All Music Sunday with singers Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron

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Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron: “Who Is Our Neighbor”

With singer/storyteller Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron

THE MORNING PROGRAM:  TMP - 01-31-DMS-study

PLEASE NOTE:  Because we support Tom’s music and his membership in the American Federation of Musicians, Tom’s video program with us will be on our YouTube channel for only 24 hours.  Normally concerts must be ‘live’ but due to the pandemic the American Federation of Musicians has granted musicians the right to create a video concert provided it is only viewable for the month of February.

Singer-songwriter and political activist, Tom Neilson was last with us in February 2017. He returns virtually this Sunday to perform some of the hundreds of songs he has written in support of truth, love, and justice. Tom was nominated for the 2015 UN Nelson Mandela Award for “work that has All decades and continents sharing comprehensive and sobering interpretations of sociology and history with an easily digestible and entertaining format designed to inform and inspire peace.” The UN Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize recognizes the achievements of those who dedicate their lives to the service of humanity in the promotion of reconciliation and social cohesion, and in community development, guided by the purposes and principles of the United Nations. We are delighted to welcome him back!

For more information on Tom, please check out his website https://tomneilsonmusic.com

 

 

“How I’d Fix the Whole Shebang in My First 100 Days As President”

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THE MORNING PROGRAM (coming Saturday afternoon/evening)

SNEAK PEAK (coming soon)

January 24, 2021: “How I’d Fix the Whole Shebang in My First 100 Days As President”

Come on, admit it—deep down, we all believe that if they’d just put us in charge, for crying out loud, we could cut through the nonsense and fix this mess the world is in! Maybe it’s a fantasy. But let’s just indulge it for once and see what happens. Join us as Rev Dr Christine, with no training whatsoever in government, science, or political science, lays out a comprehensive plan for setting the entire world to rights, once and for all. What could go possibly wrong?

The Rev. Dr. M. Christine Tata

We welcome back to our pulpit the Rev. Dr. Christine Tata who has enjoyed visiting Red River from time to time through the years to preach, lead workshops, and appreciate the growth and sincerity of this congregation. She brings a lifelong interest in religion and spirituality, a variety of academic and professional credentials, and pastoral experience as ordained minister for several progressive congregations. Christine now writes on Medium.com as Rev Dr Sparky, continuing in her mission to inspire courage in the face of absurdity.

Responsible Religious Freedom

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Responsible Religious Freedom – the Rev. Dr. Mark Y.A. Davies, speaking

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Join us online Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube channel or our Facebook Page

Online Coffee Hour:  Join is via Zoom, starting immediately following the Morning Assembly here

In this discourse, I will be looking at the ways in which our lives our enhanced by religious freedom while noting the ways religious freedom has been misused and abused throughout history and in the present day.

The Rev. Dr. Mark Davies is the Oklahoma State Humanities Scholar for the Smithsonian Institute Museum on Main Street Water/Ways exhibit.  He is also the Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics; Director of the World House Institute for Social and Ecological Responsibility; and Executive Director of the Leadership. Education, and Development Hub North America for the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry at Oklahoma City University where he has worked in both teaching and administration for 22 years.  He is a United Methodist minister and holds a Ph.D. in Social Ethics, from Boston University.

Mark is a regular contributor to various online publications, including “The Oklahoma Observer”, “The United Methodist Insight“, and “One World House” and he engages in advocacy and activism in the areas of peace, social justice, and ecological sustainability. Locally this is expressed through his work with the Human Community Network, which works to create non-violent systemic change for a just and flourishing human and ecological community through collaboration, education, innovation, and action. See www.humancommunitynetwork.org.

Another Fine Apocalypse

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January 10, 2021: “Another Fine Apocalypse”   the Rev. Dr. M. Christine Tata, speaking

THE MORNING PROGRAM


69 second promo about Sunday’s discourse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjPZlrEwikY

Well, here’s another fine apocalypse we’ve gotten into! An “apocalypse,” from the Greek apokálypsis, just means disclosure and revelation, as when the events of 2020 “revealed” how our society was built on toxic racism, violence, and inequality. But here’s a twist: apparently this isn’t our first apocalypse. Let’s just take it one epiphany at a time.

The Rev. Dr. M. Christine Tata

We welcome back to our pulpit the Rev. Dr. Christine Tata who has enjoyed visiting Red River from time to time through the years to preach, lead workshops, and appreciate the growth and sincerity of this congregation. She brings a lifelong interest in religion and spirituality, a variety of academic and professional credentials, and pastoral experience as ordained minister for several progressive congregations. Christine now writes on Medium.com as Rev Dr Sparky, continuing in her mission to inspire courage in the face of absurdity.

