[UUCP] ZOOM SERVICE 5/21/23

[Liandra Pires]

*Please join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for...*
*"THE WHOLLY INVITATION OF GRIEF"*
With
* Rev. Sonia Ketchian and *
*Special Guest Minister, Rev. Laurene Williams (See bio below)*
All Are Welcome!

What if grief was the key to a “wholly” life?

Would you cherish it like the key to a safe deposit box holding your most
valued possessions?

Or take it for granted like the keys to your house or car that only gets
your attention when misplaced or lost?

Let’s explore together how grief can be the key to wholehearted living and
authentic self-expression.


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*ZOOM SERVICE:*

*Zoom Link: *

https://zoom.us/j/6442007072?pwd=ZVBkT21WeG9DdThac1NiVlNkVjkvUT09

*Meeting ID: *644 200 7072
*Passcode: *uucpzoom

*For more info, visit: uucpalisades.org <http://uucpalisades.org/>*



[image: Laurene.jpg] Meet Rev. Laurene Williams – Activist.  Counselor.
Innovator.  Minister.  Yet “Spirited” best describes Reverend Laurene
Williams – she’s as lively talking about spirituality as she is about her
beloved Steelers.  For her, there’s no difference between a congregation
raising its voice ‘as one’ in worship and a stadium of fans raising its
voice ‘as one’ to uplift a player or team to victory.  Both embody a
consciousness of oneness, connection to a unifying purpose and a sense of
community and Spirit.  Is it less powerful or profound because one is
social and considered secular?  Reverend Laurene doesn’t think so.  She
believes the societal paradigm of separation between “church and state” is
as unnatural (and impossible) as separating our divinity from our
humanity.  The spiritual journey is to practice moving through the world as
“wholly” as possible – closing the gap between our own humanity and
divinity by bringing down the wall of separation between us and our own
souls.  That is why “love” undergirds all spiritual, religious and faith
traditions because it is The Great Unifier.  Love connects us to our souls,
to each other, to all of creation and living an “undivided life,” whereby
who we are, what we do and how we do it is in alignment with our highest
essence.

Sought after for her compelling conversations, engaging inquiries, sense of
humor and unique perspective, Reverend Laurene explores with people how to
embody their personal truth in alignment with Spiritual Truth for greater
fulfillment, delight and peace of mind.  This is accomplished through her
writings, counseling, ministry, public speaking and transformational
workshops and innovative programs.

Reverend Laurene Williams is a board member of One Spirit Learning
Alliance, the team lead of One Spirit in Action which is the activism
branch of One Spirit’s Interfaith Seminary and a member of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Incorporated, a public service sorority.  She is from
Westbury, LI where her mother still resides and currently lives in
Bloomfield, NJ.


*Liandra Pires*

Director of Marketing & Communications

Co-Chair of Racial & Social Justice Team

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades (UUCP)


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