ideas and campaigns of nonviolent action from a deep lived experience. Presenter and Moderator, Dale Anderson; Zoom Host, Marie Keeney.

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Second Sunday Potluck after the Service
Get to know each other. Make connections. Join a welcoming and loving community as you bask in the sunshine and relax in our lovely garden setting. You may eat outside or in air-conditioned comfort.  All are welcome. Just bring a dish to share and drop it off in the kitchen before the service. Plates, utensils and beverages are provided. 

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Messy Faith, Joyful Lives:
Building Community Together at 11:45 am

Calling all parents! Join us from 11:45am to 1:45pm in the West Wing for this interactive meeting where we discuss and reimagine how we can strengthen and build our children, youth, and family programs. Lunch and childcare will be provided. See the agenda and find out more here.
Questions? Contact [email protected].

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Mindfulness Meditation at 3 pm:
Explore the role of mindfulness practice as a key to flourishing in every aspect of human life. This group provides an ethical, contemplative and philosophical framework for mindfulness using early teachings of the Buddha. It is open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Join us in the Library Room. A weekly Wednesday meditation has now been added. ​Read more...

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Zen Buddhism at 7:00 pm:
A group focusing on "The Study and Practice of Zen" meets every Sunday evening at 7 pm via Zoom.  
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Sunday, July 20:
Service at 10:30 am:​
​Crossing the Boundaries
In its focus on Jesus, the son of God as the path to life-everlasting, Christianity often fails to appreciate the truly revolutionary power found in the New Testament Gospels’ accounts of Jesus the man. Careful reading of them reveals numerous times and ways that Jesus crossed the boundaries that society set. His love reached across every boundary that diminished or thwarted the being of any person by labeling them “alien.”

His crossing of boundaries was a demonstration of, and a call to oppose any attitudes or systems that distorted or diminished any life. The boundaries kept us from imagining what people or systems could be. Jesus’ crossing of boundaries was an invitation to live, to be, and to allow. His Crossing of Boundaries was an invitation of all to imagine what life could be.

Sermon by Rev. Bill Morgan
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Rev. Bill Morgan
Rev. William M. Morgan Jr. served as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, and Georgia.   In all his congregations, he focused on issues of justice–racial, ethnic, gender–and international peacemaking. In a second career, he taught courses in religion and ethics at universities in Georgia and Florida. His research focused on Ancient Israel and the impact of the surrounding ancient cultures on the development of the Hebrew Bible.
Music:
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Hot Club SRQ (Keven Aland and Jon McLaughlin)
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Christine Bruno, piano
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We are a non-profit supported solely by members and friends like you. Please support our efforts by clicking the Donate button to the left. Your contributions are needed and appreciated.​

​Religious Education for Children and Youth at 10:30 am:
​After the Time for All Ages in the service, children and youth will join their teachers in the West Wing for fun activities. 
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NURSERY CARE IS PROVIDED FOR INFANTS TO 5 Years.  For more info, contact Catherine Bonner at [email protected]​
Forum at 9:15 am:
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Coffee and Conversations after the service
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Enjoy coffee and other refreshments as you converse with old friends and make new ones. Join a welcoming and loving community as you bask in the sunshine and relax in our lovely garden setting. 


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Mindfulness Meditation at 3 pm:
Explore the role of mindfulness practice as a key to flourishing in every aspect of human life. This group provides an ethical, contemplative and philosophical framework for mindfulness using early teachings of the Buddha. It is open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Join us in the Library Room. A weekly Wednesday meditation has now been added. ​Read more...

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Zen Buddhism at 7:00 pm:
A group focusing on "The Study and Practice of Zen" meets every Sunday evening at 7 pm via Zoom.  
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Read more...​

Sunday, July 27:
Service at 10:30 am:​
​July 27 Service:
Nurturing the Spirit
​to Meet the Moment

The need we all feel to be grounded in shared human values in communities that nurture our spirits  has never been greater, and no tradition is better poised to meet it than Unitarian  Universalism.   We just need to have a little faith in one another.

