Washington UU Congregation - Aug. 20

Past event
Aug 20, 2023, 10 AM to 12 PM

Please join us this summer on Sundays, in person, at 10:00am. All are welcome!

This Sunday, August 20th, we welcome Billy Donovan to our pulpit. Billy's topic will be "Reimagining: The Male and Female Forces In Cooperation." The two most potent, and antagonistic forces in Western socio-political life are the Patriarchal and the Feminist, each embodying a gendered persona of male and female respectively. But are they divorced from the Spiritual? Through the Chinese Taoist lens, our situation places the two most powerful forces of the universe, Yin and Yang, in conflict with each other, rather than in the flow and mutuality envisioned in that tradition. How can we reframe our long held assumptions and adopt Eastern and Indigenous ways of thinking, and perhaps find the cooperation, reciprocity and love that we know we must find?

Billy has a lifelong connection to dissident activism, with solid roots in nonviolent civil disobedience, and the tradition of speaking "Truth to Power." This foundation has been informed and inspired by the transformational moment of the 1960's, The American Friends Service Committee, The Catholic Worker Movement, Deep Ecology, early Feminist theory, and by all those with the courage to feel and act from the heart, and who give voice to those who have none. Billy lives in the hills of Washington and practices Tibetan Buddhism in the Nyingma tradition.Please join in on conversation, coffee, tea and cookies after the service.

We are located at 2938 VT Route 110 in the village of Washington, Vermont.

Please note: Due to the construction at the top of Route 110 in East Barre, detour onto "Old Route 302" (heading east before the roundabout) or "Tucker Road" in Orange (heading west after the Orange Town Clerk Office).

Our services feature a variety of wonderful speakers and interesting topics. For this summer's schedule please visit our website: https://washingtonvtuu.org/2023-summer-schedule/ or "Like" our Facebook page: Washington VT UU Congregation.

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2938 Vermont Route 110, Washington, VT

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