Heather Vickery, along with Revs. Doug Wadkins and Victoria Poling, will lead the services. Music by the Loft Choir; Danny Szydlo, tenor; and Dwight Beckmeyer, piano.

Sermon (Heather Vickery): "Joy is the Secret of Resistance"

Alice Walker says "resistance is the secret of joy" but the inverse is also true. Joy is the secret of resistance. In these tough times we often focus on resistance and forget to be joyful together. But Joy is essential! Our joy is what scares them, our joy is what we are fighting for. Join us to hear about some of UUSC's joyful resistance and to learn about how you too can lean into joy in these troubling times.

Heather Vickery (she/her) is the Coordinator for Congregational Activism at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)and she supports UU congregations and other groups that want to do their justice work more effectively and faithfully. In both her paid and unpaid organizing work, she works deeply for trans and migrant liberation through the Pink Haven Coalition and the Community Accompaniment Program with Asylum Seekers. Heather is also an aspirant for UU ministry and a student at the Starr King School for the Ministry. When she is not working and organizing, you can find her and her rescue pup, Nova, hiking, gardening and cooking with their loved ones.

Sunday worship at UUC includes music, reflection, sermon, and connection, with informal Coffee & Conversations afterwards in Nathan Johnson Hall. UUC Worship Services are also live streamed.

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