Sermon by Rev. Brock Leach
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Rev. Brock Leach
Music:
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Tasha Robinson, harp
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Christine Bruno, piano
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We are a non-profit supported solely by members and friends like you. Please support our efforts by clicking the Donate button to the left. Your contributions are needed and appreciated.​

​Religious Education for Children and Youth at 10:30 am:
​After the Time for All Ages in the service, children and youth will join their teachers in the West Wing for fun activities. 
​
NURSERY CARE IS PROVIDED FOR INFANTS TO 5 Years.  For more info, contact Catherine Bonner at [email protected]​
Forum at 9:15 am:
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Coffee and Conversations after the service
​
Enjoy coffee and other refreshments as you converse with old friends and make new ones. Join a welcoming and loving community as you bask in the sunshine and relax in our lovely garden setting. 


Picture
Mindfulness Meditation at 3 pm:
Explore the role of mindfulness practice as a key to flourishing in every aspect of human life. This group provides an ethical, contemplative and philosophical framework for mindfulness using early teachings of the Buddha. It is open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Join us in the Library Room. A weekly Wednesday meditation has now been added. ​Read more...

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Zen Buddhism at 7:00 pm:
A group focusing on "The Study and Practice of Zen" meets every Sunday evening at 7 pm via Zoom.  
​
Read more...​

Sunday, August 3:
Service at 10:30 am:​

Sermon by Jeanay Johnson, 
​Director of Religious Education at Unitarian Universalist Church of St Petersburg   
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Rev. Jeanay Johnson
Music:
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Bri Rivera, guitar and vocals
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Don Bryn, piano
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We are a non-profit supported solely by members and friends like you. Please support our efforts by clicking the Donate button to the left. Your contributions are needed and appreciated.​

​Religious Education for Children and Youth at 10:30 am:
​After the Time for All Ages in the service, children and youth will join their teachers in the West Wing for fun activities. 
​
NURSERY CARE IS PROVIDED FOR INFANTS TO 5 Years.  For more info, contact Catherine Bonner at [email protected]​
Forum at 9:15 am:
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Coffee and Conversations after the service
​
Enjoy coffee and other refreshments as you converse with old friends and make new ones. Join a welcoming and loving community as you bask in the sunshine and relax in our lovely garden setting. 


Picture
Mindfulness Meditation at 3 pm:
Explore the role of mindfulness practice as a key to flourishing in every aspect of human life. This group provides an ethical, contemplative and philosophical framework for mindfulness using early teachings of the Buddha. It is open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Join us in the Library Room. A weekly Wednesday meditation has now been added. ​Read more...

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Zen Buddhism at 7:00 pm:
A group focusing on "The Study and Practice of Zen" meets every Sunday evening at 7 pm via Zoom.  
​
Read more...​

Sunday, August 10:
Service at 10:30 am:​

Sermon by Rev. Jay Wolin   ​
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Our settled minister, Rev. Jay Wolin
Music:
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Paul Duffey
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Don Bryn, piano
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We are a non-profit supported solely by members and friends like you. Please support our efforts by clicking the Donate button to the left. Your contributions are needed and appreciated.​

​Religious Education for Children and Youth at 10:30 am:
​After the Time for All Ages in the service, children and youth will join their teachers in the West Wing for fun activities. 
​
NURSERY CARE IS PROVIDED FOR INFANTS TO 5 Years.  For more info, contact Catherine Bonner at [email protected]​
Forum at 9:15 am:
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Second Sunday Potluck after the Service
Get to know each other. Make connections. Join a welcoming and loving community as you bask in the sunshine and relax in our lovely garden setting. You may eat outside or in air-conditioned comfort.  All are welcome. Just bring a dish to share and drop it off in the kitchen before the service. Plates, utensils and beverages are provided. 

Picture
Mindfulness Meditation at 3 pm:
Explore the role of mindfulness practice as a key to flourishing in every aspect of human life. This group provides an ethical, contemplative and philosophical framework for mindfulness using early teachings of the Buddha. It is open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Join us in the Library Room. A weekly Wednesday meditation has now been added. ​Read more...

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Zen Buddhism at 7:00 pm:
A group focusing on "The Study and Practice of Zen" meets every Sunday evening at 7 pm via Zoom.  
​
Read more...​


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