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Powers That Be: Power Over and Power Within

Jul 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

July 16, 2023, 10:00 a.m.
“Powers That Be: Power Over and Power Within”
Rev. Sue Greer, UUSD Friend and ordained Spiritual Life Minister

Our culture and our world have lost connection to the Power Within, and we live dominated by the Power Over. So, it becomes our choice how we live in the world: Connected and alive to all life or disconnected, isolated in our separateness while dominating and attempting to control everything. Power Within calls us to action: To create, to love, to heal, to listen to the voices of the living world, and to stand for all life of which we are part. Power Over separates us from the living world and nature. We live as if we have superiority over everything. Life exists for consumption and control. Everything is seen as commerce: The value of human and animal lives, sex and the use of women, forest and trees, water, and the growing of food. Awakening to our true power, the Power Within, connects us to the grounded presence of our living earth and all our relations. Here we find the source of connection, our strength.

UUSD is requiring that only vaccinated individuals (who are eligible to be vaccinated against COVID) attend in-person services.
Please stay home and enjoy our livestream if you have a fever, any other symptoms of illness, or if it’s simply a better option for you.
Mask wearing is encouraged but not required.

Winter Solstice Celebration

Come! Call back the light! On this, the longest night of the year, we will invite new beginnings into our lives and pause to listen to the renewal of our life’s direction.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

“Lean Into the Mystery,” Rev. Heather Rion Starr on December 24th at 4pm.

Celebrate this time of the longest nights by singing carols, lifting up good stories, and enjoying one another’s good company.

All are welcome on this sparkly and festive evening.

Transgender Day of Remembrance Held at UUSD

On November 20, 2024, Sussex Pride hosted a solemn vigil at UUSD to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance. The event was co-organized by UUSD’s Social and Environmental Justice Committee. This candlelight ceremony honored the lives of transgender individuals who were tragically lost to violence over the past year.

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News

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Events

Drum Circle – Third Thursday of Each Month at 6pm

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Share the Plate, November: UUA Disaster Relief Fund

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Winter Solstice Celebration, Dec 20 at 6p.m.

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Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: Dec 24 at 4pm

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Memoir Writers Affinity Group – First Saturday of Each Month, 10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Sharing Our Stories

Each of us at UUSD has a different story to tell about how we found a spiritual home here. A few of us are life-long UUs but most are not, having come from a variety of other religious backgrounds or from no particular place of faith. Whatever our journey, sharing the stories of the paths we took helps connect us to each other and to the shared journey we are now making.