“Generations” a service of testimony - led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael and Ghana Hylton. Rev. Anya and Ghana Hylton share stories and reflect on the impact of heritage - on the way wisdom, pain, beauty, and more can travel generational paths through families, and on the hope that comes with transformation.
“The Stone Cry Out for our Mental Health” - led by the Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael. On this Palm Sunday we allow spiritual truths to compel our mental healing. When our spirit says rest and we ignore our spirit, the very stones will cry out.
This service is about repair - necessary repair. It is also about the political crime of denying that repair. And this service is a call to faith - to act on the faith that repair is possible. Today’s sermon is an open letter to Governor Murphy, asking him to support and then pass the Reparation Task Force Act for New Jersey, Bill A938/S386. These readings stand as faithful touchstones from scripture and national history that further compel this action.
We might know where our masks are and where we have spent our pandemic days, but do we know where we have put our faith, throughout this time of struggle? We have been tested and when we are tested our faith shows up in often immediate and astounding ways.
adrienne maree brown shares "If you believe — as I do — that no one is disposable, then we have to ask ourselves questions when we feel tempted to dispose of others." Transformative justice requires that we do not cancel one another, even as we hold one another accountable, and dedicate ourselves to removing the obstacles to widening the circle of care.
Led by Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael and Rev. Ali K.C. Bell
