Services held Sundays @ 10 a.m.
January 20 The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. Rev. Jay Wolin In April of 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. came to Davenport Iowa and gave a speech at a ceremony in which he was the recipient of the Pacem-in-Terris Peace and Freedom award. We will hear some of that speech and reflect on the state of race and racism in Davenport today. January 27 A Community of Possibility Rev. Jay Wolin I often say I don’t know my limits until I pass them. How else can we be sure what is possible? Often we underestimate what is possible. Just because I imagine something is possible doesn’t make it so, but it is a place to start. How does Unitarian Universalism help inform us about what is possible for our lives and this world? It is possible that this is what I will be talking about this Sunday. Forum Sundays @ 9 a.m. in the Community Room
***Childcare Available!*** January 20: January 27: Village School Code of Conduct Join together as parents and congregants to give feedback in crafting our code of conduct to reflect our seven UU principles. We will also take the time to share our own family “codes” and how they relate to our lives as Unitarian Universalists. February 3: I Am Not Your Negro: In Celebration of Black History Month we will be offering this excellent file by Raoul Peck. We will watch the first half of the film on the 3rd and finish the second half on the 10th. The NY Times offered this summary of the film: "To call “I Am Not Your Negro” a movie about James Baldwin would be to understate Mr. Peck’s achievement. It’s more of a posthumous collaboration, an uncanny and thrilling communion between the filmmaker — whose previous work includes both a documentary and a narrative feature about the Congolese anti-colonialist leader Patrice Lumumba — and his subject. The voice-over narration (read by Samuel L. Jackson) is entirely drawn from Baldwin’s work. Much of it comes from notes and letters written in the mid-1970s, when Baldwin was somewhat reluctantly sketching out a book, never to be completed, about the lives and deaths of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr." February 10: I Am Not Your Negro: In Celebration of Black History Month we will be offering this excellent file by Raoul Peck. We will the film started last Sunday, February 3rd. The NY Times offered this summary of the film: "To call “I Am Not Your Negro” a movie about James Baldwin would be to understate Mr. Peck’s achievement. It’s more of a posthumous collaboration, an uncanny and thrilling communion between the filmmaker — whose previous work includes both a documentary and a narrative feature about the Congolese anti-colonialist leader Patrice Lumumba — and his subject. The voice-over narration (read by Samuel L. Jackson) is entirely drawn from Baldwin’s work. Much of it comes from notes and letters written in the mid-1970s, when Baldwin was somewhat reluctantly sketching out a book, never to be completed, about the lives and deaths of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr." February 17: Rich Clewell: What’s going on with the Davenport City Council: An Insider’s Perspective Summary: Cut away the noise and listen as 6th Ward Councilman Rich Clewell discusses some of the issues going on in the City of Davenport. February 24: Mike Wilcox: The First Nation Farmer Climate Unity March-September 1-8, 2018. The march covered 94 miles over 8 days from Des Moines to Fort Dodge, IA. The march was along the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline as it runs NW to SE through Iowa. Mike Wilcox will discuss what he learned along the route about the pipeline, the land and Iowans impacted by it from farmers, Native Americans and other environmentalists. The march was sponsored by Bold Iowa, Sierra Club and Indigenous Iowa. Calendar |
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