 

A Ritual for the New Year

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A RITUAL FOR THE NEW YEAR

The Worship Team
Marla Loturco, leading

Sneak Peek:  https://youtu.be/bZlpRkOJDuI

A Ritual for the New Year – For five thousand years, or more, more than fifteen thousand generations of human beings have been invoking spiritual power. We will be touching that spiritual power by letting go, metaphoric cleansing, setting of intentions and, celebrating new beginnings, It is a service of words, music and ritual. At each stop around the circle of flame, water, oil, and light each one of you becomes your own healer, priest/priestess, minister, and teacher. It is your circle of release, cleansing, intention, and hope to walk. Please join us at Red River UU on January 3, 2021 where we will begin the New Year with a ritual of celebration.

A Time to Share

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Join us online Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube channel or our Facebook Page

Online Coffee Hour:  Join is via Zoom, starting immediately following the Morning Assembly here

Sneak Peek:

 

A Time to Share

The Entire Congregation!

Our annual sharing Sunday is time for everyone to bring a 3-5 minute reading you feel the rest of us would enjoy hearing.  A poem, a joke, a story, or even a song if you wish.  We need one another and being a virtual congregation, for now, makes it nearly impossible to “bring a reading to share” as we have for many years.

Here’s our virtual approach:  1) Find what you want to share.  2) Read the details on the next page how the Worship Team will record what you want to share.  3) Schedule your time with Dan Althoff.  4) Read from your home and then join us on Sunday to listen to what other have shared.

How to record what you want to share on December 27:

Deadline to submit a video is MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 – 4 pm.  Make your video using your cell phone – hold it or set it horizontally, NOT VERTICALLY.  Time limit is no more than 5 minutes.  Contact Marla or Doug for help uploading your video if you don’t know how.  (IF you use gmail, you can upload it to your google one drive and email the link to rruuworship@gmail.com.

Holy Is The Longest Night

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Join us online Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube channel or our Facebook Page

Online Coffee Hour:  Join is via Zoom, starting immediately following the Morning Assembly here

Sneak Peek about Dr. Tata’s upcoming morning with us:

Holy Is the Longest Night  – the Rev. Dr. Christine Tata

Dark energy, scientists have recently discovered, accounts for more than two-thirds of the total energy in the observable universe; dark energy drives the expansion of creation. Now it’s time for earthlings to celebrate the rich and varied beauty of darkness: in our language; in our persons, both on the surface and at our cores; and in our dreams, when we inhabit the darkness of healing sleep. Join the Rev. Dr. Christine, on the eve of the longest night of the year, to honor the dark.

 

Existentialism in a Time of Existentialist Threat

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Sneak Peek about his remarks:

In this discourse I will explore the philosophical perspective known as existentialism which found popularity in the thought of thinkers like Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and Jean Paul Sarte. Existentialists claim that our existence as persons precedes our essence and that we are the creators of our own meaning and value. To live as genuine or authentic persons, we must will ourselves to be free while also willing the freedom of others. What might the existentialists be able to teach us as we live into authentic freedom in a time of growing existential threats?

“The Once and Future Tabernacle”

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THE MORNING PROGRAM

SNEAK PEEK ABOUT CHRISTINE’S DISCOURSE:

In these pandemic days, our congregations have changed, challenged to find new ways of being together and of remaining faithful. We are becoming more like loosely knit communities of prophets crying in the wilderness, relying only on the spirit–and adequate bandwidth–and some of our churches may never physically reopen. Although that may feel like the end of everything, Rev. Dr. Christine believes it could be just the beginning. The question is: beginning of what?

“What Is My Duty?”

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What is my Duty? –  To whom do we owe obligations? What is the difference between direct and indirect duties? Do we have duties to non-human life? To future generations? To people we don’t even know?  Should we do our duty no matter what the consequences may be?

Join us online Sunday @ 11:15 on our YouTube channel or our Facebook Page

Online Coffee Hour:  Join is via Zoom, starting immediately following the Morning Assembly here

Sneak Peek about his remarks:

DOWNLOAD the morning program: https://test.redriveruu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/TMP-11-30.pdf

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The Rev. Dr. Mark Davies is the Oklahoma State Humanities Scholar for the Smithsonian Institute Museum on Main Street Water/Ways exhibit.  He is also the Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics; Director of the World House Institute for Social and Ecological Responsibility; and Executive Director of the Leadership. Education, and Development Hub North America for the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry at Oklahoma City University where he has worked in both teaching and administration for 24 years.  He is a United Methodist minister and holds a Ph.D. in Social Ethics, from Boston University.

Mark is a regular contributor to various online publications, including “The Oklahoma Observer”, “The United Methodist Insight“, and “One World House” and he engages in advocacy and activism in the areas of peace, social justice, and ecological sustainability. Locally this is expressed through his work with the Human Community Network, which works to create non-violent systemic change for a just and flourishing human and ecological community through collaboration, education, innovation, and action. See www.humancommunitynetwork.org.