Sermon Category: Guest Minister

"Narrative Freedom"- led by the Rev. Andrée Cornelia Mol, guest minister. Author Thomas King writes: “The truth about stories is that’s all we are.” Yet, not all of us have the freedom to tell our own stories. If we are to honor each other and our interdependence, if we are to allow for a responsible search for truth and meaning, we need to create space for each person to own their own narrative. Using examples from popular culture as well as recent events, specifically events related to the continued fight for trans rights, we’ll explore the power of personal narrative, and the power-struggle behind narrative that exists for those of us on the margins.

"Enter the Infinite," led by Erol Delos Santos. Delos Santos is a Masters of Divinity student at Union Theological Seminary and originally from Maplewood, NJ. Currently, he works as a communications coordinator for The Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist and is sponsored at The Fourth Universalist Society. This homily explores how capitalism leads us to believe that we live in a world with infinite resources, and how this affects how we treat people, and our planet.

Led by UUCM member Ghana Hylton, our service will ask what does faith mean for a Unitarian Universalist within this community and in relationship with our world?

“God Matters” - led by the Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, who will share his own journey with God and how it has impacted his own learning and growth. Janamanchi currently serves as senior minister of Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, Maryland. Born and raised in Southern India, Abhi moved to the United States in 1994. He is a third-generation member of the Brahmo Samaj, a Unitarian Hindu reform movement with ties to Unitarian Universalism and he graduated from Meadville Lombard Theological School in 1998 and received an honorary doctorate from Meadville Lombard in 2018.

This sermon spotlights liberation theology and the role of progressive religion in the fight against systemic oppression.