Special Music – 7/12/20
Come, Come, Whoever You AreWords: Adapted from RumiMusic: Lynn Adair UngarPerformed by the First UU Virtual Choir Staying apart and not singing together is an act of love these days, and still, we invite you Read more…
Rooted, Inspired, and Ready – GA Reflections
I am Colleen Appel. My pronouns are she and her. I accepted the position of Board President because I had time to give the job my full attention, and, when it comes to preparing for Read more…
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man – YouTube series
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man is a safe place to have the uncomfortable conversations about race that many people have never been able to have. But enough is enough - I want to remove the barriers for why we’ve never had these conversations. I want to provide a free space for curious white people to answer the questions they’ve always had but have been too nervous to ask. Like, “How can I have white privilege if I’m not wealthy?” or “is racial profiling ok if black people tend to commit more crimes” and my personal favorite from a 19-year-old girl from rural Alabama named Amy who asked, “if black people can say the ‘N’ word, why can’t I?” And many, many more.
Thresholds of Increasing Complexity
July 5, 2020 In the field of education, there has emerged a relatively new discipline called “Big History.” The aim of the Big History Project is to link different areas of knowledge into one unified Read more…
Press Release
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Springfield MO welcomes Rev. Michelle Scott-Huffman as its new minister. She begins her duties today, July 1. Scott-Huffman already is familiar to many Springfield residents through her position as campus Read more…
June 28, 2020 – Special Music
Confidencefrom Songs Without Words, Op. 19 No. 4by Felix Mendelssohnperformed by Eva Riebold Eva suggested this as our prelude this week and I agree that it’s both lovely and supports the theme of Possibility. This Read more…
The Joy of Unchoosing*
White supremacists vs. white supremacist thinking and culture So, not one person I know at UU is a white supremacist; however, most all of us have been well-taught and trained to think in white supremacist Read more…
Silent Vigil for George Floyd
We are grateful to everyone who came on June 9 to support justice. Our local news station KY3 published an article on First UU’s response.
Flipping the Script: Uncovering Possibility by Shifting the Narratives that Hold Us Back
Have you considered the possibilitythat everything you believe is wrong,not merely off a bit, but totally wrong,nothing like things as they really are?If you’ve done this, you know how durably fragilethose phantoms we hold in our heads are,those Read more…
Black Lives Matter
Today we offer an invitation to all members and friends of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Springfield Missouri to join in saying BLACK LIVES MATTER. We are creating a video of our community speaking the Read more…
The Grace of Unfolding Moments
by Rev Michelle Scott-Huffman, Chaplain – There have been moments in my life that I couldn’t have imagined Didn’t plan for Was unaware, even, of their possibility Nevertheless, they came Some of them bringing great Read more…
MESSAGE FROM THE UUA PRESIDENT: Updated Guidance for Gathering
Press release from the UUA – This week we received a special announcement from UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray with updated guidance about returning to gathering. Her advice is entirely in line with First UU’s statement on Read more…