Resources for a Sunday Service
Harvest Season Message 2023
October is a month for harvest festivals and for focusing attention on food and water needs. World Food Day is a United Nations holiday celebrated on October 16th. October is also the month for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In many places in the world, indigenous peoples are fighting in defense of their land and water rights. Indigenous Peoples’ Day is scheduled for October 9th in the United States.
Harvest Season Message 2021
Care for your neighbors: Heat waves, major wildfires, storms, and floods have caused widespread suffering in much of the world. The COVID-19 pandemic continues. Many religious buildings have been closed for more than 18 months. North America is moving into the cold-weather season.
A better way of living is needed. A better way of living is possible. Your congregation is needed as communities work for economic and social justice.
Webinar Resources: Harvest Season—Food and Water Justice (Oct. 13, 2022)
Climate change threatens food and drinking water supplies. What’s the Unitarian Universalist message during the harvest season? In the American South, congregations are feeding the hungry, working for fair trade economics, and helping to create an ethical and a sustainable food economy during a time of crisis. Information about Florida’s response to Hurricane Ian will be included in this webinar. It’s information that is needed in congregations and in communities in every region.
Presenters are UUJEC Board Member Rev. Bob Murphy; Jim Scott, author with the Winter Consortof the Missa Gaia/Earth Mass; Jay P. “Jungle Jay” Hardman, member of UU Clearwater in Central Florida; Dara Moore, Spirit of Life UU copresident, and Rebecca Allen of the UU Animal Ministry.
Webinar recording available on YouTube.