Speaker: Preston Luitweiler

The Practice of Non-Violent Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
The Practice of Non-Violent Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement
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Our Soul Matters theme for January is Practicing Resistance. The Underground Railroad and the civil rights movement were non-violent resistance against the cruelty and injustice of slavery and segregation. There was violent resistance and violent backlash, but it was non-violent resistance that most stubbornly bent the moral arc of the universe toward justice. Quakers and … Continue reading The Practice of Non-Violent Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement

United Nations Day

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
United Nations Day
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United Nations Day is October 24. The United Nations is a vital tool to advance rights and justice globally. Nearly 80 years after its founding, the UN remains the only international body that brings together heads of state from around the globe on a principle of equal representation. At a time of global challenges requiring … Continue reading United Nations Day

Thomas Paine and Freedom, Then and Now

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Thomas Paine and Freedom, Then and Now
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense 1774 went “viral” in the American colonies in 1774 and inspired our Declaration of Independence. We just celebrated its 249th anniversary. It was a declaration of freedom from the impulsive edicts and wars of a mad king, from taxation without representation, from state-imposed religion. That freedom has been expanded to abolish … Continue reading Thomas Paine and Freedom, Then and Now

Memorial Day 2025

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Memorial Day 2025
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Join us as we remember and honor loved ones who served. Learn about the sinking of the Dorcester and the story of the Four Chaplains.

The Joy of Remembrance

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
The Joy of Remembrance
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Our Soul Matters theme for April is “Joy.” Our service this week will celebrate the joy of remembering members and friends we lost during the COVID pandemic. It may seem paradoxical to look for joy in such tragic loss, but time and gentle, joyful remembrance can replace sorrow. In remembering the connections we shared with … Continue reading The Joy of Remembrance

Bayard Rustin? Who was that?

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Bayard Rustin? Who was that?
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Bayard Rustin may be one of the most consequential local “adjacent UUs” in history who never made it onto the poster in our lobby of “100 Unitarian Universalists Who Made a Difference.” On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day last month, we all probably heard excerpts from MLK Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech from the … Continue reading Bayard Rustin? Who was that?

What Would Thomas Paine Think of Project 2025?

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
What Would Thomas Paine Think of Project 2025?
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What is Project 2025 and why is everyone talking about it? What would our namesake Thomas Paine think of it based upon his beliefs and his writings?

George McNeil and the Dignity of Labor

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
George McNeil and the Dignity of Labor
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As we celebrate Labor Day, let us reflect on our UU values of respect, fairness and the democratic process, and on the lives of people who have promoted the dignity of labor in our society. Our congregation’s namesake, Thomas Paine, as a young man worked as a revenue collector for the English King. When he … Continue reading George McNeil and the Dignity of Labor

Our Namesake, Thomas Paine

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Thomas Paine UU Fellowship
Our Namesake, Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine is one of “100 Unitarians and Universalists who made a difference” on the poster in our lobby. In 2020, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron “updated” and renamed the poster. In the process,Thomas Paine and 38 others were removed. Paine was kept on a list of 22 “adjacent” UUs whose “works and points … Continue reading Our Namesake, Thomas Paine